ACI Group Chairman M Anis Ud Dowla, has been awarded “Bangabandhu Jatiyo Krishi Puroshkar-1424” at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in Dhaka recently.

India has extended a federal guarantee on bank loans to health and tourism services while waiving visa fees for 500,000 foreign tourists, the finance minister said on Monday, stepping up support for the pandemic-hit economy.

The European Union is planning to toughen its carbon market to cut emissions faster and put a price on pollution in new sectors, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday.

Nissan Motor Co will confirm as soon as this week that it will build a battery gigafactory in Sunderland, northeastern England, as part of its electric vehicle strategy, a reporter for broadcaster Sky News said on Monday.

The widespread use of digital platforms and social media has revolutionised the way we run our businesses. We are no longer confined to the age-old traditions of having brick-and-mortar stores. Instead, having a digital presence is seen as a must for any business to thrive.

Dragon fruit has caught the attention of several young farmers in Lalmonirhat as they are increasingly showing interest in growing the tropical fruit because of higher demand.

South Korean companies operating in Bangladesh want to play a bigger role to ensure sustainable economic development in the country alongside good corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices, their representatives said on Sunday.

Bangladesh Bank has refused to extend the tenure of directorship of Rick Haque Sikder at the National Bank board on grounds of holding default loans.

The proposed national budget for fiscal 2020-21 has not addressed the issues of people who remain unemployed after losing their jobs and incomes at home and abroad during the ongoing pandemic, according to the Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS).

Some 200 employees of Grameenphone have shown interest to accept the voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) offered by the country's biggest mobile phone operator as of today.

The benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) rose 0.56 per cent today, but the turnover dropped to below 1,500 points level after more than a month as investors adopted a wait-and-see approach.

The food ministry today launched a decade-long plan for achieving the objectives of the National Food and Nutrition Security Policy (NFNSP).

Everything was in good shape for Akhtar Hossain Khan, an entrepreneur in Saidpur, until his business faced closure for two months after Covid-19 arrived on the shores of Bangladesh in March last year.

Jute growers in its biggest cultivation hub of Faridpur are expecting a bumper production this current season thanks to favourable weather, a welcome development for the industry that suffered for high prices of raw materials resulting from reduced production the previous year.

The judges of the Supreme Court, including the chief justice, will receive home loans up to Tk 1 crore at a lower interest rate, said the finance division yesterday.

Incomes of some 77 per cent of people in Bangladesh have declined in the throes of the Covid-19 fallouts over the last one and a half years, said Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) yesterday.

Higher education under private arrangement started its journey in Bangladesh in 1992 under the Private University Act 1992.

Banks will remain open from 10am to 3.30pm during the upcoming countrywide lockdown starting from July 1.

The Korea-Bangladesh CSR Conference 2021 has been organised to raise awareness about corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the private sector’s increasing role in the sustainable development and share good CSR practices by Korean companies in Bangladesh, Korean Ambassador Lee Jang-keun said today.

The benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) lost more than 100 points today amid fears for the upcoming lockdown, which will begin countrywide on July 1.