Mahmudul Hasan

DataBird, a Bangladeshi company having products across online travel, news, keyboard, eReader and lifestyle mobile applications, recently stated to have raised $3 million in foreign funding to build a messaging app resembling Facebook’s messenger, WhatsApp and China’s WeChat.

The amusement park industry is on the brink of collapse as owners are struggling to pay salaries, bank loans and hefty maintenance costs amid an ongoing closure that began in April due to the recent resurgence of Covid-19.

Creative book publishers have been fighting an uphill battle to survive for over a year as their sales have nosedived for the pandemic that depressed demand for fiction and non-fiction among consumers.

Businesspeople have urged the government not to allow any blanket black money whitening opportunity, saying the preferential tax treatment should be extended to the sectors that create jobs and have a positive impact on the economy.

The upcoming budget should take a wide range of fiscal measures to lift the new poor out of poverty as they have been languishing in financial plight since the pandemic hit the country more than a year ago because of inadequate support from the government, experts said.

People’s desperation to visit their permanent residences for Eid celebrations brings cheers to vehicle rental services providers amidst the gloom of the pandemic.

With Eid less than a week away, smiles have returned to the face of retailers after sales picked up as customers thronged shopping centres, defying the risk of contracting the deadly coronavirus.

The Covid-19 pandemic has emerged as the biggest challenge for businesses worldwide and caught top executives off guard.

The relationship between Japan and Bangladesh is a trusted and time-tested one. Bangladesh became Japan’s biggest recipient of official development assistance in 2020. Since the Covid-19 pandemic s

As cashless transactions turbocharged across the world during the pandemic, for Zyma Islam, a resident of the capital’s Dhanmondi, digital mode of payment turned out to be a saviour.

Sales of mobile handsets have dropped more than 40 per cent in April compared to the January level after consumers tightened their belt as they see no immediate end to the coronavirus pandemic.

Online shopping, grocery and food orders, which are growing at a fast clip, have emerged as a saviour for many during the pandemic as around one lakh people received jobs in the last year to cater to the delivery juggernaut.

Weavers of clothing items such as sari and panjabi may witness their sales nosedive in the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr after most of their items aimed at Pahela Baishakh have remained unsold because of a surge in coronavirus infections and subsequent strict lockdown measures.

Workers of the urban informal sector, which has been largely ignored despite the devastating pandemic for more than a year, are facing a fresh onslaught of adversities amid a surge in coronavirus infections.

Restaurants owners have been pounded with yet another blow of the pandemic as the government barred dine-in services during the seven-day restrictions on movement starting from yesterday to contain the virus amid Covid-19 cases hitting record highs.

Clothing retailers are increasingly focusing on online sales amidst the surge in coronavirus infections as they seek to salvage their sales during the two biggest spending seasons--Pahela Baishakh and Eid-ul-Fitr.

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.

Logistics companies that cater to online businesses in Bangladesh have prospered during the coronavirus pandemic, as an increasing number of people moved to digital platforms to make purchases.

An “in-house feasibility study” of Dhaka Power Distribution Company (DPDC) has come to the fore for all the wrong reasons, having cost a project an excess Tk 629 crore and four years’ delay.

The government is set to undertake a huge Tk 5,883 crore digital connectivity project, in a move that could equip every corner of the country with the latest ICT infrastructure, making almost all government services digital and increasing the use of ICT at field levels.