The pandemic is becoming less dominant in the markets and other risks, such as inflation and a stock market correction, are rising, as vaccines fuel optimism and recovery, a top official at Norway’s $1.3t wealth fund said on Wednesday.

A group of 43 international banks including sector heavyweights have joined a UN-convened pact to reach carbon neutrality by 2050, the world body said Wednesday.

Premier Bank recently witnessed the reappointment of its managing director and CEO, M Reazul Karim, for the next three years.

India will waive its 10 per cent customs duty on imported Covid-19 vaccines, a senior government official told Reuters on Monday, as it tries to boost supplies to counter a dramatic surge in coronavirus cases.

President Vladimir Putin, whose United Russia party is deeply unpopular ahead of September elections, said Wednesday that the government’s main task was to boost Russians’ falling personal incomes.

China is set to resume cargo train service with North Korea, people familiar with the matter said, following a 15-month border closure due to COVID-19, as trade with the impoverished and isolated country begins to rebound.

The governors of a dozen US states including California, New York, Massachusetts and North Carolina called on President Joe Biden on Wednesday to back ending sales of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035, a dramatic shift away from fossil fuels.

Investors yesterday faced prolonged malfunctioning of the DSE mobile app while trying to execute trade, all at a time when the digital mode is enabling the stock market to stay open amidst the ongoing lockdown.

The government yesterday approved a proposal to buy another 33.60 lakh MMBtus of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the spot market to meet the growing demand for the super-chilled fuel.

The construction of the Korean EPZ Hi-Tech Park in Anwara upazila of Chattogram began yesterday as its owner looks to set up Bangladesh’s first private enclave for information technology firms and startups.

Brac Bank registered a net profit of Tk 454 crore last year, sidestepping the business slowdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The lockdowns to control the infection of Covid-19 have devastated economies, as the economic activities of people paused to a great extent, according to the International Chamber of Commerce - Bangladesh (ICC-B).

Grameenphone, the country’s biggest mobile phone operator, saw its net profit drop 16 per cent year-on-year to Tk 890 crore in the January-March quarter of 2021, impacted by a reduction in inter-connection revenue and economic uncertainties from Covid-19.

A planned summit between European Union and Indian leaders in Portugal next month will now be virtual because of the sharp rise in coronavirus cases in India, New Delhi said Tuesday.

Despite the uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic, international clothing brands are confident that Bangladesh will remain a major source of apparels in the coming months, according to a new study.

Despite uncertainty, international clothing brands are confident that Bangladesh will remain a major source of apparels in the coming months, according to a new study.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today said the government would accept the data on the number of new poor only from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), not from any private company.

The stock market maintained an upward trend today amid the ongoing countrywide lockdown.

Leading telecom company Grameenphone's net profit plunged 16.68 per cent year-on-year to Tk 890 crore in the January to March quarter of 2021.

China’s market regulator is investigating a joint venture between e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and Minmetals Development, Minmetals said on Monday, amid a broad antitrust clampdown on internet firms.