Industrialists have found it difficult to instantly implement emergency measures for the smooth continuation of manufacturing operations after the government suddenly announced a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19.

French energy giant Total will not halt gas production in coup-hit Myanmar, its chief said Sunday, despite growing calls for foreign companies to sever ties with the junta as it escalates a brutal crackdown on dissent.

Banks will have to take prior approval from Bangladesh Bank to reappoint their directors in line with the Banking Companies Act 1991.

China’s ByteDance has told an Indian court that a government freeze on its bank accounts in a probe of possible tax evasion amounts to harassment and was done illegally, according to a filing seen by Reuters.

The United States is not at risk of a dangerous spell of inflation after a banner month of gains for workers, a top Biden economic official said on Friday, but the fast pace of business reopenings could cause a coronavirus resurgence.

Total budgetary spending in the first six months of the current fiscal shrank 10.58 per cent year-on-year to Tk 141,514 crore due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report from the finance ministry.

The French economy will expand by 5 per cent in 2021, Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said in a newspaper interview, as a third lockdown to tackle the coronavirus pandemic has prompted a downward revision in the previous government forecast for 6 per cent growth.

Bankers are considered the frontline workers given their role in keeping the wheels of the economy moving, but they are now afraid of performing their job amidst the strict restrictions on movement imposed by the government.

Tesla reported a jump in first-quarter auto deliveries on Friday, topping leading estimates, as it cited strong demand in China where the electric car maker has been ramping up production.

Small businesses, who are yet to recover from the devastating impacts of the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Bangladesh, are set to receive another blow after the government yesterday directed them to shutter shops to contain the surge in infections.

United Airlines announced Thursday it will immediately start hiring pilots, beginning with a group of 300, to be ready to meet growing demand for air travel.

The stock market yesterday suffered its steepest single-day decline in 12 months as worried investors went for a massive selloff fearing a freefall after the government brings back strict measures to curb the sharp rise in coronavirus infections.

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.

Bangladesh Bank today raised the person to person mobile banking transaction limit to help people transfer money with ease during the countrywide seven-day lockdown starting from tomorrow.

Bangladesh Bank has reduced banking hours from tomorrow in tune with a new restriction on movements declared by the government to keep the coronavirus pandemic at bay.

Shop owners and employees of New Market and other nearby shopping malls today demonstrated against the directive to keep shops closed -- as part of the government’s seven-day restrictions beginning tomorrow.

Rajshahi Byabshayee Oikya Parishad, a platform of 110 businesses, demanded that the government allow small traders to keep their shops open during the weeklong lockdown – maintaining health guidelines – beginning tomorrow.