National Fisheries Week will be observed across the country from August 28, according to Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has not only pulled Bangladesh out of the wreckage caused by the war but took visionary steps to plant the seeds of economic prosperity for the country, said speakers yesterday.

Within less than five years of getting listed in the stock market, Nurani Dyeing has kept its factory shut for a long time without informing its investors.

The Bangladesh Bank yesterday refused to revisit its instruction that asked banks to set a higher interest rate on fixed deposits than the inflation rate despite pleas from lenders.

Shafiqul Islam Ratan has been running a sweet shop with his siblings near a residential area on Kalshi road in the capital’s Mirpur for the last six-seven years.

Walton Hi-tech Industries saw its profits double in the recently concluded fiscal 2020-21, riding on higher sales of air conditioners and refrigerators past an earnings decline for the pandemic.

A cryptocurrency platform has lost an estimated $600 million in digital tokens after one of the sector’s biggest ever hacking attacks, according to details of the heist which emerged on Wednesday.

The revenue authority is likely to slash import tariffs on rice for nearly three months to October 30 to facilitate private purchases from international sources and contain prices of the staple food in the domestic market.

Beleaguered e-commerce platform Evaly has been given three weeks to provide a detailed response to the recent show-cause notice it received from the commerce ministry.

Malls and markets reopened yesterday after closures for nearly three weeks owing to lockdowns imposed to combat the resurgence of Covid-19 infections.

Bangladesh will observe National Fisheries Week-2021 starting from August 28 across the country maintaining health rules in a befitting manner, Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim said today.

The current economic success story of Bangladesh was mainly founded by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, as the father of the nation took some visionary steps after the independence of the country in 1971, speakers said today.

The Asia Garment Hub, a one-stop digital knowledge platform, was launched today to help industry stakeholders understand, promote and operationalise decent work and sustainable business practices across the supply chain.

Local electronics giant Walton Hi-tech Industries saw its profit doubled in the recently concluded 2020-21 financial year thanks to the higher sales of air-conditioners and refrigerators after experiencing a massive fall in earnings since the Covid-19 outbreak.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said there is no plan to revise the GDP growth target right now, as he believes the government will be able to maintain the estimated growth rate for 2021-22 fiscal year.

Beleaguered e-commerce platform Evaly gets three weeks to respond to the commerce ministry’s show-cause notice and explain the whereabouts of around Tk 338 crore that it owes to customers and merchants.

A legal consultant will be hired for assisting the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by Petrobangla under the Department of Energy and Mineral Resources.

South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce Bank (SBAC) debuted on the stock market today and the price of its sharew soared 10 per cent as most of the time there was no seller of the stock.

Berger Paints Bangladesh’s profit jumped seven times as its business returned to normalcy in the April to June quarter, recouping the losses incurred a year ago owing to the coronavirus pandemic.

Bangladesh’s trade deficit hit an all-time high of $22.27 billion last fiscal year due to a rise in commodity prices in the global market.