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Process of implementing new pay scale starts forthwith

Dhaka, Jan. 23 -- Take-home pay packet of public service-holders begins to fatten soon as officials at the Ministry of Finance are learnt to have started the process of implementing the just-recommend... Read More


LafargeHolcim Bangladesh gets Top Employer certification for 2026

Dhaka, Jan. 23 -- LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Plc (LHB) has been certified as a Top Employer for 2026, the company said in a press release. The certification was awarded by the Top Employers Institute, ... Read More


Lifetime tenure of private bank directors eroding good governance: A.K. Azad

Dhaka, Jan. 22 -- The lifetime tenure of directors on the boards of private banks is eroding good governance in the country's banking sector, said A.K. Azad, Vice President of the International Chambe... Read More


Financial sector reforms helped avert major banking challenges: Shah Md Ahsan Habib

Dhaka, Jan. 22 -- Financial sector reform initiatives have helped prevent the serious challenges Bangladesh's banking sector has faced since the fall of the previous regime, BIBM Professor Shah Md Ahs... Read More


FE roundtable on Banking Sector Reforms begins

Dhaka, Jan. 22 -- A roundtable discussion titled 'Banking Sector Reforms', organised by The Financial Express (FE), has begun at Six Seasons Hotel in Dhaka. The event has brought together policymaker... Read More


Spinning mill owners threaten indefinite shutdown from Feb 1

Dhaka, Jan. 22 -- Spinning mill owners warned of an indefinite shutdown of all mills from February 1 if the Ministry of Commerce does not implement its recommendation to withdraw the bond facility on ... Read More


Barapukuria Unit-I resumes power generation

Dhaka, Jan. 22 -- Electricity generation has resumed at Unit-1 of the Barapukuria coal-fired Thermal Power Plant in Dinajpur after a four-day shutdown caused by a boiler tube failure. Chief Engineer ... Read More


BB autonomy, banking reform legislation before long

Dhaka, Jan. 22 -- Central bank autonomy and banking-reform bills of legislation before long as the finance adviser pledges a push within the interim government tenure as experts plead for healing chro... Read More


Tax compliance won't improve without transparency in expenditure: Experts

Dhaka, Jan. 22 -- Tax compliance in Bangladesh will remain weak unless taxpayers can clearly see how their money is being spent, economists and business leaders said on Wednesday, highlighting transpa... Read More


Tarique promises family cards for 40m households

Dhaka, Jan. 22 -- BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has said his party would introduce family cards for 40 million households if his party comes to power. He made the remarks on Thursday during an interact... Read More