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All CNG stations across the country will remain closed for three hours, from 6pm to 9pm, from Wednesday (January 1). The stations usually remain closed from 6PM to 11PM everyday. Petrobangla said that the government made this decision considering requests from CNG station owners and protests by CNG drivers. As per the new directive, the closure time of the CNG ...

Bangladesh’s migrant workers sent home Taka 1,102.22 crore in remittances through mobile financial service (MFS) providers in October 2024, according to Bangladesh Bank (BB) data. This figure represents a remarkable 95.22 percent year-on-year (YoY) increase from the Tk 564.61 crore that was sent home through MFS providers in October 2023, reports BSS. The increase reflects the growing popularity of MFS, ...

Global Islami Bank reconstituted its Shari`ah Supervisory Committee. The six-member Shari’ah Supervisory Committee of the bank reconstituted in a meeting of the board of directors held at the head office of the bank on 26 December 2024. Chairman of Jamea Quasemia Kamil Madrasah, Narsingdi Sayed Kamaluddin Zafree has been elected as Chairman of the committee. Other members of the committee ...

Bangladesh Bank has set the maximum age limit for entering jobs at the non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) to 32. From now on, like government jobs, people can join banks and financial institutions up to the age of 32. The central bank has given this instruction in a notification on Thursday. Bangladesh Bank said that the Ministry of Law, Justice and ...

Indian vessel MV Tanais Dream, carrying 24,690 tons of parboiled rice, arrived at Chittagong Port on Thursday morning. The vessel anchored at the seaport around 10AM. It is the first batch of rice imports from India since Dr Muhammad Yunus-led interim government assumed office. The unloading will begin after collecting samples of the rice.

Bangladesh’s economy in 2024 faced major challenges, as rampant inflation not only eroded purchasing power but also overshadowed the country’s progress in other areas, underscoring the growing struggle to balance development amid rising economic pressures. The rising cost of living, driven by domestic and international factors, strained households and tested the government’s economic strategies, yet the country maintained moderate growth ...

The UK motor industry is being consulted over how the phasing-out of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 will work, the government has announced. The ban on sales of these vehicles had been extended to 2035 under the previous Conservative government but Labour said it would restore the 2030 deadline in its election manifesto. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander is ...

Exim Bank has cancelled its decision to merge with crisis-hit Padma Bank, it was revealed Tuesday morning, ending the plans for the country’s first bank merger. Earlier on 14 March, it was decided Padma Bank would be merged with Exim Bank after a Tk1,700 crore government bailout package failed to bear fruit. On 18 March, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) ...

The UK economy had zero growth between July and September, revised official figures show. The revised data comes after a series of disappointing figures including inflation rising at its fastest pace for eight months and the economy unexpectedly shrinking in October. One of the UK’s leading business groups, the CBI, said its latest company survey suggested “the economy is headed ...

A Chinese company named Ding Yu (BD) Enterprise Ltd will invest US$ 28.92 million in BEPZA Economic Zone (BEPZA EZ) to establish a garments manufacturing industry. Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) Member (Investment Promotion) Md. Ashraful Kabir and Managing Director of Ding Yu (BD) Enterprise Ltd. Zhuofan Cai signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations signed an ...