The High Court yesterday called for a four-member interim board to be formed at the earliest for assessing the liabilities of Evaly, in a development that can bring some solace to the thousands of aggrieved customers and vendors of the controversial e-commerce platform.

Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) and the Strengthening Urban Public-Private Programming for Earthquake Resilience Project (SUPER Project) have jointly established South Asia’s first disaster risk management centre titled “Private Sector Emergency Operation Center (POC)” in Bangladesh.

The government and private sector should work together for disaster risk management in the country, said Enamur Rahman, state minister for disaster management and relief.

The government is building a technology centre at Bangabandhu High-Tech City in Gazipur especially for the light engineering and plastics manufacturing sectors.

Bangladesh stock market continued to fall for the second consecutive day along with turnover.

City Bank Limited has partnered with Mastercard to integrate Mastercard Payment Gateway Services (MPGS) that enables a range of value-added services for customers. 

The Bangladesh Paper Cone and Tube Manufacturers Association has recently witnessed the election of new office bearers. 

Shares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) dropped yesterday as investors cashed out profits.

Sweet orange grown in the country’s northern districts such as Thakurgaon, Panchagarh and Dinajpur are dominating the local fruit market this season thanks to increased demand and reasonable prices.

Trade  through Banglabandha, Hili, Birol, Sonahat and Burimari land ports is  set to remain suspended for six days beginning yesterday for Durga Puja,  the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community in Bangladesh and  neighbouring India.

Individual taxpayers will have to submit their income tax returns at tax offices this year too as the annual tax fair will not be held this time to avoid mass gatherings amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

The stock market, insurance and pension funds could actively contribute in financing the roughly $928 billion needed by Bangladesh to achieve its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within 2030 as bank lending alone will not suffice, various experts told a webinar yesterday.

The Bangladesh Bank yesterday ordered four state banks to speed up cash recovery from defaulters as their record in realising delinquent loans has remained dismal.

Debt loads in low-income countries surged 12 percent to a record $860 billion in 2020 amid the pandemic, prompting World Bank President David Malpass to call Monday for a "comprehensive plan" to deal with the issue.

AKM Salim Osman, president of Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA), has again been elected to the top post of the association unopposed.

The stock market fell today riding on the profit-booking tendency of the investors.

Onion prices will continue to remain high for the next one month until the local variety is harvested, Commerce Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh said today.

Standard Chartered Bank yesterday launched a Standard Chartered Saadiq Sadaqah Account for clients to donate profits generated by the account to a charity of their choice. 

Entrepreneurs have played an important role in developing the economy of Bangladesh in the last five decades, said the International Chamber of Commerce-Bangladesh (ICCB).

Jute growers in Rangpur are getting better prices than before as many factories in the division are using the natural fibre to produce various Shataranji goods such as carpets and handbags for export, according to industry insiders.