Corporate

Staff Correspondent: Tea will be exported abroad after increasing production and meeting local demand, said Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi.Observing that tea is a potential export product of the country with high demand abroad, he said, “The government has chalked out detailed programmes to increase its production. With an aim to…

Special Correspondent: Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal is set to place over Tk 6.03 lakh crore national budget for fiscal 2021-2022 (FY 22) in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) today amid the COVID-19 pandemic aiming to expedite economic recovery and bolster the government efforts to save the lives and livelihoods of…

Staff Correspondent: A full recovery in garment export may take place by October this year, said Faruque Hassan, president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).“We are hopeful because majority of the people in the US have already completed the vaccination and the consumers have started going to the…

Staff Correspondent: Some 88 percent of shops still remain out of the Value Added Tax (VAT) net, according to a recent survey conducted by the VAT Intelligence and Investigation Directorate.Out of 1,024 shops at eight markets in Dhaka, Narayanganj and Savar, 904 shops don’t pay VAT as per the study…