Economy

Sun, 19 Jan 2025, 08:27 pm

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Israel continues strike on Syria military sites Rayo stymie Real’s climb to Liga summit Tk 14,000 set as minimum wage for cold storage workers BNP suggests reforms for public administration overhaul Probes, trials of war crimes cases stalled Coldwave hampers daily life across Bangladesh Dhaka becomes 3rd most polluted city with AQI score of 283 Body of JU student recovered from dormitory 550 individuals’ Tk 15,000cr frozen for investigation Financial Accountability: Critical step towards new future

Economy

Bangladesh now home to 214 green factories

Bangladesh has achieved remarkable progress in building LEED-certified green factories. With one new factory achieving this feat, the number of green factories in the country increased to 214. APS Knit

Commodity prices go up due to making extra profit than extortion: Minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Saturday attributed the price hike of essentials in Dhaka to the traders’ tendency to make extra profit than extortion. Despite this fact, he said, the

Bank of Japan hikes main interest rate for first time in 17 years

Japan’s central bank on Tuesday scrapped its negative interest rate policy and hiked borrowing costs for the first time in 17 years. “The Bank will encourage the uncollateralised overnight call

Prices of some commodities hike again

The prices of some of the essential commodities, including onion, potato, aubergine, tomato, broiler chicken, beef, and dates, witnessed a further rise at the start of the Muslim fasting month

Bangladesh invites international bids to explore offshore oil and gas

Petrobangla, the oil, gas and mineral resources’ corporation of the country, has floated the offshore bidding, inviting international oil and gas companies to explore in the Bangladesh maritime areas in

Gold price hits record high in international market

The price of gold reached an all-time high in the international market on Friday. The price of the safe-haven metal rose 0.4 percent in the spot market on the day.

Egg, beef to be sold at low prices in Dhaka from 10 March: Minister

The government is taking an initiative to sell commodities like egg, broiler chicken, beef, and mutton at low prices in Dhaka from 10 March in view of the month of

WTO talks end with no major win

A high-level WTO conference ended on Saturday with a temporary extension of an e-commerce moratorium but no deals on agriculture and fisheries, throwing into doubt the effectiveness of the multilateral

Govt for offshore banking to tackle dollar shortage

The government on Wednesday approved the ‘Offshore Banking, Bill 2024’ aimed at increasing the inflow of foreign currency against the backdrop of the prolonged financial crises affecting the majority of

Govt cuts soybean oil price by Tk10 per litre

The government has reduced soybean oil prices by Tk10 per litre ahead of the holy month of Ramadan. The new rate will come into effect from 1 March, Ahsanul Islam