Budget Proposal: MCCI for scrapping conditions on cash transactions for tax
The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) on Tuesday laid emphasis on scrapping the conditions on cash transactions in corporate tax...
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MCCI for boosting digital financial services
The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka has recommended integrating mobile financial service providers with the National Payment Switch of Bangladesh, establishing independent credit-scoring agencies and launching digital banks to address gaps in financial inclusion to improve digital financial service or DFS ecosystem in Bangladesh...
Kamran re-elected MCCI president
Kamran Tanvirur Rahman has been re-elected president of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka for 2025...
PMI grows on agri, manufacturing, service sectors
The Bangladesh Purchasing Managers鈥� Index increased by 6.5 points to surpass 60 points in November, indicating economic growth for the second consecutive month after a period of contraction over the previous three months, according to a report.
Economy recovering, but challenges remian: MCCI
Bangladesh鈥檚 economy has been gradually recovering from the recent political instability in the first quarter of the 2024-25 financial year, but, several challenges such as high inflation, reduced export activity, shortfall in revenue collection, diminished job opportunities and sluggish investment climate need to be addressed, said the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka...
MCCI for taking decisive steps to address economic fallout
The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka has laid emphasis on taking some decisive measures to address economic fallout...
PMI improves in August: MCCI
The purchasing managers鈥� index increased in August by 6.6 points, but the economic indicators of August were on the downward trend, according to the latest reading of the PMI index published by the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry...
Economy remained strained in Apr-June of FY24: MCCI
Bangladesh鈥檚 economy faced significant challenges in the fourth quarter of the 2023-24 financial year, with issues such as inflation, shortfall in revenue collection, slow public expenditure, depreciation of the taka and declining foreign exchange reserves continuing to exert pressure, according to the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka鈥檚 economic review...
PMI falls by 27 points in July
Bangladesh Purchasing Managers鈥� Index in July plummeted by 27 points compared with that of the previous month, signalling a sharp contraction with a reading of 36.9 as the recent widespread unrests, leading to prime minister Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 resignation and the government鈥檚 fall, sharply contracted all key economic sectors...
MCCI for restoring law and order situation
The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday underscored the need for restoring law and order situation in the country...
Only traditional methods will not help growth: MCCI
The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka on Thursday said that while Bangladesh was looking to boost its semiconductor industry, only traditional methods to build the industry might not bring the expected success, and could lead to disappointment...
Bank sector needs overhaul to rescue economy
Economist Ahsan H Mansur on Wednesday said that the country鈥檚 economy would collapse if a strategy for restructuring the ailing banking sector was not taken straightaway...
Justified govt spending needed to reduce tax burden on people: MCCI
The government should ensure that its project expenditures are justified and beneficial to the economy, which will help reduce the tax burden on people, according to the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka (MCCI)...
Business environment decline warrants corrective efforts
A DECLINE in business environment, as the Bangladesh Business Climate Index 2023鈥�2024 launched on May 30 shows, caused by the required reforms yet to be done, pressure from tax authorities and increasing interest rates is worrying. The index that the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka and...
Bangladesh business climate deteriorates
Bangladesh鈥檚 business environment deteriorated in the financial year 2023-24 compared with that in the FY 2022-23 due mainly to lack of necessary reforms, increasing pressure from tax authorities, rising interest rate and impact of the Russia-Ukraine war, according to a report released by the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka...
Apr purchasing managers鈥� index sees fall: MCCI
The April reading of the Bangladesh Purchasing Managers鈥� Index, prepared by the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry in partnership with Policy Exchange Bangladesh, declined by 2.1 points to 62.2 against the PMI value 64.3 in March...
Bangladesh banking, revenue sectors need better governance
Asian Development Bank country director for Bangladesh Edimon Ginting on Monday underscored the need for improved governance in the country鈥檚 banking and revenue sector to keep the economy healthy and strong...