DHAKA, Oct 31 - Bangladesh plans to raise the value of its textile exports to Japan to $1 billion over the next two years, a senior business leader said on Thursday. "Now we are fully...
DHAKA, Sept 25 - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked investors in the United States to invest in Bangladesh claiming her country unaffected by the global economic slowdown, local media said on Friday. Speaking to a...
DHAKA, Aug 16 - Bangladesh achieved about 18 percent income tax growth to 139 billion taka ($2 billion) in the fiscal year to end June 2009 despite the global financial crisis, a senior official said...
DHAKA, July 22 - GSMA, the global trade body representing the mobile telephone industry, called on Bangladesh to eliminate its SIM card tax to make cellphone connections affordable to its more than 100 million unconnected...
DHAKA, July 18 - Bangladesh will raise natural gas prices by up to 15 percent to create a $1.5 billion development fund for the sector, a senior government official said on Saturday. "The purpose of...
DHAKA, July 17 - Bangladesh plans to issue an international tender next year for the construction of an $8.7 billion deep-sea port by 2055, officials said on Friday. The port will be set up in...
DHAKA, July 14 - Bangladesh said on Tuesday it was committed to building a $1.9 billion deep-sea port to handle the country's growing external trade and increase regional transit facilities. "The government will definitely expedite...
DHAKA, July 14 - Bangladesh said on Tuesday it was committed to building a $1.9 billion deep-sea port to handle the country's growing external trade and increase regional transit facilities. "The government will definitely expedite...
DHAKA, July 14 - Bangladesh said on Tuesday it was moving ahead with a $1.9 billion deep seaport which will triple the country's container capacity and boost its role as a regional transit hub. Shipping...
DHAKA, June 23 - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Tuesday her government would strengthen the drive against corruption, a problem that has kept some would-be investors and aid donors away from the impoverished...