Business

The government of India has withdrawn 20 per cent duty on onion export. This will be effective from April 1. A notification to this effect was issued on Saturday (March 22) by the Department of Revenue on the communication of Department of Consumer Affairs, India. To ensure domestic availability, the government had taken measures to check export by means of ...

A cargo vessel arrived at Chittagong Port from Vietnam carrying 29,000 tonnes of rice on Saturday, reports UNB. The vessel, MV OBE Dinares with rice brought under the G2G agreement signed on February 3, anchored at Chittagong Port, said a Food Ministry press release on Saturday. The testing of samples of rice stored on the ship has already been completed ...

Areas of special programme under the budgetary allocation of the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock to stable the prices of essential animal protein products in the month of Ramadan has extended and the selling price has been adjusted. A press release of the ministry in this regard confirmed this on Saturday. From the 1st to the 28th of Ramadan, an ...

The Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi organized an event on Thursday evening to engage Indian investors and business leaders at its diplomatic mission in the Indian capital. The event aimed to highlight potential investment opportunities in Bangladesh, ahead of the upcoming Bangladesh Investment Summit, scheduled to take place from April 7-10 in Dhaka. Representatives from various medium and large ...

Bangladesh is on track to set a new record in remittance inflows, with expatriates sending $2.25 billion through banking channels in the first 19 days of March. This marks a significant 78.4 per cent increase compared to the same period last year, reports UNB. According to the latest data from Bangladesh Bank, the surge in remittance is largely attributed to ...