Hundreds of temporary workers of nine Chattogram-based state-owned jute mills staged a four-hour sit-in before Amin Jute Mills starting 8:00am yesterday with a three-point demand including reopening all mills and paying all dues.

Some provisions in the companies act still require fine-tuning in order to improve the business climate in Bangladesh, according to speakers at a webinar held yesterday.

German business morale rose by more than expected in June and hit its highest level since November 2018 on companies’ surging optimism about the second half of the year in Europe’s largest economy, a survey showed on Thursday.

Following suit of Brac Bank, Bank Asia and Dhaka Bank, local banking financial institution City Bank also cancelled card transactions with e-commerce platforms today.

E-commerce marketplace Evaly has welcomed the commerce ministry's today's decision of clearing payments to the local e-commerce companies once the goods are delivered to the buyers.

The commerce ministry today agreed in principles that the local e-commerce companies will not get the payment until and unless the goods are delivered to the buyers.

Improving the manufacturing sector’s productivity will be crucial for Bangladesh to boost export growth and help the economy rebound from the Covid-19 pandemic impacts, said a World Bank report launched today.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed agreements with Bangladesh to give $940 million in loans to purchase safe and effective vaccines against Covid-19.

Dhaka Bank has joined the foray of cancelling card based transactions with 10 e-commerce platforms, including Evaly and Alesha Mart, according to text messages sent by the private bank to its clients today.

The stock market bounced back today after falling for two consecutive days amid profit booking.

Bank Asia yesterday notify its customers that transactions through the banks cards with 10 e-commerce platforms will remain suspended for the time being.

Global rating agency Standard & Poor today slashed India’s economic growth forecast for the current financial year (2021-22) to 9.5 percent, down from 11 percent earlier, and warned of risks from further waves of Covid-19 pandemic.

Euro zone business growth accelerated at its fastest pace in 15 years in June as the easing of lockdown measures unleashed pent-up demand and drove a boom in the dominant services sector but also led to soaring price pressures, a survey found.

Two Walton customers have recently won Tk 10 lakh each on purchasing refrigerators under a “Eid Mega Festival” programme of a nationwide ongoing “Digital Campaign Season 11”.

Although oilseed production in Bangladesh has almost doubled in the last 12 years, most of the local demand for edible oil is met through imports, according to Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque.

Stocks of Malek Spinning jumped 9.72 per cent after news broke that the company is going to invest Tk 213 crore to expand its production capacity in order to meet the growing demand for yarn.

The stock market dropped for a second consecutive day yesterday as a tendency to book profits continued to prevail among investors.

The government is going to import 50,000 tonnes of rice from neighbouring India at Tk 31.91 per kilogramme.

As the coronavirus pandemic took hold in Bangladesh in March last year, Standard Chartered Bangladesh (SCB), took steps to keep its operations up and running, protect employees, and support clients.

Mongla Customs House has sent a rejoinder to a report headlined “CAR IMPORT VIA CTG, MONGLA PORTS -- Value differs, so does tariff” published in The Daily Star on April 21.