The stock market managed to stay in the positive yesterday thanks to stocks of insurers and banks.

The leaders of the Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (Amtob) expressed worries today as the government did not include any of their recommendations in the proposed national budget for 2021-22 fiscal year.

Transactions through mobile financial services hit an all-time high of Tk 63,479 crore in April as both commoners and businesses used the digital channel to transfer fund to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr and Pahela Baishakh.

The VAT intelligence today filed a case against bakery shop Shumi's Hot Cake in the city’s Uttara on allegation of evading Tk 10.52 crore value-added tax.

PH Creative (BD) Ltd, a South Korean company, signed an agreement with Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (Bepza) today to establish a factory inside Mongla Export Processing Zone to manufacture camping items and garments accessories.

Inflation in Bangladesh dropped 30 basis points to 5.26 per cent in May, Planning Minister MA Mannan said today.

The United States will target China with a new “strike force” to combat unfair trade practices, the Biden administration said on Tuesday, as it rolled out findings of a review of U.S. access to critical products, from semiconductors to electric-vehicle batteries.

The stock market bounced back today riding on the rise in insurance shares.

About 53 tonnes of sugar was stolen from a godown of Kushtia Sugar Mill. A source confirmed to The Daily Star that this information came up in the investigation of the committee formed by the Ministry of Industries.

Bangladesh and Austria have inked a crucial pact to boost bilateral aviation business and increase air connectivity between the two countries.

US President Joe Biden's order last week banning US investment in certain Chinese companies is broader than a similar one signed by his predecessor Donald Trump and has a lower bar, making it easier to add more companies later.

DataBird, a Bangladeshi company having products across online travel, news, keyboard, eReader and lifestyle mobile applications, in association with The Daily Star is organising a competition to find unique ideas to use technology in solving the country’s problems.

The government has amended the Customs Act, doubling the penalty for providing incorrect information in import and export documents even though wrong declarations do not lead to any duty evasion.

City Bank yesterday witnessed the reelection of the chairman and vice chairman of its Board of Directors. Aziz Al Kaiser and Hossain Khaled are both sponsor directors, said a press release.

The 20-year tax-exemption support announced in the proposed budget will definitely take Bangladesh’s growing automobile industry to an impressive stage and promote local manufacturing, according to industry insiders.

A landmark deal to reform corporate tax payments proposed by the Group of Seven on Saturday will not unfairly benefit the United States, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said on Monday.

Investor morale in the euro zone rose for the fourth month in a row in June, reaching its highest level since February 2018, lifted by reopening restaurants and tourism resuming as coronavirus cases fall, a survey showed on Monday.

US officials on Sunday ratcheted up pressure on companies and foreign adversaries to fight cybercriminals, and said President Joe Biden is considering all options, including a military response, to counter the growing threat.

China’s imports grew at their fastest pace in 10 years in May, fuelled by surging demand for raw materials, although export growth slowed more than expected amid disruptions caused by Covid-19 cases at the country’s major southern ports.

Bangladesh should sort out the problems facing the industrial sector, ensure wider use of technologies, and take a bold initiative to re-skill the workforce to address the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution, speakers said yesterday.