Many garment workers faced trouble yesterday as they walked to their workplaces in absence of public transport and for not having any transport arranged by the factories on the first day of a week-long strict countrywide lockdown.

Faria Binte Zaman Momo ordered a dress online in 2015 and this was first time she bought anything from digital shops.

Just a day after parliament passed the budget, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday sought an additional assistance from Asian Development Bank (ADB) as the government looks to use a record amount in foreign aid in fiscal 2021-22.

European factories continued to ramp up their post-lockdown recovery in June but Asian manufacturers saw momentum weaken amid rising input costs and the reintroduction of curbs to combat a new wave of coronavirus infections, surveys showed. 

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has increased the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) of private companies by around 6 per cent.

The telecom regulator is starting a verification process of valid mobile phones from tomorrow to curb the illegal mobile phone inflow, boost local mobile manufacturing and revenue collection.

Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) today announced closure of the stock market for the next four days just hours after the Dhaka bourse ended the day's trading with a 100-point gain.

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has sought bank account details of 11 e-commerce merchants.

Bangladesh Bank today said banks will be remained closed in the next four days due to bank holidays, weekends and lockdown.

Transition period of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) for the least developed countries has been extended for a period of thirteen years.

The refiners have reduced the prices of edible oil by Tk 4 per litre ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha.

Bangladesh has jumped up 25 places to be ranked 53 in the Global Cybersecurity Index 2020, according to a report of the United Nations.

IPDC Finance in a statement yesterday announced that its revenue for 2021’s first quarter had grown 6.4 times that of the same period of 2016.

Confectionery retailer Mithai of Pran-RFL Group recently opened 10 new outlets in Chattogram city, taking the countrywide total to 130.

Australia’s oil industry lobby group on Tuesday slammed as “extreme” the amount the government has proposed as a levy on all of the country’s offshore oil producers to cover the cost of decommissioning an offshore field.

British consumers have resumed borrowing and house prices have jumped by the most in more than 16 years, surging by an annual 13.4 per cent, according to data that showed the economy bouncing back from its pandemic slump.

The global steel industry may have to write down up to $70 billion in assets in the coming years because it is still building new blast furnaces using coal that will become obsolete as the world cuts carbon emissions, a report said on Tuesday.

The global steel industry may have to write down up to $70 billion in assets in the coming years because it is still building new blast furnaces using coal that will become obsolete as the world cuts carbon emissions, a report said on Tuesday.

Hapag-Lloyd, a German container shipping company, has decided to suspend its booking of import containers bound for Bangladesh via Singapore for a month.

Turnover in the stock market dropped to its lowest position in two months yesterday due to the wait-and-see approach among investors amid the deteriorating pandemic situation.