The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) is set to digitally conduct its sixth population and housing census for the first time from June 15 to June 21.

The price of jet fuel shot up again last week, the 13th hike in 17 months, which will force domestic carriers to raise airfares, risking losing travellers and intense competition with foreign airlines.

The Bangladesh Bank yesterday said that the New York County Supreme Court has not given any judgement in a case filed against the three prime accused in connection with the 2016 reserves heist.

Boro rice fields in low lying areas of numerous districts in the country’s northwest have been damaged by a sudden rush of water in the region, raising worries of losses due to reduced yields.

The government should consider the operators’ demand on slashing corporate tax as the mobile operators have to continue investing big to cope up with rapidly changing technology, said Shyam Sunder Sikder, chairman of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission.

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) is planning to launch Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) so it organized a workshop today to train the bourse's officials on it.

The estimated poverty in Bangladesh has declined by 0.6 per cent in the 2021 fiscal year, riding on the strong economic recovery amid the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the latest report of the World Bank.

The Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) in collaboration with Bangla Academy will organise two-week-long Baishakhi Mela 1429 and the event will begin tomorrow.

The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) ended the day in the black despite tumbling over 60 points in the first hours of trading today.

The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) will start conducting the population and housing census from June 15.

Al-Arafah Islami Bank, in collaboration with Mastercard, yesterday launched the first contactless Islami debit and prepaid cards in Bangladesh.

A new weekly China-Bangladesh container vessel service will make its debut in the last week of this month, creating an opportunity to quicken the country’s import and export trade.

Stocks tumbled yesterday while the turnover of the market also dropped amid fears that the listed companies may perform badly in the days to come because of a gradual rise in raw materials’ prices.

Shafiuzzaman has recently been promoted to the post of additional managing director of Bank Asia Ltd.

The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with India’s Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) to launch Bangladesh’s first-ever commodity exchange.

Soybean growers in Subarnachar upazila of Noakhali are deeply concerned about incurring heavy losses this year as their fields are being attacked by a surge of hairy caterpillars, locally known as bichha poka.

The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has taken the initiative to expand soybean cultivation in northern Bangladesh in order to meet the country’s growing demand for edible oil.

Many of you, who know about the cultivation of soybean in Bangladesh, might think that the production of the oilseed contributes to meeting the country’s demand for edible oil to some extent.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday drew up a classification and provisioning policy for a group of financial items of banks excluding loans and advances, terming it “other assets”, with a view to ensuring discipline in the banking sector.

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) yesterday said the government should frame the budget for the next fiscal year with the main focus on easing the burden of rising prices of essentials and shrinking purchasing power of low, fixed and middle-income families.