Bangladesh Bank today unveiled a Tk 25,000 crore refinance scheme for cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises (CMSMEs).

Only 33 out of the 5,867 complaints filed against controversial e-commerce platform E-orange as of June this year have so far been settled.

The Bangladesh Bank today extended the new borrowing limit for the textile millers and garment makers from the Export Development Fund (EDF) until December 31 this year.

A total of 10,747 complaints have so far been filed against Evaly and only 4,495 were settled as of June this year, according to the DNCRP.

The CASPI, the broader index of the bourse in the port city, closed at 18,066, down 214 points or 1.17 per cent. It gave up 242 points, or 1.3 per cent, on Monday.

The DSEX, the benchmark index of the premier bourse in Bangladesh, lost 63.71 points or 1.02 per cent to close at 6,153, the lowest since May 22 this year.

At 1.30 pm, DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, lost 82.57 points or 1.32 per cent to 6,134.31, lowest since June 30 last year.

The Bangladesh Bank today relaxed the policy for loan rescheduling of defaulted loans grossly, as the defaulters will now get a maximum of eight years to repay term loans instead of the previous two years.

Peyala Café has recently opened its flagship store in Dhaka’s Banani-11, according to a statement released by MGH Restaurants Private Limited, a venture of MGH Group which runs the food and beverage brand Peyala Café.

The Papilovax vaccine protects against cervical cancer by preventing the HPV virus responsible for cervical cancer.

The mutual fund sector should perform better as it has failed to play the expected role in developing a strong stock market in Bangladesh, stock market analysts said today.

The government today reduced the retail price of bottled soybean oil by Tk 14 to Tk 185 a litre, down by 7.03 per cent from the Tk 199 per litre thanks to its declining global prices.

Under this contract, RedDot Digital will provide managed data centre colocation facility for StanChart’s disaster recovery site.

A delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) wanted to know how prepared Bangladesh is for the country’s graduation to a developing nation in 2026.

The smartphone production in the country dropped around 50 per cent month-on-month in May due to rising dollar prices and soaring inflation that led people to tighten their belts.

People can now transfer money to their Nagad accounts directly from their Meghna Bank accounts.

The government has given go-ahead to 47 companies to import 73,000 tonnes of rice as part of its ongoing effort to contain food prices in the local market.

The World Bank has approved a $500 million credit to help Bangladesh improve disaster preparedness against inland flooding in 14 flood-prone districts benefiting over 1.25 million people.

The Bangladesh Bank has allowed, for the first time, the domestic banks to borrow from their offshore banking operations, to settle the import payments of capital machinery, industrial raw materials and imports made by the government.

Bangladesh Bank has asked banks to encash 50 per cent of the balance held in exporters’ retention quota (ERQ) accounts immediately and revised downwards the limit.