Marginalised people will get priority in the proposed national budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year, which will be placed by Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal before the parliament tomorrow.

The government should keep in mind the demands of people of all walks of life while preparing the national budget for 2021-22 fiscal year, analysts said at a discussion organised by NTV, a news channel.

In line with Summit’s commitment to continue transforming the power sector in Bangladesh by adopting advanced technology solutions, the company has successfully brought GE 9HA.01 heavy-duty gas turbine at its upcoming Summit Meghnaghat II power plant located in Meghnaghat, near Dhaka.

Bangladesh will observe National Tea Day on June 4 for the first time in the 50 years history of the country.

In a flowing cream hijab, Karima M. Imam walks through her fields in scrubland in northern Nigeria as workers harvest a gnarled brown root that has turned gold since COVID struck: ginger.

The Dhaka bourse continued rising for the second consecutive day today, as investors hope the national budget for 2021-22 fiscal year to be announced tomorrow will give a boost to the market.

Member nations of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) on Wednesday agreed to allow Britain to start the process of joining the pact, Japan’s economy minister said.

The expenditure of Bangladesh Economic Zones Development Project (1st phase) has increased to Tk 904.75 crore after being revised for the third time.

LafargeHolcim Bangladesh yesterday unveiled a new Supercrete Cement bag to be available everywhere by June 10.

The government’s national budget implementation rate fell significantly in the last one decade mainly due to a lack of efficiency, accountability and capacity and a rise in corruption.

The government should give importance to the agriculture sector, social safety net programmes, and job creation in the upcoming national budget in order to ensure food security and reduce the Covid-induced economic shock on the country’s new poor, according to experts.

The price of Tesla vehicles is increasing due to supply chain pressures across the auto industry, particularly for raw materials, Elon Musk said on Monday in response to a tweet

Climate activists who scored big against Western majors last week had some unlikely cheerleaders in the oil capitals of Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Russia.

Daimler has agreed to pay Nokia for using its patents, ending a row that highlighted a battle between tech and car companies over royalties for key technologies.

Eurozone manufacturing activity expanded at a record pace in May, according to a survey on Tuesday which suggested growth would have been even faster without supply bottlenecks that have led to an unprecedented rise in input costs.

Indian state refiners’ daily gasoline and gasoil sales declined by about a fifth in May from a month earlier as lockdowns to curb the second deadly wave of Covid-19 hit industrial activities and consumption, preliminary data showed on Tuesday.

British house prices jumped by an annual 10.9 per cent, the most in nearly seven years, and they look set to accelerate further as people seek new homes after the pandemic, mortgage lender Nationwide said.

India’s factory activity growth slowed significantly in May as an escalation in coronavirus cases whacked new orders and output while scarcity of raw materials drove up input costs, a private sector survey showed on Tuesday.

Shares in Chinese toy makers, diaper producers and infant food companies soared for the second day on Tuesday, as investors piled into stocks seen as benefitting from Beijing’s new three-child policy.

Mercantile Bank Ltd (MBL) has taken a set of initiatives to widen its businesses by way of strengthening its different digital platforms, sidestepping the ongoing business slowdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic.