M Sayeduzzaman of Mimpex Agrochemicals and Md Moazzem Hossain of Assign Crop Care have recently been elected chairman and secretary general respectively of Bangladesh Crop Protection Association.

The collapse of the Archegos fund is only the most recent example of how extreme liquidity can make financial markets more volatile and sometimes lead to bizarre outcomes.

Equities mostly rose in Asia yesterday following a forecast-busting US jobs report and as investors kept tabs on the progress of Joe Biden’s latest economy-boosting spending package.

Chinese tech giants are expanding in Singapore as they face a crackdown at home and growing pressure in other key markets -- but they may struggle to find talent in the city-state.

Ceramic manufacturers have demanded the withdrawal of supplementary duties on tiles and sanitary products at production stage to protect the local firms and recover from the losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Faruque Hassan, the president-elect of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), has vowed to beef up international marketing to recover the apparel export losses that stemmed from the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.

Revenue collection gained slight momentum in the last two months after witnessing a slow upward trend at the beginning of the fiscal year.

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.

The Probashi Kalyan Bank has so far disbursed over Tk 140 crore from the Tk 700 crore special reintegration loan for migrant workers returning amid the coronavirus pandemic, Expatriates' Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad said today.

Shop owners and employees of different markets in the New Market and nearby areas in Dhaka demonstrated for the second consecutive day today, protesting the government restriction on their businesses for seven days.

State-owned landphone operator Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Ltd has launched its over-the-top (OTT) calling application Alaap.

People will not count any charge to send a maximum of Tk 40,000 per month through mobile financial services (MFS), a development that will help clients settle financial transactions during the countrywide lockdown.

Faruque Hassan has become the new president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).

Airline food might be one of the last things people are missing during the pandemic, but one Japanese carrier has customers flocking to sample luxury in-flight meals on its parked planes.

Abdul Muktadir, chairman and managing director of Incepta Pharmaceuticals Ltd, was elected as senior vice-president of the Bangladesh Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (BAPI) for 2021-2023 recently, a press release said.

Banks yesterday faced a huge number of cash withdrawals as the government declared a restriction on movement for seven days from today as part of effort to tackle the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

Navana Group has appointed Wahed Azizur Rahman as its group chief executive officer (CEO) recently.

The World Bank announced a new Climate Change Action Plan aimed at helping developing countries achieve measurable reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and pledging to mobilise large-scale resources to aid the transition out of coal.