851 reports translated from the Bengali original, most recent first. বাংলা সংস্করণ
The recently passed Finance Act 2026 scraps the tax exemption small businesses enjoyed on annual turnover of up to 4 crore taka and imposes a mandatory 1 percent minimum tax on their total sales,…
Sergio Gor, the visiting US Special Envoy for South and Central Asian Affairs, has met Prime Minister Tareque Rahman at the Prime Minister's Office in Dhaka's Tejgaon, Deputy Press Secretary Zahidul Islam Roni confirmed.
After taking control of Venezuela's oil sector, the Trump administration has raised more than $13 billion from that country's oil sales in the first six months of this year and is now turning its…
Saudi Arabia has announced a 14-nation Multinational Maritime Defense Alliance — including Bangladesh — to secure commercial and energy shipping in the Red Sea, the Bab al-Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden, Al…
The United States and Israel are discussing a possible land blockade on Iran to intensify economic pressure, after air strikes and prolonged military pressure failed to force Tehran to yield, according to a report…
The exchange rates of major foreign currencies against the Bangladeshi taka on Friday.
Bangladesh Bank has handed control of Al-Arafah Islami Bank back to its old owners, the Chattogram-based KDS Group, under high-level government pressure — a move that returned people accused of past irregularities to the…
India has begun an anti-dumping investigation into PET film exported from Bangladesh, with a virtual hearing set for August 6, adding another Bangladeshi product to a growing list of trade-remedy actions.
Saudi Arabia is preparing a major military operation to break a Houthi blockade on its oil exports in the southern Red Sea and is pushing to form a multinational naval coalition, Yemeni sources said.
Bangladesh Bank has cut its policy (repo) rate by 50 basis points to 9.50 percent, its first cut in 21 months, a move expected to lower bank lending rates for customers.
Bangladesh could capture 12 percent of the US$375 billion global man-made fibre apparel market by 2030 with policy reform, more investment and stronger industrial capacity, a Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute study said.
Europe's 55 football federations have decided to boycott the World Cup in protest at FIFA's plan to bring private investment into its commercial structure, a decision taken at a virtual UEFA meeting on Thursday,…
The cabinet committee on government purchases approved buying the 42nd LNG cargo from Vitol Asia at 22.35 dollars per MMBtu for delivery on 15-16 August.
Spending under the government's annual development programme in 2025-26 was the lowest in the country's history, an IMED report shows.
Bangladesh Bank has given mobile financial service providers and banks until 31 December to implement its new rules on adding money from cards to MFS accounts.
The Trump administration says advanced foreign-made robots and power inverters pose an unacceptable risk to national security. Beijing calls it politicising trade.
The MGH Group founder takes over as chairman of Eastern Bank PLC's board, effective from Monday.
A customers' forum rallied outside Islami Bank's head office in Motijheel, alleging that the resigned president Md Sahabuddin aided share manipulation at the bank.
Bangladesh Bank has ruled that anyone seeking a stimulus package or other policy support must first withdraw every case filed against the government, the central bank or the bank concerned.
The health minister, Sardar Md Sakhawat Hossain, says touts who divert patients from government hospitals to private clinics will be stopped permanently.
The jewellers' association BAJUS has cut the price of gold by the same amount it raised it a day earlier, reversing Monday's increase in full.
The government took a net 9,209 crore taka from the banking sector in the first 13 days of the new financial year, taking its total bank borrowing stock to 6,94,684 crore taka.
The commerce minister, Khandaker Abdul Muktadir, says an artificial intelligence system is being set up to analyse production, imports and international markets and forecast shortages of essential goods.
Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution PLC has advertised 135 posts in grades 13 to 18. Applications close on 21 August 2026.
An investigative report alleges that transfers and postings in the secondary and higher education directorate are being traded for bribes at set rates, led by its director general. The allegations are unproven and no…
A Dhaka court has sentenced the former Bangladesh Bank deputy governor Sitangshu Kumar Sur Chowdhury to three years in prison for failing to submit a statement of assets.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman wants production to start at the China Economic and Industrial Zone in Anwara within 18 months, the BEZA executive chairman says.
The Bangladesh embassy in Kathmandu has held an exhibition and festival of Bangladeshi mango varieties and mango-based products, drawing about 250 guests.
The Islamic scholar Sheikh Ahmadullah says trade in anything Islam forbids consuming is itself not permissible, so income from selling bidis and cigarettes is not lawful.
The Republican congressman Thomas Massie says the conflict with Iran has depleted US missile defences and fuel reserves, killed service members, raised consumer prices and added to the national debt.
The state minister for power, energy and mineral resources, Anindya Islam Amit, says supply to the national grid should return to normal from next week as the LNG terminal fault is repaired.
