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The government has taken a move to resolve a prevailing dispute over the payment of piece-rate basis for the sweater factory workers. The government has recently formed an 11-member committee comprising the representatives from factory owners and workers headed by a joint secretary to identify the problems and decide on the next path of solution, labour ... Read more

The government has sharply cut the interest rate on the short-term government securities over the last few months as scheduled banks with huge idle fund continue to submit a large number of bids in the auction of treasury bills and T-bonds with a view to invest their fund. The banks are now holding huge amount

Cyber Security Ministry rejects BTRC bid to appoint consultant The posts and telecommunications ministry has turned down a proposal by the telecom regulator to appoint a consultant for overseeing cyber security of the country, said officials. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission sent the proposal three months back after commission’s designated officer for Bangladesh

The prices of rice and vegetables increased on the retail market in the capital over the week ending Friday due to high transportation cost. Retailers said that wholesale prices of rice and vegetables increased on the retail markets as wholesalers increased the prices in the name of high truck fare.

New Trading Software DSE asked to halt purchase until end of demutualisation The capital market regulator has asked Dhaka Stock Exchange not to make a deal for purchasing new trading software of the bourse during the ‘interim period of demutualisation’. The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission’s move came when the DSE recently took an initiative ... Read more

Small poultry farm owners are gradually losing the ground for business to big investors in the sector, particularly the multinational investors, amid the absence of a protective mechanism by the government, industry insiders said. The stakes of the multinational companies over the poultry sector have made a leap from 4-5 per cent to 31-32 per cent ... Read more

The month-long Dhaka International Trade Fair 2014, the 19th edition of the annual event, begins in Dhaka today with a high hope of fetching significant export orders. Prime minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the fair, a platform for both local and foreign producers to showcase the products, at city’s

The government has bowed to the pressure of readymade garment manufacturers by agreeing to reduce significantly tax on apparel exports. The national board of revenue officials told New Age that the ministry of finance directed them to lower the tax at 0.3 per cent from existing 0.8 per cent.

Export earnings in the first-half of the current financial year crossed the government-set target for the period by 3.08 per cent to $14.68 billion. The earnings posted a 16.56-per cent growth from $12.59 billion of the same period of the financial year 2012-13, showed the Export Promotion Bureau

5 Years of Al Govt 2010-11 stock crash still haunts victims Govt yet to bring any scamster to book The stock market crash in 2010-11 resulted mainly from share price manipulation by powerful cartels took centre stage in the five-year tenure of the Awami League-led government. The biggest market crash in the country’s history that ... Read more

The government borrowing from the banking sector went down by 32.05 per cent to Tk 4,569.85 crore from Tk 6,725.81 crore in the corresponding period of FY13, according to the latest Bangladesh Bank data. BB officials told New Age on Thursday that the government borrowing from the banking sector had declined significantly in the first six months of ... Read more

Dhaka stocks advanced for the third trading session on Thursday as investors became active in anticipation of another bubble at the capital market as the Awami League-led alliance is going to form government for another term, market operators said. They said the outgoing government run by AL-led alliance saw abnormal share price hike in early years ... Read more

Staggering political turmoil may push down apparel orders by 40pc Readymade garment exporters feared that the export orders for next summer and winter seasons might drop by 40 per cent as most of the global buyers have cancelled their visit to Bangladesh due to political instability surrounding the national elections. The exporters now have to go ... Read more

Sim Replacement Tax NBR body, telcos in tussle over signing draft report The review committee formed by the National Board of Revenue has yet to finalise its report on Tk 3,100-crore SIM replacement tax claimed from four mobile phone operators, even after six months of formation of the body, because of disputed stands by the ... Read more

The country’s trade deficit went down by 35.71 per cent in the first five months of the current fiscal year compared with that of 22.02 per cent per cent fall in the same period of the FY 2012-13 due to a rise in exports against slow growth in imports. According to the BB data to be ... Read more

Export Proceeds Through Tt RMG makers to get 5pc cash incentive Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday said that apparel makers would get five per cent cash incentive against their export proceeds if sent through an electronic system known as telegraphic transfer. The products which will enjoy the government cash incentive from now on are woven, knitwear and ... Read more

Dhaka stocks advanced for the second trading session on Wednesday, hitting one and a half months high as a media report that the central bank might announce a relaxed monetary policy statement for January-June period made investors optimistic. DSEX, the benchmark general index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, gained 1.40 per cent, or 60.63 points, to 4,391.27 ... Read more

The Dhaka Stock Exchange’s election commission on Wednesday announced an election schedule, stating that the elections to four posts of shareholding directors for the first demutualised board of the bourse would be held on February 12. The three-member election commission headed by former district and session judge Shamsul Haque made the decision

The Dhaka Stock Exchange board has approved the listing of Mozaffar Hossain Spinning Mills which has recently raised fund worth Tk 27.50 crore through initial public offering. The DSE board made the approval in a meeting held at a hotel in the city on Tuesday. The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission

The finance ministry has put a restriction on four SCBs to make fresh lending from the Tk 4,100 crore recapitalisation funds in an effort to tighten the bad lending culture of the struggling banks. As the four state-owned commercial banks—Sonali, Janata, Agrani and Rupali—have above Tk 12,000 crore in classified loans as of December 2013, ... Read more