One in five of the world’s 2,000 largest publicly listed companies have now committed to a “net-zero” emissions target to help tackle climate change, researchers said on Tuesday.

The government yesterday approved the import of 50,000 tonnes of rice from India in order to increase the country’s food stock and control spiralling prices.

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.

Despite repeated complaints of call drops from users, the telecom regulator today said the percentage of call drop in the country is still within the limit.

Bangladesh would have emerged as the fifth Asian Tiger in the next five years if it had not suffered economic losses due to the coronavirus, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said today.

The Government of Bangladesh and Asian Development Bank (ADB) at a tripartite portfolio review meeting (TPRM) today assessed the 2020 performance and agreed on short- and medium-term roadmaps for 2021-2022 to further accelerate implementation of ADB-assisted projects.

The next budget to be presented at the parliament will make it clear whether the scope for whitening the black money will be there in the next fiscal year or not, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said today.

Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Imran Ahmad today said they have set a target to establish branches of Probashi Kallyan Bank in each upazila of the country.

The Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) has won the World Bank’s Directors Award for Most Innovative, Collaborative and Impactful Governance Global Practice Operations for its “Digitising Implementation Monitoring and Public Procurement Project (DIMAPPP)”.

The government will buy another 50,000 tonnes of rice from India.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today put emphasis on constructing necessary infrastructures to reap the highest benefits from the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) signed between Bangladesh and Bhutan.

The US recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic “looks to be strengthening,” Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Monday, but vowed the central bank would continue its efforts to aid racial minorities and other groups hurt most by the downturn.

Microsoft Corp is in talks to buy messaging platform Discord Inc for more than $10 billion, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

US stock index futures slid on Tuesday as energy stocks dropped while investors awaited remarks from Fed Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen for clues on the pace of economic rebound.

Oil prices slumped Tuesday on lower demand prospects for crude as Europe’s biggest economy Germany said it would reimpose strict containment measures and struggles along with other EU nations to roll out vaccines.

Soy and sugar traders are fighting for room in Latin America’s largest port, rushing to secure loading slots as the slowest Brazilian soy harvest in 10 years pushes the grains export window into the sugar season.