Bangladesh will need about $421bn in additional financing over the next five years to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, a review of the government's updated SDG financing strategy says.
Jashore's wholesale betel-leaf market turns over crores of taka twice a week and supports thousands of livelihoods, yet after decades it still has no shed, no safe water and no toilets.
Individual bank accounts holding 1 crore taka or more rose from 33,629 to 40,645 during the 18 months of the interim government — a growth of about 21 percent, Bangladesh Bank data shows.
The number of bank accounts carrying classified loans has more than doubled in a year to about 46 lakh by the end of March, most of them loans of up to 1 crore taka,…
The government has set an export target of 63.4 billion US dollars for the 2026-27 financial year — 55.2 billion in goods and 8.2 billion in services — seeking 15 percent growth in both.
Preliminary registration for the 2027 hajj opens on Monday, 27 July, and runs to 24 September, with a deposit of 3.5 lakh taka; those under 15 and people with certain serious illnesses cannot go.
Import trade between India and Bangladesh through the Benapole-Petrapole port has stopped over a gate-pass dispute, stranding hundreds of goods-laden trucks at Petrapole.
Akij Aviation Limited, a concern of the Akij Group, has launched a commercial helicopter service for corporate and business travel, tourism, personal journeys and medical transport, starting with three aircraft.
Government employees waiting 11 years for a new pay structure still have no formal announcement on the ninth national pay scale, and the IMF has urged caution on implementing it given the economic situation.
Commerce, Industries and Textiles and Jute Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir MP says a new road project from Ambarkhana to Lakkatura has been taken up to ease traffic congestion in Sylhet city.
The actress Ashna Habib Bhabna, back home after performing Umrah, has shared the story behind the trip on Facebook and answered those who criticised her for posting pictures of it.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman says the semiconductor industry could be Bangladesh's next promising economic sector after ready-made garments, with tax and duty on raw materials withdrawn and a Tk 500 crore annual startup fund…
The United States is imposing new tariffs of 10 to 12.5 percent on about 60 trade partners, including Bangladesh, over alleged failure to curb forced labour; the measure takes effect Friday.
With Middle East conflict flaring anew, analysts warn crude could top $150 a barrel as shipping routes falter and global reserves fall by about 1.3 billion barrels in five months.
Pubali Bank will acquire a 26-storey building under construction, the “Swiss Tower,” along with its land on Tejgaon Link Road for a total of 800 crore taka, a decision taken at its July 22…
The Trump administration has imposed new tariffs of 10 and 12.5 percent on goods from 60 trade partners, including Bangladesh, over alleged laxity in enforcing bans on goods made with forced labour, Reuters reports.
Bangladesh's ready-made garment export earnings slipped 0.63 percent in the first half of the year to 1,933.57 crore dollars, as negative growth in knitwear outweighed a small rise in woven exports.
Government primary schools in Rajshahi division have lost about 1 lakh 37 thousand pupils in a dozen years while kindergartens and private primaries have grown, in a shift analysts read as a change in…
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi arrived in Tehran on a two-day official visit amid the continuing conflict with the United States, meeting President Masoud Pezeshkian for talks on de-escalation and gas imports.
Commercial tomato cultivation using the mulching method has begun in Kotchandpur, Jhenaidah, with 7.5 bighas under BARI Hybrid 8 this year and demonstration plots planned for seven farmers.
Amar Desh editor Dr. Mahmudur Rahman told a Dhaka University seminar that job creation in manufacturing and agriculture must be the top priority if Bangladesh's economy is to recover.
Former Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur urged the removal of merchant fees on all digital transactions including Bangla QR to popularise going cashless, suggesting the cost be met from the remittance incentive budget.
Probashi Card for Bangladeshis abroad: a Janata Bank debit card, BMET-registered migrants first, dual-currency spending, airport lounges and discounts.
The government and the International Organization for Migration signed a three-year, EU-funded agreement worth €1.25 million to strengthen the management of climate-induced displacement in South Asia.
BGMEA and the Global Reporting Initiative have signed a strategic partnership to advance the “Improving Transparency for Sustainable Business” initiative in Bangladesh's garment sector.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman said the government is working to make Bangladesh a one-trillion-dollar economy by 2034, prioritising renewable energy, pharmaceuticals, electronics, digital services, agro-processing, textiles, healthcare and logistics.
Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir called on Thai investors to invest more in Bangladesh's promising sectors, opening the three-day “Top Thai Brands 2026” trade exhibition in Dhaka.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman told an FICCI FDI conference the BNP government is working to make Bangladesh a one-trillion-dollar economy by 2034, urging domestic and foreign investors to expand here.
Bangladesh Bank has allowed National Bank PLC to lease Tower-2 of its proposed head office, the NBL Twin Tower, as a commercial property, exempting it from a Bank Company Act provision until December 31,…