Veg prices doubled
Economic Reporter :Vegetable prices have doubled in the city’s kitchen markets due to a shortage in supply caused by heavy rains and floods in some...
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NBR forms taskforce to stop fake audit submission
Economic Reporter :National Board of Revenue (NBR) has framed a taskforce to stop submission of fake audit report from registered companies.The taskforce has also been...
World Bank chief warns extreme poverty could hit 100m people
AFP, Washington :The coronavirus pandemic may have driven as many as 100 million people back into extreme poverty, World Bank President David Malpass warned Thursday.The...
Businesses see big prospects in Indian market if non-tariff barriers go
Economic Reporter :Bangladesh’s apparel, ICT, medicines and some other products have enormous prospects in the Indian market if regional connectivity problems coupled with non-tariff trade...
Promote small investors
UNB, Dhaka :Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the Bangladesh Export Zone Authority (BEZA) to promote small entrepreneurs, particularly the young generation, alongside attracting...
NBR forms taskforce to detect companies without TINs
Business Desk :The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has formed a taskforce to find out companies without Tax Identification Numbers (TINs) and bring them under...
BD receives record $1.98b foreign loans in pandemic
Business Desk :The government received a record 1.98 billion US dollar in loans from donor countries and agencies in June amid the coronavirus (COvid-19) pandemic.The...
Iran announces locally made ballistic and cruise missiles amid US tensions
Reuters :Iran unveiled a surface-to-surface ballistic missile that Defence Minister Amir Hatami said had a range of 1,400 kilometres and a new cruise missile on...
Children among 45 dead in 2020’s worst Mediterranean boat tragedy
Al Jazeera News :At least 45 people including five children died earlier this week in the worst shipwreck reported so far this year off Libya’s...
Female Iraqi activist killed in Basra as gunmen target protesters
BBC Online :A female political activist has been shot dead in the Iraqi city of Basra, in the third such attack in a week.Riham Yaqoob,...
North Korea’s leader admits his economic goals have failed
The New York Times :Battered by international sanctions, a global pandemic and flood damage, North Korea on Thursday admitted for the first time that it...