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Freelancers allowed to bring earnings through MFSs

The IT freelancers will now be able to bring home their small-value earnings through mobile financial services (MFSs). Previously, they had to bring the money through banks. Local people, especially the young people who are involved in data entry/processing, off-shore...

Anti-graft body asks taxmen to probe legalising black money

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has warned the taxmen against black...

Bangladeshi banks in artificial comfort zone

The provisioning shortfall against loans in the country's banking system...

Microfinance operators seek ‘zero interest’credit from BB to support Covid-hit poor

The national forum of microfinance institutions has demanded simplification of...

Bangladesh's imports picking up

Bangladesh's imports have started picking up for the first time...

Banks’ non-performing loans shrink, thanks to moratorium

The size of the banks' non-performing loans (NPLs) shrank further...

Mask making helps rural women earn livelihood 

Amid the tough time of coronavirus, women in Bangladesh's rural...

Vietnamese firm to charge Tk 140m for continuing support to automated VAT admin

The government will have to pay Tk 140 million to...

SDG attainment would be tough without effective bureaucracy

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood on Monday said the...

Project aid in pipeline soars to $48b as state agencies fail to utilise funds

The volume of undisbursed project aid (PA) ballooned to more...

Cyclone Amphan, COVID-19 pandemic push shrimp farmers into poverty

This time last year the west coast of Bangladesh was...

Interest rate spread widens as small savers hit hard

The interest rate spread widened further in December last as...

Customs delay bites Bangladesh businesses

Businesses are facing delay and counting higher costs while complying...

Banks can give a maximum of 30pc dividend for 2020

The banking companies would be able to declare maximum 30...

World Bank okays $40m for Bangladesh to expand e-GP coverage

The World Bank has approved $40 million to help Bangladesh increase...

Apparel exports to US drop about 12pc in 2020

The country's apparel exports to the United States fell by...

LDC graduation’s gains to outweigh any losses, says Kamal

Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal on Saturday said...

LDC graduation to bring new opportunities, FBCCI president hopes

FBCCI President Sheikh Fazle Fahim has said Bangladesh would get...

'Many corporations doctor financial statements'

Many corporations are learned to manipulate their financial statements through...

Fast-track projects to undergo review as half of mega schemes go off-track

A high-level review of the implementation of government's 'fast-track' projects...

Regulator suspends commission for non-life insurance agents

Insurance regulator on Thursday suspended providing all types of commission...

Bangladesh government reduces target to borrow from banks

The government has slashed its bank borrowing target by more...

Inflation drops to 5.02pc in January

The rate of inflation declined to 5.02 per cent in...

ECNEC approves Tk 43.47b project to develop Bangabandhu industrial city

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today...

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