President Joe Biden will unveil a nearly $2t spending plan to boost the middle class Wednesday as the highlight of a sunny, yet audacious speech to Congress, signaling the Democrat’s bid to reshape America.

Seasonal date traders in Dhaka have moderate sales of the most popular iftar item ahead of and during Ramadan as many city-dwellers left the capital because of the reinstatement of the strict coronavirus restrictions.

An intense heatwave is sweeping across the country. The sun’s piercing rays inevitably cause streams of sweat to run off pedestrians.

With the interest rate on deposits falling steadily, keeping money in the banks seems to provide negative returns.

The prime minister’s cash assistance for the poor and jobless people hit by the second wave of Covid-19 will begin to roll in on May 2.

Garment workers will have to be paid salaries and festival allowances by May 10 so that they can enjoy the Eid-ul-Fitr festival with near and dear ones, said Monnujan Sufian, state minister for labour and employment, yesterday.

Stocks of almost all non-life insurance companies have more than doubled over the past year while the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) rose 38 per cent.

The government plans to set an ambitious target of using foreign aid worth Tk 88,024 crore for development projects in the next fiscal year as external assistance has piled up.

The upcoming budget should focus on health, social protection and job creation to shield the people from the impacts of the second wave of the coronavirus, instead of putting too much attention on economic growth, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) said yesterday.

The garment factory owners should complete the payment of salaries and festival allowances of their workers by May 10, State Minister for Labour and Employment Begum Monnujan Sufian said today.

Uber plans to recruit 20,000 more drivers in the United Kingdom to help fill swelling demand for rides as the country’s coronavirus lockdown restrictions ease.

Ensuring long-term cash assistance for low-income people should be seen as a strategic objective of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) during the preparation of the next national budget, said the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).

Bangladeshi workers in the readymade garments sector suffered a 35 per cent pay cut during the lockdown for the ongoing pandemic last year, according to a new study.

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission today reduced the retail prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) of private companies by around 7 per cent.

The stock market continued to rise for the last two consecutive trading days thanks to higher investor participation.

Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, said in a televised interview that he will further centralise policymaking, to ensure the success of his drive to diversify the economy.

Bangladesh Bank has removed AKM Shaheed Reza from the board of Mercantile Bank due to his involvement in a loan scandal.

Stocks returned to the black after a tendency towards profit booking prevailed for two days which buoyed investors into continuing their investments.

With disruptive innovations across the financial sector, new entrants and multiple options for customers, many might think that traditional banking has a bleak future.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday ordered banks to run operations on a limited scale until the ongoing restrictions on movement end on May 5.