Agriculture Minister Mohammad Abdur Razzaque today said it is necessary to cultivate unconventional cash crops, including almonds, coffee and black pepper, in order to make agriculture profitable.

There is no alternative to installing pre-paid metres in residential areas to stop illegal gas connection and save energy for future, experts said at a virtual webinar today.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a loan of $250 million to Bangladesh to help its finance reforms aimed at improving the inclusiveness and responsiveness of the country’s social development and resilience programme.

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi today said the government is implementing a project of $100 million in collaboration with the World Bank to increase the number of export products.

Prime Minister’s Private Industry and Investment Affairs Adviser Salman F Rahman said the country's stock market has a good future.

The governments of South Asian countries, including Bangladesh, have failed to play their roles in controlling the spread of the coronavirus and come up with sustainable and effective recovery solutions to the pandemic induced crisis.

Bangladesh has become the fourth largest destination for exports from India overtaking Hong Kong in the first three months of the ongoing calendar year, according to Indian Commerce Ministry data.

Britain and United States agreed on Thursday to resolve a long-running trade dispute over Airbus and Boeing and turn their attention to tackling Chinese subsidies, echoing a five-year tariff truce announced by Washington and Brussels.

As the Federal Reserve takes initial steps toward removing its massively accommodative policy, investors are preparing for the main show ahead.

Pyramids, Tutankhamun masks, Nefertiti busts -- Egypt’s souvenir-makers are pinning their hopes on a new lease of economic life, after tourism was battered by the coronavirus pandemic.

French President Emmanuel Macron called out on Wednesday what he described as excesses of liquidity in the US and Chinese financial markets, some of which he said could instead foster the growth of tech companies in Europe.

The EU’s proposed new rules to rein in tech giants risk undermining the security of the iPhone, Apple chief Tim Cook warned Wednesday.

India has put on hold a proposal to reduce import duties on edible oils as cooking oil prices started to fall in the world market after hitting record highs, two government and one industry officials told Reuters.

The gloomy picture of the banking sector led to a fall in the stock market over the past week amid rising coronavirus cases and deaths.

Mango farmers across the country, particularly in Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj, have been left disappointed by the lower prices for the ‘King of Fruits’ despite having secured very good yields this season.

Ifad Autos has been allotted 30 acres of land at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar by the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (Beza) to set up an industrial complex.

Sheikh Mehedi Hassan and his wife recently moved into their flat from a rented one in Mirpur-6.

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) yesterday lifted the floor price for all listed companies as it moved to halt its efforts to intervene in share price mechanisms.

Shatranji, a traditional fabric of Rangpur, has been recognised as a Geographical Indication (GI) product of Bangladesh.

Bangladesh has joined two other countries to lead the global cotton trade recovery as the demand for the commodity has risen sharply thanks to buoyant apparel shipments, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).