Listed companies across almost all sectors saw their profits rise 8.6 per cent on average in the first quarter of the ongoing fiscal year, indicating that Bangladesh is making a strong economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today told the parliament that he does not know who are laundering money abroad and called upon the opposition MPs to provide him the list of money launderers. 

Cashew nuts processors in Bangladesh are staring at a grim future because of a shortage of raw materials and higher import duty – an ominous sign that can stymie the growth of the budding industry and render thousands of workers jobless.

Listed steel product manufacturer SS Steel Ltd will invest Tk 20 crore to expand its business, according to a disclosure on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) website yesterday.

Almost every family possesses gold in the form of ornaments, in small or large quantity.

A recent price rise of essential commodities, decreasing remittances, threat of a new coronavirus wave, and slow vaccine rollout are among the emerging challenges facing the economy of Bangladesh, said the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) in Dhaka yesterday.

Reliable data helped the government take necessary policy measures in the healthcare and financial sectors to keep people and businesses alive amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to speakers at a virtual dialogue yesterday.

If any Uber trip takes an unexpected route or makes a deviation, drops or stops midway without any plausible cause such as traffic congestion, Uber representatives will contact the passenger and driver to check on their safety and understand the cause.

Laizu Khatun Lima, a resident of Chandrakhana Balatari village in Kurigram’s Phulbari upazila, has brought a unique job opportunity for many women in the area, especially those from poor families.

The government will not increase fertiliser prices at the moment even though their prices have risen four times in the international markets, said Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque yesterday.

Planning Minister MA Mannan yesterday claimed that the poverty rate in Bangladesh remains unchanged at 20.5 per cent despite the economic fallout of Covid-19.

Bangladesh has the capability to extend trade facilities to least-developed countries after its graduation from the group to a developing nation in 2026, said Commerce Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh yesterday.

Bangladesh should plan to tackle unemployment, reduce technological gap and ensure transparency in governance to facilitate the country’s smooth graduation from the grouping of least-developed countries, experts said yesterday.

Standard Chartered has partnered with large global garment buyers and suppliers and disbursed US dollar-denominated pre-shipment loans under a new finance programme, which aims to support more than 20,000 apparel workers in Bangladesh.

From leg amputations in Thailand to hijackings in Nigeria, millions of food delivery drivers around the world find themselves torn between the desperation to make a living and the fear that each ride may be their last.

South Korea has approved USD 100 million from the Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) to help Bangladesh’s economy recover from the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi yesterday inaugurated the national committee secretariat of the International Chamber of Commerce Bangladesh (ICCB) in Gulshan, Dhaka.

I take pride in sharing with my readers that I was taught branding at Kellogg School of Management by a certain Professor Philip Kotler. At the same time, my piece on “Branding Bangladesh” drew the attention of Simon Anholt, known to be a guru of this subject, who subsequently wrote a piece on nation branding in the local newspaper.

A workshop on basic digital and financial literacy was launched yesterday to enable 3,000 female entrepreneurs of a UNDP marketplace to efficiently operate and expand their business online.

Presenting Bangladesh in a positive light by creating a business enabling environment and simplifying the investment process would help bring in more foreign direct investment (FDI), according to experts.