European aviation giant Airbus expects a greater stake with a longer presence in Bangladesh as the aircraft builder, a consortium of intra-European enterprises, is almost set to add 10 wide-body planes to the national airline Bangladesh Biman fleet. “We see tremendous aviation potential in Bangladesh,” said Morad Bourou-ffala, chief representative of Airbus in Bangladesh, when a group of Bangladeshi journalists ...
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Govt aims to collect 11.2 pc of GDP in taxes by 2025-26 fiscal
The government aims to collect total revenue amounting to 11.2 percent of GDP by the end of the 2025-26 fiscal, according to the Medium Term Macroeconomic Policy Statement (2023-24 to 2025-26) of the Finance Division under the Finance Ministry. It said that Bangladesh has consistently maintained an expansionary fiscal stance keeping a moderate budget deficit-usually around 5 percent of GDP-to ...
Read More »Fair global trade impossible without changing West’s status quo: Russian PM
The West is seeking after establishing control over the global economy but the majority of countries understand that qualitative development is impossible in such conditions, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at the Made in Russia 2023 International Export Forum. Fierce competition is underway in the world for the technology leadership and “for control over the global economy, in the first ...
Read More »IMF relaxes forex reserve and revenue targets for $4.70 billion loan
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has relaxed several targets including foreign exchange reserves, revenue collection, automatic price adjustment of fuel for the $4.70 billion loan package for Bangladesh. At the beginning of this year, the IMF had set forex reserves target at $25.34 billion by September and $26.81 billion by June next year as conditions for the loan package, reports ...
Read More »Stubborn UK inflation holds steady as petrol prices rise
LONDON, Oct 18 : British consumer price inflation (CPI) unexpectedly held at 6.7% in September, remaining the highest of any major advanced economy and keeping alive the possibility of another rise in interest rates. A rise in petrol prices between August and September was the main factor stopping a fall in the annual rate, the Office for National Statistics said ...
Read More »US-Bangla receives IATA certification
US-Bangla Airlines, one of the country’s private airliners, has become a member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) as the first local private carrier of Bangladesh. IATA’s Regional Director for the Asia Pacific Region (Operations, Safety and Security) Blair Cowles, today officially handed over the IATA membership, according to a press release received Wednesday. US-Bangla Airlines Chief Executive Officer ...
Read More »India hikes govt employee inflation-adjusted allowance by 4%
The Indian government on Wednesday hiked the inflation-adjusted allowance for its 11.7 million employees and pensioners by 4% ahead of the festival season, a minister said, a move that would cost the exchequer 128.57 billion rupees ($1.54 billion) annually. The wage increase, or dearness allowance — a part of monthly wages and pensions provided to cushion against rises in the ...
Read More »LankaBangla Credit Cardholders to get 10% discount on ticket fares from Air Astra
Khurshed Alam, Head of Retail Business of LankaBangla Finance PLC., and Mozammel Haque Bhuiya, Head of Marketing and Sales of Astra Airways Ltd., signed the MOU for their respective organizations. Md Toufiquer Rahman, Head of Cards (acting); Mohammad Abdul Jalil Khan, Senior Manager Card Business of LankaBangla Finance PLC.; A F M Rubayat-Ul Jannat and Md. Masudur Rahman of Astra ...
Read More »Winners of Black British Business Awards 2023 announced
Winners of the annual Black British Business Awards (BBBA) were announced at a glitzy central London ceremony. The awards, held at the InterContinental London Park Lane, saw winners including a Netflix marketing executive, an Extreme E-racing engineer and a leading fashion creative for ASOS. The BBBA’s celebrate black excellence in expansive industries including business, arts, media, STEM and finance, with ...
Read More »All-new Hyundai TUCSON priced at Tk53.5 lakh
Fair Technology, the authorised manufacturer and distributor of Hyundai is now ready to offer the all-new Hyundai’s TUCSON – Made in Bangladesh. Director and CEO of Fair Technology Mutassim Daiaan, in a press conference on Monday, announced that the price of the new Tucson would be Taka 53.5 lakh, said a press release. Mutassim Daiaan said that they are reducing ...
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