At least 884 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in Bangladesh in 24 hours till 8am today.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal criticised media for reporting that inflation hit a nine-year high in June.

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) today sought cooperation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to achieve the $100 billion garment export target by 2030.

The Bangladesh Bank today asked banks to provide clients with required financial services related to the investment of savings bonds and instruments as fast as possible.

The company’s profit rose 10 per cent year-on-year to Tk 122 crore in the second quarter, which was Tk 111 crore the previous year.

An assistant sub-inspector of Rupnagar Police Station arrested for snatching 38 tolas of gold ornaments from a jewellery shop worker, was placed on a four-day remand today (July 19, 2022).

The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) will start monitoring the market from tomorrow to ensure that no trader can sale edible oil at prices higher than the newly reduced rates, which come into effect on July 18.  

The leaders of Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) today urged the central bank to extend the time of Usance Paid At Sight (UPAS) LC or deferred LC payment to 360 days from the existing 180 days as the dollar crisis deepens.

Two dengue patients died while 51 were admitted to hospitals across the country in 24 hours, till 8am today (July 19, 2022).

Bangladesh Bank today unveiled a Tk 25,000 crore refinance scheme for cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises (CMSMEs).

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Only 33 out of the 5,867 complaints filed against controversial e-commerce platform E-orange as of June this year have so far been settled.

Eight people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The High Court today (July 19, 2022) directed the trustee board formed under the Road Transport Act, 2018, to give Tk 5 lakh – in 15 days – for the baby born during a road accident on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway on July 16.

The Bangladesh Bank today extended the new borrowing limit for the textile millers and garment makers from the Export Development Fund (EDF) until December 31 this year.

A local court today (July 19, 2022) sentenced two people to life term imprisonment for killing an 11-year-old girl at Chhoto Bera Kharua village in Sirajganj’s Belkuchi upazila.

A total of 10,747 complaints have so far been filed against Evaly and only 4,495 were settled as of June this year, according to the DNCRP.

The CASPI, the broader index of the bourse in the port city, closed at 18,066, down 214 points or 1.17 per cent. It gave up 242 points, or 1.3 per cent, on Monday.

The DSEX, the benchmark index of the premier bourse in Bangladesh, lost 63.71 points or 1.02 per cent to close at 6,153, the lowest since May 22 this year.

At 1.30 pm, DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, lost 82.57 points or 1.32 per cent to 6,134.31, lowest since June 30 last year.