Some tariffs would be scrapped completely, including those on car parts, and some agricultural produce

In its letter, the NBR to the Bangladesh Bank said some 15 percent VAT is collectable from the service providers, including Facebook, Youtube

The new note will get relatively less dirty and be hard to write on it

A rise in food inflations slightly pushed up the general inflation rate last month

The committee approves a total of eight development projects in the weekly Ecnec meeting held at the NEC conference room in Dhaka

The US had one of the most expensive rates - with an average cost of $12.37 for the same amount of data

The country received $9,461.23 million remittances during July to February in the fiscal 2017-18, the data added

Mr Trump has delayed tariffs scheduled for 1 March on Chinese goods due to progress in talks

The Institute of Personnel Management (IPM) organised the summit at Mohakhali in the city

The dollar fetched 111.43 yen in early Asian trade, against 111.39 yen in New York and 110.91 yen in Tokyo on Thursday

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has released the list of top 20 loan default companies in the country

The pace of growth was below the 3.4% rate seen in the third quarter

The major gaining issues are AIL, National Polymer, Monno Ceramics, Legacy Foot and Nurani

Professor Sen argues that the social inequality inherent in Hindutva translates into an acceptance of economic inequality also

According to the bill, the EPZ workers will enjoy the freedom of associations to realise their demands

Many young students in Bangladesh, as in other low and middle-income countries, find it hard to get good jobs

The US and China have been in a year-long dispute, which has seen the imposition of trade tariffs

Shanghai eased 0.5 percent Tuesday after the previous day’s 5.6-percent surge, while Hong Kong slipped 0.6 percent

Asian and European markets likewise were mostly higher, amid signals from Chinese and American officials

The country is facing such a loss due to tobacco related illness and premature deaths

Normally fierce rivals, the firms are investing €1bn (£880m) in the project, which will also help drivers find parking and electric charge points

These are the first federal investigations stemming from the issue

The yuan is among the big gainers following a report that the US has called on China to stabilise the unit

HSBC makes three-quarters of its profits in Asia

The last set of talks ended Friday in Beijing with no deal, though US President Donald Trump said the discussions were going “extremely well”

Naser Says the meeting also decide that all commercial banks will have to keep Taka 500 crore from the existing Taka 400 crore as paid-up capital

Trump says current tariffs “are being paid to the United States by China

The planning minister expresses his expectation while addressing the inaugural session of the 4th SANEM Annual Economists’ Conference in city

Europe's largest economy registered zero growth during the fourth quarter of 2018

Currently, there are 31 tax zones under which there are 649 circle offices across the country

China had offered to boost imports of US goods with promises of major purchases of semiconductors and other items

Because it lacks the financial clout to defend against nearly 15,000 lawsuits over its talc mineral product.

Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to meet with the US officials in Beijing this week

An average 66 per cent hike has been proposed in the gas tariff for captive power plants, CNG, industrial units and fertilizer factories

Cultivation of litchi is expanding every year bringing fortune to many farmers following repeated bumper production with excellent market price

Trump says “things are going well” at preliminary talks in Beijing, where top economic officials will gather Thursday

The bill would seek to prevent the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies from adjusting their production levels

FAO also assures of providing skills and technological assistances to Bangladesh for the development of the country’s fisheries sector

Both Europe overall and China are contending with slower growth