Maddhapara Granite Mining Company Limited (MGMCL) has halted hard rock production since May 1 due to a lack of the explosives needed to extract the material from underground, according to company officials.

Hotels and resorts in tourist destinations across Bangladesh are enjoying brisk business thanks to the long holiday afforded by most industries in the current festival season centring Eid-ul-Fitr as they look to partially recover pandemic-induced losses.

Untimely loading and unloading of containers has congested Chattogram port, the country’s premier seaport, with container vessels, which remain anchored due to the disruption.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the ICT Division of the Government of Bangladesh recently reached an agreement to launch a cybersecurity campaign for the youth and children in selected Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

Around 84 per cent of factories across Bangladesh completed distributing festival bonuses to their workers as of yesterday in anticipation of the Eid holidays which are set to begin today, according to data from Industrial Police.

Tourism business in Kuakata is expected to be booming during this Eid holiday as the most of the rooms in 130 residential hotels and motels have been booked already.

Envoy Textiles is going to set up an eco-efficient lab facility in a joint venture with Spanish textile solutions provider Jeanologia to develop new products to cater to the global market for denim.

Telecom operators yesterday rolled out a much-hyped “unlimited” and “without expiry” internet data packs, which apparently will come to little benefit to users.

Mobile users in Bangladesh are set to avail data without expiry date and monthly limitless data, which will allow them to use internet to work, communicate, study, and find entertainment to their heart’s content.

Telecom operator Banglalink yesterday signed an agreement with 17 banks in the country to secure a five-year syndicated term loan of Tk 1,200 crore.

Nearly 57 per cent industrial and manufacturing units in Bangladesh did not pay Eid bonuses to their workers as of yesterday, missing the deadline set by the government.

Another direct container shipping service between Chattogram and two European ports is going to be introduced next month while initiatives are underway for launching direct services connecting a few more destinations in the European Union (EU).

The government has granted permission to manufacturers to produce bikes up to 500cc engine capacity, a move that is expected to give a huge boost to the motorcycle industry in Bangladesh and provide the scope to bike lovers to ride higher engine two-wheelers.

Xiaomi Bangladesh has recently launched two new laptop series’ for the first time in the country. Xiaomi has brought the Mi NoteBook series and the RedmiBook series laptops to the local market.

Another direct container shipping service between Chattogram and two European ports is going to be introduced next month.

The Ministry of Land’s digital land development tax system has been selected as one of the champion projects of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 2022 contest.

Khulna Power Company Limited (KPCL) is set to sell its 110 megawatt barge mounted power plant at a value of $15 million, according to a company statement posted on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) website yesterday.

The first tea auction for 2022-23 will begin today at the Chattogram Tea Auction Centre.

The barrier to launching eSIM services has been finally removed as the National Board of Revenue (NRB) has set the value-added tax for the sale of digital subscriber identity modules by the mobile phone operators in Bangladesh.

Manipuri clothing weavers in Moulvibazar and Sylhet are passing busy days ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, which will be celebrated in colour for the first time in two years thanks to the easing of coronavirus restrictions.