Digital payments platform Visa yesterday launched a service in Bangladesh in line with Islamic banking principles. 

Brazil’s national power grid operator (ONS) has asked electricity generators to postpone maintenance and technical work for as long as possible to help avoid worsening the energy crisis stemming from the country’s worst drought in almost a century. 

L Catterton, a private equity firm backed by French luxury giant LVMH, has agreed to buy a 60 per cent stake in Italian fashion company Etro, two sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday. 

Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said many US economic sectors faced rapidly rising prices and were struggling to adjust to reopening after the shutdown. 

OPEC+ ministers will meet on Sunday in another attempt to agree a quick oil supply boost to address soaring oil prices as the global economy recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. 

Walmart’s Flipkart should not be treated the same as rival Amazon in an Indian antitrust probe as the evidence against the two firms was “qualitatively different”, Flipkart argued in a court filing seen by Reuters. 

Two top Bank of England officials surprised investors this week by saying the time might be nearing for the British central bank to rein in the huge stimulus programme it has used to steer the economy through the coronavirus crisis. 

Balikandi of Moulvibazar sadar upazila has a long history of being a hub for leather trade in the greater Sylhet division. Even a few years ago, hundreds of people were making a living out of it.

A “cattle train” service rolled out by Bangladesh Railway seems to have fallen flat as just a single locomotive carrying 200 sacrificial animals for Eid-ul-Azha began its journey to Dhaka on Saturday.

Digital commerce firms will have to obtain Business Identification Numbers (BINs) from the National Board of Revenue to continue operations, said Commerce Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh yesterday.

Mango exports nearly tripled in fiscal 2020-21 compared to the year before, but the quantities shipped are still too low considering the total annual production.

Alesha Mart today said it still does not know what the complaints are against the e-commerce platform.

No decision was taken in commerce ministry’s meeting today whether Evaly will be closed or not, said Commerce Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh.

An Indian company—Sewtech Fashion Ltd, a sister concern of India’s largest apparel maker Shahi Exports Pvt Ltd—has agreed to invest $9.26 million in Chattogram Export Processing Zone.

DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), increased to a historic high of 6,365.11 points today with a 57-point or 0.91 per cent rise from the previous day.

Technical glitch halted trading at the Dhaka Stock Exchange since 11.10 am.

US consumer sentiment fell sharply and unexpectedly in early July to the lowest level in five months as inflation worries dented confidence in the economic recovery, a survey showed on Friday. 

China will crack down on the hoarding and speculation of commodities while ensuring supplies and prices are stable, in a move to tame price volatility seen in recent months, said China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

Global stocks mostly fell Friday as worries about rising Covid-19 cases and their effect on global growth weighed on sentiment, pushing Wall Street into the red for the week.

Tea garden owners in Bangladesh have urged the government to keep the industry out of the purview of the strict nationwide lockdown beginning on July 23.