Marginalised people will get priority in the proposed national budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year, which will be placed by Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal before the parliament tomorrow.

The government should keep in mind the demands of people of all walks of life while preparing the national budget for 2021-22 fiscal year, analysts said at a discussion organised by NTV, a news channel.

In line with Summit’s commitment to continue transforming the power sector in Bangladesh by adopting advanced technology solutions, the company has successfully brought GE 9HA.01 heavy-duty gas turbine at its upcoming Summit Meghnaghat II power plant located in Meghnaghat, near Dhaka.

Bangladesh will observe National Tea Day on June 4 for the first time in the 50 years history of the country.

In a flowing cream hijab, Karima M. Imam walks through her fields in scrubland in northern Nigeria as workers harvest a gnarled brown root that has turned gold since COVID struck: ginger.

The Dhaka bourse continued rising for the second consecutive day today, as investors hope the national budget for 2021-22 fiscal year to be announced tomorrow will give a boost to the market.

Member nations of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) on Wednesday agreed to allow Britain to start the process of joining the pact, Japan’s economy minister said.

The expenditure of Bangladesh Economic Zones Development Project (1st phase) has increased to Tk 904.75 crore after being revised for the third time.

Eurozone manufacturing activity expanded at a record pace in May, according to a survey on Tuesday which suggested growth would have been even faster without supply bottlenecks that have led to an unprecedented rise in input costs.

Indian state refiners’ daily gasoline and gasoil sales declined by about a fifth in May from a month earlier as lockdowns to curb the second deadly wave of Covid-19 hit industrial activities and consumption, preliminary data showed on Tuesday.

British house prices jumped by an annual 10.9 per cent, the most in nearly seven years, and they look set to accelerate further as people seek new homes after the pandemic, mortgage lender Nationwide said.

India’s factory activity growth slowed significantly in May as an escalation in coronavirus cases whacked new orders and output while scarcity of raw materials drove up input costs, a private sector survey showed on Tuesday.

Shares in Chinese toy makers, diaper producers and infant food companies soared for the second day on Tuesday, as investors piled into stocks seen as benefitting from Beijing’s new three-child policy.

Mercantile Bank Ltd (MBL) has taken a set of initiatives to widen its businesses by way of strengthening its different digital platforms, sidestepping the ongoing business slowdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The central bank yesterday instructed banks to reschedule defaulted loans in the farm sector without any down payment as part of its efforts to protect farmers from the ongoing economic hardship deriving from the coronavirus pandemic.

The government will likely offer a 10-year full tax exemption in order to encourage private investors to establish hospitals outside of four districts, including Dhaka and Chattogram.

Remittance inflows hit a record high of $2.17 billion in May, which was the highest since August this fiscal year, thanks to the hard-earned money sent by migrant workers amid the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Around Tk 88.6 lakh crore of untaxed or black money has been generated in the past 48 years since Bangladesh gained independence, said Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) yesterday.

Standard Chartered Saadiq Bangladesh has won a “Best Islamic Bank for Digital CX (customer experience) - Bangladesh Award (DCX 2021)” from Digital Banker.

Nine banks faced net losses in the first quarter of this year as the majority of them have been in the red for years due to wide-ranging financial scams.