BB permits international cards for overseas education payments
Bangladesh Bank has permitted authorised dealer (AD) banks to issue international debit, prepaid and credit cards for students and their sponsors to make education-related...
Bangladesh signs landmark CEPA with South Korea
Bangladesh and South Korea have signed the long-awaited Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), granting preferential tariff treatment to the vast majority of goods traded...
Bangladesh seeks Myanmar gas pipeline to ease energy shortage
Bangladesh has renewed its interest in importing natural gas from Myanmar through a cross-border pipeline as it looks to diversify energy sources and address...
Turkey’s Sanko eyes $300 million investment in Mirsarai
Turkish textile giant Sanko is planning to invest approximately $300 million in Bangladesh's industrial sector by establishing an integrated textile manufacturing complex at the...
Govt delays new pay scale pending IMF discussions
The Bangladesh government is unlikely to announce the Ninth National Pay Scale for public sector employees before concluding final discussions with the International Monetary...