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BD seeks over $300m loan from WB to fund three energy projects

Dhaka, March 2 -- Bangladesh has sought over US$300 million funds from the World Bank (WB) to improve the power and gas distribution and transmission networks of the country, officials said on Saturda... Read More


SoEs respond 'well' to govt call on loan repayments

Dhaka, March 2 -- Finance officials sounded happy with the responses they received from state-owned enterprises regarding the repayment of outstanding loans taken from the government. This February, ... Read More


China's deflation may help BD economy with cheap supplies

Dhaka, March 2 -- China's prevailing deflationary economy may somewhat help stimulate Bangladesh's economic relation as it largely depends on raw materials, and intermediate and finished goods from th... Read More


Online portal fails to attract large individual taxpayers

Dhaka, March 2 -- The online tax return system could not attract the large individual taxpayers due to a lack of confidence in the portal having inadequate features. The full features that could have... Read More


Little takeaways from tiresome WTO MC13

Dhaka, March 2 -- Graduating LDCs get little to laugh about, nor even guaranteed continuity of market-access privileges, as prolonged parleys at the WTO ministerial ended with late-night declaration e... Read More


WTO talks entering into sixth day!

Dhaka, March 2 -- After extending the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to Friday in Abu Dhabi, coupled with overnight works of the negotiators, there was an ind... Read More


12th Zakat Fair kicks off today

Dhaka, March 2 -- The 12th Zakat Fair begins in the capital today (Saturday) to popularise the idea of zakat in ensuring social and economic security. The Centre for Zakat Management (CZM) has organi... Read More


National Life Insurance wins National Insurance Award

Dhaka, March 2 -- National Life Insurance Company has won the National Insurance Award for the second time for the highest insurance claims payment and special contribution to the insurance sector. P... Read More


Harmonising income from employment and non-employment in the tax law

Dhaka, March 2 -- To begin with, our tax-GDP ratio is one of the lowest in the world. It is less than 10 per cent here, 13 per cent in India, 11 per cent in Indonesia, and more than 30 per cent in the... Read More


Milei's shock therapy to rebuild Argentine economy

Dhaka, March 2 -- The economic challenges facing Javier Milei's presidency are enormous, especially given that the country is in the grip of a profound economic crisis. Since taking office as Presiden... Read More