Economy

Tue, 21 Jan 2025, 06:11 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

Kamal likely to place Tk 6,78,064cr budget for FY23 Thursday

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal is likely to place a Taka 6,78,064 crore budget for the next fiscal year (FY23) at Jatiya Sangsad (JS) tomorrow with the major challenge of

Price of gas for 2 stoves increases to 1080, CNG remains unchanged

The price of residential gas for two stoves has been increased from Tk 975 to Tk 1,080. The price of 1 stove has also gone up. Customers will have to

Source tax on gold import to be obliterated to control smuggling

Bangladesh government mulls to cut existing 5% taxes on gold imports to encourage the import on legal routes through authorised dealers, sources from the finance ministry confirmed. Gold smuggling is

Elon Musk declares end to remote working at Tesla

Tesla boss Elon Musk has ordered staff to return to the office full-time, declaring that working remotely is no longer acceptable. The new policy was shared in emails that were

Remittance inflow drops by 13% in May

Remittance inflow dropped by 13.15 per cent in May compared to the same month last year. Experts opine that inflow of remittance declined as the expatriate Bangladeshis are using informal

Purchase committee approves 17 proposals

The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) today approved a total of 17 proposals, including the import of 33.60 lakh MMBtu LNG to meet the growing demand. The approval came

Economists for ‘cautious appreciation’ of dollar

As the price of dollar against taka rises, the economists think the government should go for “cautious appreciation” of dollar keeping a balance with inflation. They said this will help

Drives against illegal rice hoarders begin

The government launched drives across the country against illegal rice hoarders from Tuesday, said the Food Ministry. Eight teams of the ministry started the drives to detect those who are

Import of Indian Power: Bangladesh to explore 3 new delivery points

Bangladesh has sought to explore three new delivery points to import electricity from India. The delivery points will include: from Jirat (India) to Jashore (Bangladesh), from Rajarjat (India) to Khulna

Main focus of next budget should be to control inflation: economists

Two leading economists of the country, while shedding lights on the next budget for FY23, said controlling inflationary pressure is now the main challenge of the economy and the government