A series of Covid-19 outbreaks in Thai factories is raising concerns that the export sector could be hit hard, threatening to further undermine an economy as it struggles to recover from the pandemic’s crippling blow to the crucial tourism industry.

The Bankers’ Book Evidence Bill 2021, defining digitally recorded documents as evidence, was placed in parliament yesterday.

A tendency to book profits prevailed among investors in the stock market yesterday, all the while the insurance sector had started soaring again.

Finance minister MHM Mustafa Kamal on June 3 placed his second consecutive national budget at the parliament for fiscal 2021-22, targeting 7.2 per cent annual GDP growth while revising last year’s current growth target to 6.1 per cent from the initial 8.2 per cent estimated amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Imagine neat rows of vegetable saplings in the thousands growing in a temperature and humidity controlled environment fitted with drip irrigation and free from pests, capable of providing harvests 15 days in advance.

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi yesterday asked the leaders of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) to leave their traditional way of thinking and contribute more to trade by modernising the country’s apex trade body.

ACI stocks soared yesterday when news broke that its subsidiary ACI Motors is set to receive Tk 83.99 crore in foreign investment for the expansion of its vehicle manufacturing capacity.

The government should provide at least 80 per cent subsidy to farmers to bring agriculture machinery within their purchasing power.

Global shares held firm near record highs on Monday while US bond yields flirted with three-month lows as investors expect the Federal Reserve to stick to its dovish mantra later this week.

Bangladesh’s fleet of oceangoing vessels is expected to expand in the coming years after the National Board of Revenue eased age rules for ships to qualify for VAT exemption during imports and cut advance income tax.

The government should provide at least 80 per cent subsidy to farmers to bring agriculture machinery within their purchasing capacity.

Bangladesh has been re-elected as a deputy member of the governing body of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) from the Asia-Pacific region for 2021-2024.

The Cabinet today approved the draft of a policy to develop automobile industry in the country, considering the growing demand.

The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (Bepza) has started allotting plots of the Bepza Economic Zone in Mirsharai among the investors.

ACI Motors, a subsidiary of ACI, is going to receive Tk 83.99 crore in foreign investment, which the company will use for the expansion of its business.

A bill titled “The Bankers’ Book Evidence Bill 2021” was placed in the parliament today, incorporating digitally recorded documents as evidence.

A bill titled "The House Building Finance Corporation Bill (Amendment) 2021" was placed in the parliament today to increase House Building Finance Corporation’s authorised capital and paid-up capital, and expand its area of providing services.

Various experts yesterday stressed the need to review the vaccination roadmap to bring most of the population under its coverage in the shortest possible time as mass inoculation is the only way to get rid of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) inaugurated its “one-stop service” yesterday to attract domestic and foreign investment.

Shareholders of Ring Shine Textiles were all smiles after news broke that the company would partly resume production after about nine months’ closure.