The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has asked banks to send account information of 23 digital platforms, including Daraz and Priyo Shop and 29 executives related to the firms.

The United States and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday used COP26 climate talks to launch efforts to channel funding into making agriculture resilient to climate change, as well as to cut its emissions.

Export earnings increased 60.37 per cent year-on-year to $4.73 billion in October, the highest ever for a single month in the history of Bangladesh.

Standard Chartered Bangladesh has executed the country’s first sustainable trade finance transaction locally.

The stock market fell for the third consecutive day today as investors preferred remaining on the sideline.

The High Court today issued a rule asking the authorities to show cause as to why their failure and inaction to refund the money of e-commerce customers should not be declared illegal.

Foreign participating companies in the Bangladesh Trade and Investment Summit 2021 have shown interest to invest $1.16 billion in Bangladesh, Rizwan Rahman, president of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), said today.

Turnover at the Dhaka bourse dropped over 22 per cent today while its index was almost flat.

The commerce ministry has written to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to defreeze the accounts to return Tk 214 crore that got stuck in payment gateways due to e-commerce companies' failure to deliver products against the payments.

Online marketplace Daraz Bangladesh, a concern of Alibaba Group, is hosting a one-day sale campaign “11.11” for the fourth time.

Fresh LP Gas, a concern of Meghna Group of Industries, organises its annual sales conference at the Royal Tulip Sea Pearl Beach Resort in Cox’s Bazar recently.

The government of Denmark, through the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), has committed for a fund of $3.19 million to enhance cleaner production in the ready-made garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh.

The Bangladesh Bank today relaxed rules for its Tk 3,000 crore stimulus package dedicated to the low-income professionals, marginal farmers and micro-enterprises.

Proper action plan for each sector and positive attitude toward technical education can play a vital role in reducing educated unemployment in the country, experts said today.

The stockmarket index continued rising for the third straight day although the blue-chip index experienced a drop.

The tax authority has reduced corporate tax to 10 per cent for makers of freezer, refrigerator, motorcycle and compressor and air conditioner until June, 2032 with the aim to give further stimuli to the growing home electronics and automobile sector.

Garment workers went on work abstention and demonstrated by blocking Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur city for three hours today demanding their due salaries and allowance.

Huawei has announced the expansion of its partner network through several new collaborations with Horangi, ZIONEXT, USEA Global, Advocado, 4Paradigm, YonYou, and Cloudwise.

Russia is keen to increase its bilateral trade with Bangladesh as the world’s largest country wants to strengthen its relation with the south Asian nation, Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Vikentyevich Mantitsky said today.

The Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) today launched the seventh edition of its flagship event “BASIS Outsourcing Award” with an aim at bringing more youth into freelancing and creating skilled manpower.