Bitcoin dipped 5.16 per cent to $33,849.47 at 18:00 GMT on Saturday, losing $1,842.99 from its previous close.

Hundreds of residents of Mirsharai upazila formed a human chain at Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills’ (BSRM) main factory gate yesterday demanding that it stop withdrawing groundwater using deep tube wells, saying it was causing a water crisis in the region.

Mercantile Bank recently witnessed a senior executive vice president being promoted to the post of deputy managing director.

Dubai’s property market is powering out of a six-year malaise as “lockdown dodgers” and wealthy international investors drive a buying frenzy that is breaking records and fuelling an economic recovery.

Britain’s retail sector will endure a “tsunami of closures” if the government does not extend a moratorium on aggressive debt enforcement, industry lobby group the British Retail Consortium (BRC), said on Sunday.

Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty Steel company -- one of the world’s largest steel empires -- faces an uncertain future after announcing plans to sell three of its UK plants.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday extended the banking hour by half an hour and decided to keep banks open from 10am to 3pm until June 6.

Global tech giant Google and e-commerce company Amazon have finally got-value added tax (VAT) registration from the revenue authority, ending a two-year stalemate over the issue.

Various labour organisations and industry experts have urged the government to allocate special funds in the upcoming national budget to help distressed jute mill workers and shrimp farmers survive the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has decided to restructure the board of directors of Fareast Stocks and Bonds due to the brokerage firm’s failure to maintain rules and regulations.

Dhaka stocks yesterday crossed 6,000 points for the first time in more than three years thanks to increased participation of buoyant investors going after banking stocks.

Import and export through Banglabandha land port has been suspended for five days amid fear that the 'Indian variant 'of Covid-19 and black fungus may spread in the bordering district.

Bangladesh Bank today extended the banking hour by half an hour and decided to keep banks open from 10am to 3pm from tomorrow until June 6.

Dhaka stocks crossed the 6,000 points level today after more than three years thanks to the higher participation of buoyant investors in banking stocks.

Health, education, social safety net and agricultural sectors should get priority in the next budget for quick recovery of health of the general mass and the economy as a whole, according to the South Asian Network for Economic Modeling (SANEM).

The government will launch "Bangladesh IT Connect" -- a virtual desk at the Bangladesh High Commission in the UK -- on June 3. According to officials, the purpose of the virtual desk is to connect investors and partners in the UK to Bangladesh-based IT companies, explore business opportunities and help attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).

US consumer prices surged in April, with a measure of underlying inflation blowing past the Federal Reserve’s 2 per cent target and posting its largest annual gain since 1992, because of pent-up demand and supply constraints as the economy reopens.

President Joe Biden’s first budget proposal comes with a big price tag - at $6 trillion, roughly 50 per cent higher than pre-Covid-19 federal spending - but, at least for now, projects a relatively modest long-term lift to the economy, likely reflecting concerns about the aging US population.

British finance minister Rishi Sunak called for more progress on ensuring financial markets support lower greenhouse gas emissions, after speaking with other finance ministers and central bankers from the G7 group of rich nations on Friday.

India’s federal government will borrow $22 billion from the market to compensate the country’s states for a shortfall in tax receipts this fiscal year, but it deferred cutting taxes on medicines and medical equipments used to treat coronavirus patients.