Index Agro Industries gave the bad news of a fall in profits yesterday ahead of its trade debut on the stock exchanges.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has sought $500 million in loans from the World Bank to help Bangladesh implement its budget.

Logistics services provider DHL Express forecasted business to business e-commerce will increase by more than 70 per cent by 2027 to $20.9 trillion, up from $12.2 trillion in 2019 as Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the pace of digitalisation and purchasing behaviours.

The ongoing countrywide lockdown has made things worse for the milk producers in Pabna and Sirajganj, who have already been suffering from poor sales due to a slump in local consumption.

The stock market continued to rise for a second consecutive day as investor participation increased after many shares reached lucrative prices in the recent bearish trend.

Residents in Dhaka and other parts will be able to get delivery of foods and products they purchase from e-commerce platforms from morning till midnight, said the Ministry of Commerce in a notification today.

The commerce ministry has extended the deadline for holding elections to executive councils of all trade bodies till December 31 this year.

After the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has also revised up its growth forecast for Bangladesh economy.

The US-Bangladesh Business Council will be launched today virtually to boost the bilateral trade and investment between the two countries.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has sought $500 million in loans from the World Bank to help the south Asian nation implement its budget.

Business owners and employees continued their demonstration demanding government let their businesses run during the “lockdown” for the second consecutive day today.

Agriculture ministry today begins distributing subsidised agricultural machinery among farmers across the country under the biggest ever farm mechanisation project involving Tk 3,020 crore.

Stocks continued going upwards for the second day today thanks to the purchasing tendency of the investors in the presence of many lucrative shares.

Owners of small businesses in Rajshahi defied the government-imposed restrictions and opened their shops this morning.

Merchandise export earnings rebounded sharply with a 12.59 per cent year-on-year rise to hit $3.07 billion in March thanks to the recovery in garment shipment over the last few months on the back of relaxed lockdowns.

Nations of the D-8 should sign a much-needed preferential trade agreement (PTA) to remove tariff and non-tariff barriers, ministers and entrepreneurs of the trade bloc said yesterday.

Bangladesh has finally started to farm vannamei shrimp on pilot basis following pleas from exporters as locally grown black tiger shrimp and freshwater prawn are unable to compete with cheaper varieties in western markets.

Sales fell at Khatunganj market on the first day of a countrywide ‘lockdown’ yesterday thanks to a lack of transportation facilities at the famous commodities hub situated in Chattogram.

Stocks bounced back yesterday as investors went on a buying spree to take advantage of the low prices of many securities and higher loan margin for share purchases.

Restaurants owners have been pounded with yet another blow of the pandemic as the government barred dine-in services during the seven-day restrictions on movement starting from yesterday to contain the virus amid Covid-19 cases hitting record highs.