The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) today served show cause notices to 15 stockbrokers for placing aggressive orders for selling shares.

The Bangladesh Bank today relaxed the rescheduling policy for short-term farm loans as it assumed that many farmers would be in dire straits in the coming days in the wake of increasing global prices of agricultural equipment.

The telecom operators have slowed down internet speed in the capital New Market area as per government instruction to stop further spread of clashes between students and traders.

Regarding the clashes between students and traders in Dhaka’s New Market area, Education Minister Dipu Moni today said had the law enforcers reached the spot earlier, the situation might not have turned this serious.

Students of different educational institutions, including Dhaka University and Eden Mohila College, took to the street in New Market area today, following the clash between shop employees and Dhaka College students.

No Covid-19 death was reported in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Stocks in Dhaka bourse returned to the black today after experiencing massive falls for two consecutive days.

Almost 15 years after the High Court issued rules questioning filing and initiation of a corruption case against BNP’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman, his wife, and her mother, the court today set tomorrow (April 20, 2022) for the hearing.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said the clash between students and traders in Dhaka's New Market area will be under control shortly.

Over the last two years, the government has been able to utilise only around 15 percent of Tk 8,150 crore allocated for two Covid-19 emergency response projects.

Bangladesh’s use of foreign loans rose 57 per cent year-on-year to $6.8 billion in first nine months to March in the current fiscal year.

The Bangladesh Bank today imposed interest rate cap on non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs), asking them to mobilise deposit by offering a maximum of 7 per cent interest and give out loans at 11 per cent.

Around 54 per cent of the garment workers in Bangladesh were paid through mobile financial services in February and the rest through cash, a research finds.

A Dhaka court today framed charges against five people, including Helena Jahangir, a businessperson turned politician, in a fraud case filed with Dhaka's Pallabi Police Station.

The World Bank will give $500 million loan to Bangladesh for reforms in the revenue and financial sector and upliftment of the living standards of the poor.

Police have recovered body of an unidentified man from a playground in Savar area this noon.

Detectives have arrested five members of a fraud gang who were deceiving customers online by delivering substandard products.

A young man was stabbed to death in Dhaka’s Dholaipar area this morning.

Bangladesh Business & Disability Network announced four new board members and a new board chairman on April 17, 2022. Ardashir Kabir, President of Bangladesh Employers Federation, has been nominated as the chairman of the trustee board, according to a press release.

Five environment-friendly brick manufacturers have been awarded with a total of Tk 2.87 crore as carbon revenue for using clean technology that reduces coal consumption by a half.