The Bangladesh stock market fell for the third consecutive day today due to the lower participation of investors.

The stock market index was in a swinging mood in the first two hours of trading today.

Experts yesterday emphasised equitable distribution of resources to improve the lives of poor people in Bangladesh as it would help the country achieve its social goals.

UCB Investment has managed to raise funds for three banks by issuing perpetual bonds.

The turnover at the Dhaka Stock Exchange hit an eight-month low yesterday as investors went on a selling spree amid rising fear of the emergence of Omicron, a new coronavirus variant.

Many tomato farmers in Sylhet have secured bumper yields this year by using the grafting method to grow their crops amid favourable weather conditions.

Standard Chartered Bank has arranged the first green zero-coupon bond in Bangladesh for Sajida Foundation, a non-governmental organisation.

For the first time in history, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) will officially invite big and renowned local companies to get listed on the share market.

Essential commodity prices should be controlled to keep it at a tolerable level while rising inflation contained as people are still struggling to overcome the economic shock brought on by the pandemic, said economists yesterday.

Only one out of five people who lost jobs for the pandemic-induced lockdowns, received some form of government support, while more than half of households were compelled to borrow to withstand the crisis, a new study found.

A persistent higher rate of inflation, the upward trend of the foreign exchange rate and deepening liquidity crunch could pose major challenges to the economy as the government looks to keep up the current economic recovery and accelerate it further.

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), for the first time in its history, is going to arrange a conference to invite big and renowned companies of Bangladesh to be listed with the premier bourse.

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has shed light on the potential of investing in the production and export of medical personal protective equipment (MPPE), analysts said at a webinar today.

Standard Chartered Bangladesh has arranged the country’s first green zero-coupon bond for Sajida Foundation.

Trading at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) dropped to an eight-month low today.

The Covid-19 pandemic induced economic shutdown and lockdown made more than 60 per cent of employed people in the informal sector unemployed and they could not find jobs for 95 days, a study of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) revealed today.

The stock market continued the downtrend of the previous day as the index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) fell in the first two hours of trading today.

The government should continue providing assistance to the people hit by the Covid-19 even if the health risk brought on by the pandemic gets diminished, said Debapriya Bhattacharya, convenor at Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh.

The Bangladesh stock market index fell after a day’s rise in spite of an increase in the market turnover.

People living in Savar’s Bhakurta union on the outskirts of Dhaka are bolstering their income by meticulously shaping copper and brass ornaments every day.