The commerce ministry would ask Bangladesh Bank to start providing customers with refunds of advance payments that were made to e-commerce firms but got stuck with payment gateways for non-delivery of goods, said a senior official yesterday.

Most people, especially those from the middle and lower-income brackets, usually choose to buy a ready apartment or flat rather than build their own home.

Stocks gained yesterday on the back of an increased participation of investors as expectations grew that the government’s move to resolve the disputes between the Bangladesh Bank and the capital market regulator would yield better outcome.

Bangladesh now has a fleet of 80 oceangoing vessels, a record high since the country’s independence.

Bangladesh’s exports surged in November as it raked in $4.04 billion, reflecting the strong demand for apparels from the country following reopening of US and European economies from the severe fallout of Covid-19, official figures showed yesterday.

Stocks gained today, buoyed by increased participation of investors on expectations that the finance ministry’s move to resolve the disputes between the central bank and the capital market regulator would bring better outcome.

E-commerce platform Alesha Mart has shut all of its official activities temporary from today.

Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) yesterday won the title of ‘Bank of the Year 2021’ in Bangladesh awarded by London-based magazine The Banker.

Standard Chartered Bangladesh has won three awards at the “Mastercard Excellence Award 2021” held recently in Dhaka.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday said the media would soon be informed about measures the government has taken against culprits who laundered money abroad in the past two to three years.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday refuted the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission’s (BSEC) statement on Tuesday that two issues on which the two regulators had a dispute on had been resolved through a meeting that day.

The government support extended to ordinary people amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic was insufficient to sustain their livelihoods and contribution to the overall economy, a noted economist said yesterday.

Increasing digitalisation and tele-density has contributed to the country’s economic growth but it has not been as significant as in countries like India, said a study unveiled yesterday.

Bangladesh’s current debt to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio of 40.7 per cent is still sustainable and there is space for increasing public debt.

Bangladesh stocks bounced back yesterday following Tuesday’s big sell-off after a statement came from the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) on the outcome of its meeting with Bangladesh Bank.

IPDC Finance has recovered from a sinking position to become one of the best non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) in Bangladesh by shifting its focus to untapped sectors, according to the company’s Managing Director Mominul Islam.

Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed, the prime minister’s ICT affairs adviser, will inaugurate 5G services on December 12.

Every e-commerce and F-commerce company in Bangladesh will soon have to apply for a Unique Business Identification Number (UBIN) from the Digital Commerce Cell (DCC) as the commerce ministry is set to launch the registration from this month.

The flow of remittance to Bangladesh fell sharply in November as the country’s expatriates continue to prefer informal channels for sending their money.

Bangladesh Bank today refuted the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission’s (BSEC) statement on Tuesday that two issues on which the two regulators had a dispute on had been resolved through a meeting that day.