Brac Bank has recently witnessed the appointment of a new deputy managing director and chief anti-money laundering compliance officer.

Mastercard on Thursday announced the appointment of a new division president for South Asia and country corporate officer, India.

President Joe Biden was scheduled to meet with a bipartisan group of US senators on Thursday to discuss their proposed framework for an infrastructure bill as he looks to push a large-scale spending package through Congress despite Republican opposition.

Investors have been struggling to interpret signals from the Federal Reserve about how hot it is willing to let inflation run before it begins unwinding pandemic-era monetary stimulus.

Hundreds of temporary workers of nine Chattogram-based state-owned jute mills staged a four-hour sit-in before Amin Jute Mills starting 8:00am yesterday with a three-point demand including reopening all mills and paying all dues.

Some provisions in the companies act still require fine-tuning in order to improve the business climate in Bangladesh, according to speakers at a webinar held yesterday.

Three banks yesterday cancelled their card transactions with some e-commerce platforms, a move that comes after Brac Bank made the same decision in order to protect the interests of its clients.

Four small capital-based companies which have returned from the over-the-counter (OTC) market have been turned into new pawns by gamblers in Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).

Following suit of Brac Bank, Bank Asia and Dhaka Bank, local banking financial institution City Bank also cancelled card transactions with e-commerce platforms today.

E-commerce marketplace Evaly has welcomed the commerce ministry's today's decision of clearing payments to the local e-commerce companies once the goods are delivered to the buyers.

The commerce ministry today agreed in principles that the local e-commerce companies will not get the payment until and unless the goods are delivered to the buyers.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed agreements with Bangladesh to give $940 million in loans to purchase safe and effective vaccines against Covid-19.

Dhaka Bank has joined the foray of cancelling card based transactions with 10 e-commerce platforms, including Evaly and Alesha Mart, according to text messages sent by the private bank to its clients today.

The stock market bounced back today after falling for two consecutive days amid profit booking.

Bank Asia yesterday notify its customers that transactions through the banks cards with 10 e-commerce platforms will remain suspended for the time being.

The World Bank on Tuesday agreed to boost its spending on climate change to 35 per cent from 28 per cent and to provide annual progress reports to its board after its draft climate change action plan came under fire for lacking a clear implementation strategy.

Euro zone business growth accelerated at its fastest pace in 15 years in June as the easing of lockdown measures unleashed pent-up demand and drove a boom in the dominant services sector but also led to soaring price pressures, a survey found.

Two Walton customers have recently won Tk 10 lakh each on purchasing refrigerators under a “Eid Mega Festival” programme of a nationwide ongoing “Digital Campaign Season 11”.

Although oilseed production in Bangladesh has almost doubled in the last 12 years, most of the local demand for edible oil is met through imports, according to Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque.

Stocks of Malek Spinning jumped 9.72 per cent after news broke that the company is going to invest Tk 213 crore to expand its production capacity in order to meet the growing demand for yarn.