The European Ombudsman has nullified the rights groups' complaints against labour rights violation in Bangladesh and given verdict in favour of the country for continuing...

Loading and unloading of mass cargoes and containers to and from the vessels are going on as usual at the Chattogram slot, which handles 93...

The federal government has started focus on devising a strategy to allocate its Tk 5,000 crore stimulus package for the export-oriented sectors announced by Prime...

Coronavirus: Will be the policy and community responses adequate?The government and the Bangladesh Bank have come up with several initiatives in response to the evolving...

The central bank yesterday said clients will be permitted to settle their interbank cross cheques to permit the government and businesses to provide emergency support...

The outbreak of coronavirus is deepening in the united states and the risks on public health insurance and overall economy is getting high.Although the contagion...

crore in the first eight months of the fiscal year aided by healthy tax generation however the shortfall against the government target has kept widening.Between...

The government has initiated an activity to draw a digital map to track coronavirus cases and find out areas vunerable to contamination through the use...

In addition to the stimulus package for export-oriented industries, economists and local industrialists stressed the necessity for policy support and incentives for the neighborhood industries...

Private hospitals and clinics in Bangladesh should ensure high-class service, maintain ethics and win the confidence of patients to take the country's burgeoning healthcare system...

President Donald Trump signed into law Friday the $2 trillion rescue intend to salvage a US economy crippled by the novel coronavirus, on a day...

Over the last few days, Health and Hope Hospital has put a restriction on the number of attendants with a patient to just one, at...

On Sunday, Salman Islam, a resident of the capital's Panthapath area, rushed to the nearest pharmacy to buy malaria drug hydroxychloroquine after seeing on the...

Native production of personal protective equipment (PPE) gained momentum yesterday just after a joint initiative got approval from the federal government about the look and...

Will coronavirus bankrupt considerably more persons than it kills? Very well, economists are predicting that it will, in a variety of industries, by the finish...

Bangladesh yesterday sought $1 billion on support from the International Monetary Fund and the World Lender as the united states looks to aid its people,...

HSBC Bangladesh yesterday announced a set of measures to greatly help its textile and garments clients tide over the financial fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.The...

As the spreading coronavirus has generally paralysed public motion and social life, internet usage has raised 15 % in Bangladesh as people are increasingly counting...

Bangladesh Bank yesterday issued four notices centring the ongoing global pandemic, including one instructing banks to simply accept advance payments as high as $500,000 from...

If there ever was a challenging time for fiscal policy, that is it! The budgeting season for the federal government has started amidst a potential...

Work order cancellations by international retailers due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic have cost Bangladesh's garment sector $1.98 billion in revenues by yesterday, exporters said.The...

The central bank yesterday made funds cheaper for banks by reducing the policy or repurchase agreement rate (Repo) by 25 percent basis points to 5.75...

It's all colourful.A poster with models donning red panjabi and saree pasted at one side of the entrance, as the national flag hangs privately wall...

Within an unprecedented move, the central bank yesterday said it'll buy Treasury bills and bonds from banks and non-bank finance institutions (NBFIs) to tackle the...

The Asian Development Bank might provide $500 million to Bangladesh in the beginning as budget support to be able to help the country improve its...

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is set to remove all varieties of import duties and taxes to motivate quick import of Personal Protective Equipment...

Possibly the most sought items today are hand sanitisers and alcohol-based hand rubs, once rarely used, as persons scramble to safeguard themselves from the lethal...

University banking is increasingly buying popular among students as the deposits within their accounts crossed Tk 1,600 crore in 2019.As of December last year, pupils...

Bangladesh really wants to secure additional trade benefits from China as a good least developed region (LDC) rather than signing a free trade arrangement with...

The coronavirus pandemic has fuelled the demand for tissues globally and Bangladesh, where new cases of contagion are getting identified, is not an exception.Shoppers listed...

There is a Spanish proverb that goes along the lines of pouring water on a drowned mouse, which means investing in more resources into a...

Some European clothing retailers, especially the types based in Italy, are mulling over cancelling or deferring work orders from Bangladesh amid a fall in apparel...

Dhaka stocks plunged to its five-year low yesterday amid coronavirus-induced sell-off as fears grew that the fast-spreading disease would hurt both global and local economies...

The existing rout of the Dhaka bourse includes a silver lining: many well-performing companies are becoming bargains.Swiss wealth management firm Pictet spotted this opening, which...

Bangladesh will soon start manufacturing cars, that too electric ones, according to a news report published in The Daily Star with the headline "Local firm...

Integrity, quality construction and timely delivery of projects can bring lasting success and reliability in the true estate business, said Tanvir Ahmed, managing director of...

In the overall run of things, a steady blast of chatter buzzes over the lobby of the Pan Pacific Sonargaon, as the upscale hotel in...

Major Western clothing retailers said they are yet to lessen on their work orders from Bangladesh for the coronavirus outbreak in Europe and the united...

The government is putting its best foot forward to greatly help farmers buy agricultural machinery with subsidy ahead of the next boro season to ensure...

Microsoft on Friday announced that co-founder Bill Gates has left its board of directors to devote additional time to philanthropy.The 64-year-old stopped being involved in...

Conventional banks have to maintain 18.5 % statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) and cash reserve requirement (CRR) of their total clients' deposits. They must also maintain...

The import of Thai products is growing in Bangladesh on the back of higher demand and top quality in a country where the consumer class...

Bangladesh's infrastructure equipment making sector is undergoing sweeping adjustments to meet up the increased demand due to the execution of the government's mega assignments to...

The government yesterday initiated the automation of ordinary and fixed deposit accounts under POSTOFFICE Savings Bank to ensure transparency and prevent affluent people from abusing...

Pushed into a restricted corner banks put up a spirited fight against the mounting default loans last year, as their mortgage recovery went up 15.46...

Technology can change the world, it all is often said. And the lives of the country's 1.5 crore farm families, who tend to be shorn...

The general public and private sectors should work together to transform Chattogram into a smart city by adopting new technologies and innovations, analysts said yesterday.They...

The Dhaka bourse witnessed a dead cat bounce yesterday along with global marketplaces though the reason is not the same.DSEX, the premier index, surged 148.26...

The meals procurement office, for the first time since 1996, has bought the highest amount of aman paddy and achieved its target of shopping for...

The government is defined to construct a deep seaport at Matarbari in Cox's Bazar to greatly help the country cope with rising volumes of exports...