business

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Features

Grameen Jibon: A business born from soil, memory, and the scent of home

The company employs nine staff, serves customers across 29 districts

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Bangladesh

Excess tax hike leads to tax evasion: Business leaders

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Economy

Businesses feel cold winds

Advance tax on bus, truck, taxi to rise by up to 88%
Economy

Advance tax on bus, truck, taxi to rise by up to 88%

File photo of BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury. Photo: Collected
Politics

Excessive control hinders businesses in Bangladesh: Khasru 

If we can keep festivals safe, inclusive, and free from political influence, their economic benefits will reach people from all walks of life. Photo: TBS
Thoughts

The festival economy: A lifeline for Bangladesh’s informal sector

RMG workers at a factory. File Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

India-Bangladesh trade restrictions rattle businesses

Govt encourages foreign investments while local investors face power, gas crisis: Meghna Group chairman
Bangladesh

Govt encourages foreign investments while local investors face power, gas crisis: Meghna Group chairman

A view exchange meeting, chaired by DCCI President Taskeen Ahmed, on 26 April. Photo: Courtesy
Economy

Traders call for easier VAT management, improved law and order situation for smooth business operations

Businessmen at a dialogue on US tariff in Dhaka on 13 April. Photo: UNB
Economy

Businesses for resolving US tariff hurdles within 90-day suspension period

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Analysis

Why can't Bangladesh tame inflation?

File photo of Commerce Adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin. Photo: BSS
Economy

India's cancellation of transshipment won't affect Bangladesh: Commerce adviser

File photo: Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun talks to media at a media briefing at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka on Sunday (6 April). Photo: Collected
Economy

Govt working to create ecosystem to make business much easier: Bida chairman Ashik Chowdhury