Indian drug vial maker Schott Kaisha is expecting annual vial sales for Covid-19 shots to more than triple as vaccine production, including by one of its top customers Serum Institute, increases in response to a monster second wave of infections.

In December 2020, with coronavirus infections spreading rapidly across factories and workers’ dormitories in Malaysia, officials raided latex glove maker Brightway Holdings near Kuala Lumpur.

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The stock market took a tumble yesterday due to a profit booking spree among investors while turnover also plunged. The DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), plummeted 60 points, or 1.02 per cent, to 5,813.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) would give highest priority to the protection of the cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises (CMSMEs), as they are the worst hit by the ongoing pandemic.

Ring Shine Textiles has sold shares in the pre-IPO (initial public offering) period free of cost through a private offer, a clear act of forgery, according to a special audit of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC).

The country’s trade deficit widened moderately in the first nine months of the ongoing fiscal due to higher import growth, which is a sign that the economy is gradually recovering from its depressed state of affairs.

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has led to great uncertainty over life and livelihoods. As the virus is not going to leave us anytime soon, it will continue to hurt economies and threaten jobs.

The stock market regulator has stepped forward in strengthening the bond market so that it can be a long-term source of finance.

Profits from Covid-19 jabs have helped at least nine people become billionaires, a campaign group said Thursday, calling for an end to pharmaceutical corporations' "monopoly control" on vaccine technology.

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) experienced a fall today because of the profit booking tendency of the general investors.

Asian energy officials on Wednesday disputed the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) call for no new oil, natural gas and coal investments for the world to be able to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, viewing that approach as too narrow.

The US Federal Reserves determination to stimulate the economy through low interest rates and bond buying until employment returns to pre-epidemic levels will likely raise commodity prices significantly in the interim.

Airbus on Wednesday softened plans to sell off the production of mass-produced small parts and said it would consider a union-backed proposal to keep the activity in-house.

US homebuilding fell more than expected in April, likely pulled down by soaring prices for lumber and other materials, but construction remains supported by an acute shortage of previously owned homes on the market.

British inflation more than doubled in April, the start of a likely climb in prices this year as rich economies recover from pandemic lockdowns, but one that the Bank of England hopes will prove temporary.

Trade ministers from the United States, Canada and Mexico said on Tuesday they held “robust” talks on the new North American trade deal and pledged to fully enforce its higher standards, while downplaying differences over a range of other irritants.

The earnings of Dhaka Electric Supply Company (Desco) plunged about 48 per cent in the third quarter of the current fiscal year because of an increase in energy cost and expenses.

Stocks rose again yesterday riding on higher demand for banking shares following a plunge the preceding day amid profit booking.

The rubber industry in Sylhet is facing tough times due to a continuous fall in prices.