Tourists have started cancelling their bookings amid a fresh wave of Covid-19 infections across the country, which threatens to derail recovery in the local hospitality industry.

Borrowers will be able to avail a fresh repayment deferral support, this time for three months, based on the bank-customer relation.

The government is yet to decide about lending money from the foreign exchange reserves to the private sector, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said yesterday.

Amid repeated complaints from users of being cut off during mobile phone calls, the telecom regulator yesterday said the rate of call drop in Bangladesh is still within the limit.

Bangladesh’s attractiveness as an apparel-sourcing destination has remained potent despite increased competition in recent years, according to a new survey of management consulting firm McKinsey & Company.

Britain’s annual inflation rate unexpectedly fell in February as coronavirus curbs sparked heavy discounting for clothing and footwear, official data showed Wednesday, soothing market concerns over inflationary pressures.

Asian markets extended their losses yesterday with virus and vaccine fears returning to haunt investors as Europe faces fresh infection spikes and lockdowns that could knock the economic recovery off course.

Despite repeated complaints of call drops from users, the telecom regulator today said the percentage of call drop in the country is still within the limit.

Bangladesh would have emerged as the fifth Asian Tiger in the next five years if it had not suffered economic losses due to the coronavirus, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said today.

The Government of Bangladesh and Asian Development Bank (ADB) at a tripartite portfolio review meeting (TPRM) today assessed the 2020 performance and agreed on short- and medium-term roadmaps for 2021-2022 to further accelerate implementation of ADB-assisted projects.

The next budget to be presented at the parliament will make it clear whether the scope for whitening the black money will be there in the next fiscal year or not, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said today.

Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad today said they have set a target to establish branches of Probashi Kallyan Bank in each upazila of the country.

The Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) has won the World Bank’s Directors Award for Most Innovative, Collaborative and Impactful Governance Global Practice Operations for its “Digitising Implementation Monitoring and Public Procurement Project (DIMAPPP)”.

The government will buy another 50,000 tonnes of rice from India.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today put emphasis on constructing necessary infrastructures to reap the highest benefits from the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) signed between Bangladesh and Bhutan.

The stock market is suffering from a lack of confidence, according to Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal.

Insurance stocks came under the spotlight again yesterday despite generating a lower premium income amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Motorcycle manufacturers have demanded duty benefits on component and raw material imports in order to reduce the cost of production and develop the local two-wheeler industry.

New York’s Department of Financial Services on Tuesday said it concluded its investigation of Apple’s credit card and its underwriter Goldman Sachs Group Inc and found no evidence of unlawful discrimination against applicants under the state’s fair lending law.

Private investors will hold a 49 per cent stake in Nagad Ltd and the postal department the rest as the government looks to run the mobile financial service as a subsidiary, its top executive said yesterday.