Local jewellers today reduced gold prices by Tk 2,916 to Tk 79,548 a bhori or 11.664 gram as the prices of the precious metal fell on the global market.

The Bangladesh Bank today asked banks to suggest uniform exchange rates of the taka against the US dollar in order to bring back the stability in the country’s foreign exchange market.

Bangladesh Bank has formed a Tk 2,000 crore refinance scheme to ensure sustainable development of the shipping industry, increase export earnings and employment and gradually reduce import dependence.

South Korean company HKD Bangladesh Ltd is going to establish an industry to manufacture tent, tent accessories, camping furniture and camping equipment in Bepza Economic Zone.

General stock investors in Bangladesh rushed to buy stocks today after the regulator lowered the limit of the circuit breaker to stop the free fall of the index.

Climate change is a reality and it is mainly caused by humans. Despite contributing less than 0.47 per cent to global greenhouse gas emissions, Bangladesh is one of the most climate-vulnerable countries with millions of people and livelihoods at risk.

Bangladesh is likely to buy the bulk of its muriate of potash (MOP) from Canada and other countries to meet its requirement for 7.5 lakh tonnes of the chemical fertiliser to produce rice and other crops for the next fiscal year, said officials of the agriculture ministry yesterday, dispelling concerns of a shortage due to the war in Ukraine.

Consumers are already bearing the brunt of the high prices of edible oil, wheat and rice for the Russia-Ukraine war and unfavourable weather conditions on the domestic front.

The stock market regulator in Bangladesh has stepped up its efforts to forestall the freefall of shares despite criticism from institutional investors and analysts as uncertainty is deepening owing to the raging Ukraine war, persistently higher inflation and fresh coronavirus flareups.

The government is committed to using the long-overdue National Household Database (NHD) from the next fiscal year to better target the social safety net programmes, in a development that can infuse dynamism in the flat scheme.

Mercantile Bank recently signed a participation agreement with Bangladesh Bank to avail refinance fund under the “Supporting Post Covid-19 Small Scale Employment Creation Project (SPCSSECP).”

Bank Asia signed a participation agreement with Bangladesh Bank for refinance facility under the Supporting Post Covid-19 Small Scale Employment Creation Project (SPCSSECP).

Prime Bank has introduced a customised trade solution for its diverse local and global clients under which they will get a 24 hour service in 5 days a week, attending to the growing trade volume of its valued customers.

For the first time, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) will include data on remittance, returning migrants, and foreign nationals in the next digital population and housing census-2022, which will take place from June 15 to 21.

Bangladesh’s trade with Nordic countries has bounced back after the Covid-19 pandemic and is now growing gradually, said Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun.

Bangladesh Bank will sit with the Association of Bankers, Bangladesh (ABB) today to discuss the ongoing foreign exchange volatility in the country’s banking sector.

The Bangladesh Bank will sit with the Association of Bankers, Bangladesh (ABB) tomorrow to discuss the ongoing foreign exchange volatility in the country's banking sector.

Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) issued a directive today saying no stocks will be allowed to fall over 2 per cent from tomorrow.

The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) continued to fall for the second consecutive day while its turnover also fell to Tk 500 crore level as the panicked investors went for selling shares.

On April 26, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid met with a Nepali delegation led by Pampha Bhusal, the energy, water resources and irrigation minister of the country.