Farmers that cultivated yardlong bean in fallow lands in two unions of Kulaura upazila in Sylhet’s Moulvibazar district are enjoying tremendous success thanks to bumper yields and a reasonable market price.

Yesterday was the eighth anniversary of Bangladesh’s deadliest industrial disaster, the Rana Plaza building collapse. Many changes have taken place in the garment sector after the disaster that killed 1,138 workers and left more than 2,500 injured. Tuomo Poutiainen shed light on various aspects of the tragedy.

Bangladesh’s education system should be skill-oriented with an emphasis on technology, innovation, startups and entrepreneurship development, according to speakers at a webinar.

Mobile phone users can stop receiving promotional messages on their handsets by dialling codes, said the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) in a notice yesterday.

Despite last year’s flying start with the production of hand sanitisers, state-owned Carew & Co is now struggling to find customers for 60,000 bottles of disinfectant it has in its store.

The government has already provided seasonal assistance to about 10 lakh people living below the poverty line and will expand such social protection programmes to curb the adverse effects of any future economic shock, according to Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal.

A good number of banks are going towards branchless banking in recent times by way of rolling out different digital products as a part of their efforts to reach out to more people both in rural and urban areas.

Wall Street rebounded Friday from earlier losses on reports that US President Joe Biden will seek a huge tax hike, but Europe remained on the back foot despite bright economic data.

Customers will be able to stop the flow of promotional texts on mobile phones through the "Do Not Disturb (DND)" service.

The government has decided to let shops and malls reopen from April 25, maintaining proper health guidelines.

Two years is a very short time to judge the shelf life of any company let alone one that is setting new benchmarks in the country.

World stocks rose on Wednesday as Wall Street and Europe bounced back from large drops, while oil prices continued to be weighed down by rising Covid-19 cases in Asia.

As US President Joe Biden escalates his climate change agenda, pressure is growing on the country’s regulators to catch up with Europe and incorporate various risks posed by climate change into their oversight of the financial system.

Asian markets clawed back the week’s losses on Thursday after Wall Street overnight broke a two-day dip that had been sparked by Covid-19 jitters and valuation fears.

The World Bank and the government of Bangladesh yesterday signed a $250 million financing agreement to help create more and better jobs, recover faster from the pandemic and build resilience to future crisis.

LafargeHolcim Bangladesh said yesterday its profit almost doubled in the first quarter of 2021, riding on a staggering 23 per cent growth in sales amid the pandemic.

Low interest on bank deposits has driven savers away from the banking sector and encouraged them to invest in stocks, which is why the market index has been on a rising trend for the last eight days amid an ongoing nationwide lockdown.

Bangladesh Bank has asked National Bank to appoint a managing director (MD) by April 28 as the private lender has been running operations without one for nearly three months.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday asked banks to ensure that bankers get fares for their commutes during the strict lockdown period this year starting April 14.

Even as new setbacks cloud their path to recovery, airline bosses are focusing on the lasting impact of Covid-19 on premium travel, technology and other pillars of their business.