Khulna: National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan on Thursday said the next budget will be friendlier to people and business,…

Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu yesterday said national intellectual property policy would be finalized soon to create and protect intellectual property,…

China Eastern Airlines, one of the Chinese state-owned carriers, is keen to start flight operation on Kunming-Chattogram-Kunming route considering fast growing bilateral trade between Bangladesh and China, reports BSS. The proposal was placed when Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Zhang Zuo paid a call…

National Board of Revenue (NBR) has brought 5.38 lakh fresh taxpayers under the tax net during July-April period of fiscal 2017-18, reports BSS. The NBR planned to find 5.26 lakh new income taxpayers in the current fiscal year (FY18). But the revenue authorities have been able to fulfill its target…

Stocks ended the week yesterday marginally up with a rising trend of major indices at Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges on higher transactions, reports…

European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi warned yesterday of "some moderation" in the eurozone's growth pace as protectionist threats mount, in a more pessimistic assessment of the region's outlook than in previous months, reports Frankfurt. "Following several quarters of higher…

Mosharraf Hussain has been elected chairman of Jamuna Bank Limited, the bank said in a press statement yesterday. The board of directors made the decision…

Finnish telecoms equipment maker Nokia yesterday posted its fifth straight quarter in the red, though its losses narrowed in a “challenging” first quarter as sales slowed in North America, reports AFP from Helsinki. The company’s net loss shrank by 45 percent to 270 million euros ($329…

South Korean telecoms giant Samsung Electronics said  yesterday its first-quarter net profits soared by more than half thanks to strong demand for memory chips and its latest high-end smartphone, reports AFP from Seoul. The world’s biggest maker of memory chips and the flagship subsidiary…