Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday inaugurated the development activities of 10 more economic zones in the country.
Through a video conference from a function in Dhaka’s Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) also known as Bangladesh China Friendship Conference Center, Hasina inaugurated the development activities at the economic zones, reports Xinhua.
They are Mirersarai Economic Zone, Sabrang Tourism Park, Srihatta Economic Zone, Mongla
Economic Zone, AK Khan Economic Zone, Abdul Monem Economic Zone,...
Bangladesh is set to become a founding member of the Chinese-government initiated Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as the country’s parliament has passed a bill in this connection, the media reported on Thursday.
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“We’re now all set to join the bank as a founding member as our parliament on Wednesday night passed the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2016,” said a senior finance ministry official.
The official said the country wi...
Factoring is very important for international transaction. In Bangladesh export earning is growing rapidly and our export has more potential to grow. Letter of Credits (L/C) is a popularly used international trade payment method in Bangladesh. But because of more formalities and more costing, importers are becoming less interested to import under L/C. Rather importers are more interested to import under open account terms. As open account is involved with risk, international factoring removes the danger of open account trade said Mr. Hedayet Ullah Al-Mamoon, Senior Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Government of Bangladesh while inaugurating the ICC Training on International Factoring for Foreign Trade organized by ICC Bangladesh at Dhaka on 24 February as a Chief Guest. He thanked ICC B...
Bangladesh’s annual inflation eased slightly in January as food prices rose at a slower pace, the planning minister said on Tuesday.
Consumer prices in January were 6.07 percent higher than a year earlier, slowing from a rise of
6.10 percent in December, Mustafa Kamal told a news conference.
Annual food inflation in January fell to 4.33 percent from 5.48 percent the previous month while non-food inflation increased to 8.74 percent from 7.05 percent.
World food prices fell to near...
Governor of Ranong Province of Thailand Mr. Suriyan Karnjanasilp expressed expectation to Businessmen of Bangladesh and Thailand to raise bilateral business by using both countries’ sea port in a Business Meeting between Bangladesh Thai Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BTCCI) and the Delegation of the Thai Port Authority at the Dhaka Club Ltd on February 8, 2016 organized by BTCCI.
The 13 member high profile Thai delegation is visiting Bangladesh to explore feasibility of signing MoU for direct coastal shipping between Chittagong port of Bangladesh in the Bay of
Hafizur Rahman Khan, President of International Business Forum of Bangladesh (IBFB), in a press release, said IBFB is very much concerned over huge amount of unutilized funds of foreign aids that has been remaining in the pipeline for a few years.
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As recently reported by a renowned national newspaper, an amount of USD 19 Billion equivalent to BDT 1 Lac 48 Thousand 200 Crore, maximum of which is for vario...
