Bangladesh Bank today extended the deadline for tanners to repay default loans by three months under relaxed facilities given the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha.

Shopowners today stressed the need for collecting value-added tax (VAT) at source until the government completes installing cash register machines in all kinds of stores.

Jackfruits from Bangladesh are now on sale in a German market.

Standard Chartered Bangladesh has announced a Tk 13.5 crore strategic action plan for 2021 to support healthcare and immediate assistance, restore livelihoods and catalyse long-term growth.

The stock market experienced a fall today just a day after hitting a three-and-a-half-year high, as investors went for booking profits.

A German trade union called on workers at seven Amazon warehouses to go on strike on Monday for several days to coincide with the global Prime Day promotion.

The number of restaurants and the people involved in the sector has significantly increased over the decade to 2019-20 thanks to changing lifestyle, increasing mobility of people, and demand for dining-out, according to a new survey.

The US Federal Reserve’s carefully crafted move last year to a jobs-first monetary policy, touted as giving workers their best chance after the pandemic, is being tested by a potentially table-turning rebound of inflation and what’s become a relative rush of policymakers determined not to let it get out of hand.

Grameenphone retrenched 159 employees on Sunday after they refused to accept its voluntary retirement scheme (VRS).

A slide in bank and mining stocks led European shares to a two-week low on Monday after the U.S. Federal Reserve’s surprisingly hawkish stance on monetary policy last week, while Morrisons surged 31 per cent on hopes of a bidding war to buy out the UK grocer.

Singer Bangladesh recently launched a “SINGER Eid Anondo Offer” on refrigerator and freezer purchases ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.

Malaysian telecoms firm Axiata Group Bhd and Norway’s Telenor ASA will merge their mobile operations in Malaysia in a $15 billion deal, forming a new market leader in the competitive Southeast Asian nation.

Oil prices edged higher on Monday, underpinned by strong demand during the northern hemisphere summer driving season and a pause in talks to revive the Iran nuclear deal that could lead to a resumption of crude supplies from the OPEC producer.

Oil prices edged higher on Monday, underpinned by strong demand during the northern hemisphere summer driving season and a pause in talks to revive the Iran nuclear deal that could lead to a resumption of crude supplies from the OPEC producer.

How people divide their working hours between home and office should develop naturally over time and not be forced into law, senior financial services industry officials said on Monday.

Bangladesh Bank has asked non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) to form their own cybersecurity management teams in order to monitor and thwart digital threats.

Bitcoin tumbled almost 10 per cent on Monday as recent volatility in the cryptocurrency market showed no signs of dampening down, with market players citing jitters over China’s expanding crackdown on bitcoin mining in thin liquidity for the losses.

The continuous support of the mobile financial service (MFS) industry to the government and individuals to face the challenges of Covid-19 in the last 16 months has been recognised by the top policy-makers.

Car factories, including those of Renault-Nissan, Hyundai and Ford, can operate with full workforces in India’s automaking hub from Monday, even though 75 per cent of workers at the global carmakers’ plants have not been vaccinated against Covid-19.

An apparent lack of coordination and disconnect with state initiatives is causing brush makers of a small village in Tangail to lose out to the Covid-19 fallouts and competition from China.