The website of Evaly, an e-commerce platform that is currently embroiled in controversy, yesterday became unavailable as its server was down, according to a post on the company’s official Facebook page.

The government will pay $569 million as the first annual instalment against the loan taken from Russia for the construction of the Rooppur nuclear power plant, the largest infrastructure development project in Bangladesh.

The portal of controversial e-commerce company Evaly became unavailable today as its server went down.

Bangladesh's trade with India through Benapole land port resumed today after remaining closed for four days for Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community.

The Moulvibazar district administration yesterday launched a bus service to facilitate travel for both domestic and foreign tourists so as to encourage more people to visit the region.

The Public Private Partnership Authority yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with 15 banks and non-banking financial institutions to facilitate financing of PPP projects.

For the last three years Md Saiful Islam has been preparing and submitting his income tax returns all by himself.

Transactions through mobile financial services in Bangladesh grew more than 50 per cent year-on-year to Tk 62,230 crore in August, central bank data showed.

The customs authority yesterday reduced import tariff for onion and raw sugar in order to cut costs of businesses and contain the spiralling prices of the two popular items, according to notifications from the National Board of Revenue (NBR).

Card transactions for e-commerce purchases increased slightly in August following a slump in July, when people were reluctant to place orders after it emerged that a few online platforms were scamming people.

Although fast-track projects had previously witnessed slow implementation for various reasons including the pandemic, they are now progressing gradually, according to a report.

The trading of treasury bonds began in the secondary market of the Dhaka Stock Exchange yesterday, ending a wait of more than a decade and creating one more investment tool for the retail investors reliant only on shares and mutual funds.

US President Joe Biden was to host a meeting on Wednesday to hail progress in addressing supply chain problems weighing on the economy and threatening the holiday season, while he asks business and union leaders to do more to ease shipping backlogs.

Italian fashion brand United Colors of Benetton has expressed its willingness to increase its apparel sourcing from Bangladesh.

The customs authority today reduced import tariff for onion and raw sugar in order to cut import costs of businesses and contain spiralling prices of the two popular items.

Turnover at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) fell to a two-and-a-half-month low today when the benchmark index of the premier bourse also fell.

The Dhaka Stock Exchange today launched debt securities board, which will allow everyone, including individual investors, to buy government bond from the capital market.

The Public Private Partnership Authority today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with 15 interested banks and non-banking financial institutions to facilitate financing at public-private partnership projects.

The commerce ministry yesterday forwarded the names of three former secretaries who can serve as a member of the interim board being formed by the High Court to assess the liabilities of the controversial e-commerce platform Evaly.

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