Higher year-on-year dividend declarations from four listed companies could do little to prevent the country’s stock market from making a drop yesterday.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) wants to prioritise local industries when making considerations for the next national budget in order to strengthen the country’s economy.

Ever since his professional career began a decade ago, Fakhrul Islam has kept aside a portion of his regular income as a nest egg for rainy days.

Exporters and importers are apprehending prolonged delays in shipments as efforts so far have failed to dislodge a massive container vessel that continues to choke traffic in both directions along the Suez Canal.

Bangladesh needs to improve infrastructure and standard of education, equip the youth population with market-oriented skills and uproot corruption to become a high-income country, experts say.

Asian markets rose Thursday but optimism over the pace of economic recovery continued to be offset by worries about rising infections across Europe and the continent’s vaccine struggles, with inflation concerns casting an ever-present shadow.

The UN Road Transport Conventions such as “Transports Internationaux Routiers” (TIR) could help the effective implementation of this BBIN agreement to improve the trade and connectivity among the signatory countries in South Asia.

The UAE is increasing UK investment with a focus on life sciences such as healthcare innovation, the British government said Wednesday as it looks to boost the virus-hit economy.

The German government agreed Wednesday to take on record borrowing this year to weather the economic blow of the coronavirus pandemic.

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday defended the IMF’s move to boost its reserve offerings, calling the increased aid a “joint effort” to help the poorest nations hit by Covid-19.

A specialist London court will this week re-consider allowing an historic 14 billion pound ($19 billion) class action against Mastercard to proceed, which could entitle adults in Britain to about 300 pounds each if successful.

A revival in India’s economic activity should continue “unabated” despite a recent surge in coronavirus infections in many areas, the chief of the Reserve Bank of India said on Thursday.

Low tide overnight has slowed efforts to dislodge a 400-metre long, 224,000-tonne container vessel that has choked traffic in both directions along the Suez Canal and created the world’s largest shipping jam.

Twenty years ago, Abdul Gafur Sheikh was a poor day-labourer and debt-ridden and found it difficult to feed a family of six.

The government and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have agreed on short and medium-term roadmaps for 2021-2022 to further accelerate the implementation of ADB-assisted projects.

The central bank yesterday further extended its policy support for importing medicines for the treatment of coronavirus ailment, industrial raw materials and fertilisers due to a sudden rise in Covid-19 infections in the country.

Tourists have started cancelling their bookings amid a fresh wave of Covid-19 infections across the country, which threatens to derail recovery in the local hospitality industry.

Borrowers will be able to avail a fresh repayment deferral support, this time for three months, based on the bank-customer relation.

The government is yet to decide about lending money from the foreign exchange reserves to the private sector, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said yesterday.

Amid repeated complaints from users of being cut off during mobile phone calls, the telecom regulator yesterday said the rate of call drop in Bangladesh is still within the limit.