The government has prepared a national guideline to achieve food security and meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), officials said yesterday.

Afsar Ali, a marginal farmer based in the catchment area of Pabna Sugar Mill in Ishwardi upazila, grew sugarcane on three bighas of land last year with an aim to sell the crops at the nearby processing plant.

Salman F Rahman, the prime minister’s private industry and investment adviser, has urged the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to grant 137 Bangladeshi products duty-free access to its market.

Existing laws need to be amended while new ones formulated to establish a robust system of clear, enforceable rules creating obligations on e-commerce platforms to adhere to a set of uniform rules on payment and delivery.

The profits of state-owned enterprises plummeted in the last fiscal year as their incomes took a beating from the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The mutual fund sector dropped by more than 4 per cent yesterday due to price adjustments after declaring higher dividends.

Apparel exporters are apprehending significant losses in business for missing freight transport deadlines as the number of scanners and flights at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka is currently insufficient to meet demand.

Aggrieved customers and sellers are now out to file cases against the controversial e-commerce platform Evaly, hoping to get back their hard-earned money.

Prime Bank Limited has conducted a trial transaction in secured overnight financing rate (SOFR) with Wells Fargo Bank, New York on August 25 as the London interbank offered rate (LIBOR) would cease to exist after June 2023.   

The Bangladesh Bank yesterday asked banks not to charge students any fee for carrying out transactions related to Bangabandhu Education Insurance through their school banking accounts.

DBL Ceramics has recently held a business conference at a resort in Gazipur.

The stock market fell today after two days of its run in the gain thanks to the profit booking tendency in the large capital-based companies.

The office of controversial e-commerce platform Evaly will remain shut until further notice as aggrieved customers and sellers continue to flock to the premises demanding their goods or refund.

Standard Chartered Bangladesh has donated three pressure swing adsorption oxygen plants for charitable hospitals run by Chattogram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital, Thengamara Mohila Sabaj Sangha (TMSS) and United Trust in Chattogram, Jamalpur and Bogra respectively. 

Some investors and campaigners expressed dismay on Friday at revelations that World Bank leaders pressured staff to boost China’s score in an influential report that ranks countries on how easy it is to do business there.

Bangladesh’s exports to Bhutan could rise on the back of the bilateral trade pact signed last year after shipment to the South Asian nation has already shown a significant upward trend. 

Many Dhaka residents are well aware about the milkman, known as “goala” in Bangla, who delivers fresh milk to their doorsteps on a daily basis.

Poultry farmers, who have already been hit hard by the pandemic, are struggling to survive due to low prices of chicken currently prevailing in the market coupled with a sharp rise in feed prices.

The government has initiated a move to award licences for submarine cable to the private sector with a view to attracting private investment to the telecommunication industry to support the growth in bandwidth consumption.

The stock market’s recent growth spurt slowed last week as the tension between the central bank and the stock market regulator over some policy issues has rattled investors.