Under the new rules, a representative director must be the managing director or a director of the shareholder company

From October 1, all payments made through Bangla QR must be credited immediately to the respective merchant accounts

Around 1,300 member businesses of the association in Dhaka, Gazipur, Narayanganj, Sylhet, Chattogram, Cumilla, Khulna, Mymensingh, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Dinajpur remained closed as part of the protest

The announcements come as the BGMEA prepares to host BATEXPO 2026, following a 12-year hiatus, on November 18 and 19

Commercial importers get tax break for 180 days as govt seeks faster renewable energy expansion

In the price chart, Bangladesh is only above Pakistan, the cheapest supplier.

BB also requests BTRC to remove illegal loan apps

The millers are hopeful of timely supply of raw materials such as fabrics to garment exporters as they can resume production at high volume with the increased supply of gas since Tuesday evening

Salman F Rahman, vice chairman of Beximco Pharmaceuticals PLC, plans to resign from the company’s board, citing the difficulties faced by its employees amid the country’s political environment since the interim government took office.

When Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury unveiled this fiscal year’s budget, he offered good news to compliant taxpayers, particularly those who file returns early.

Brokerage houses, merchant banks, portfolio managers, securities custodians and asset management companies will have to take stricter measures to prevent money laundering

The BKMEA conducted the survey among 20 percent of its member factories located in Narayanganj, Gazipur, Chattogram, Dhaka and other areas between August 21 and September 14 this year

The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has already started discussions with potential alternative suppliers and is hopeful of importing crude oil from a new source soon

Moody's Ratings, one of the leading global ratings agencies, has revised its outlook on Bangladesh to stable from negative.

Industrial enterprises registered with the Invest Bangladesh Authority, formerly known as BIDA, will no longer need to obtain separate approval from Bangladesh Bank to take medium- and long-term external loans

Bangladesh Bank’s CIB report identified Ali Afzal as a director of a loan-defaulting company

For current CEOs, the first assessment period will run from October 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027

This will result in the issuance of 96.77 crore rights shares, subject to approval from shareholders

The government may revert to monthly value-added tax (VAT) returns and payments from the current quarterly system launched this July amid concerns over monitoring difficulties, operational complications and increased collection risks arising from the new arrangement.

The country’s reconditioned vehicle importers have urged the government to withdraw the ban on imports of reconditioned and used electric vehicles (EVs), saying the restriction could deprive consumers of access to affordable and newer automotive technologies