The stock market is growing in the right way but some people are leaving a bad impact on it by making negative comments about the growth, said Salman F Rahman, prime minister's adviser on private industry and investment.

Vietnam has expressed interest in launching direct flights between Hanoi and Dhaka to facilitate the travel of tourists and people of the two countries.

The time has come for the manufacturers to invest more in waste management and recycling of products to ensure the sustainability of the business, experts and entrepreneurs said at a webinar today.

The stock market ended almost flat today although most of the listed stocks fell thanks to the big paid-up capital-based companies that saved the day from a big fall.

The high-profile government panel on e-commerce thinks formation of a new law might not be needed, but little amendment to the existing laws will be enough to streamline the errant e-commerce business now.

Let's GO Mart has started its operations as a new e-commerce platform as the company organised its commercial launch at The Daily Star Centre in the capital today.

Revenue collection soared nearly 15 per cent to Tk 34,548 crore in the July-August period of the current fiscal year from Tk 30,160 crore, powered by a recovery in economic and business activities since lifting of the countrywide lockdown early August.

A huge demand for coal in China has had a butterfly effect that may reach Bangladesh’s construction, garment, and power generation industries as the highly-required fossil fuel is becoming increasingly expensive in global markets.

Power cuts in China have started to affect Bangladesh’s garment and other industries reliant on raw material supply from the country, a blow that could derail the recovery of the economy from the coronavirus pandemic.

Eorange, Dhamaka Shopping and SPC World Express have laundered at least Tk 350 crore that they had received from customers in advance payment for goods, found the Criminal Investigation Department of police in its primary investigation.

Fortnightly journal The Bangladesh Monitor will organise the 17th edition of its “International Tourism Fair” or Dhaka Travel Mart at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka on March 10-12 next year. 

World stocks were on the back foot on Monday and the dollar stayed close to one-year highs on concerns that higher inflation, supply shortages and China’s property sector problems would put global economic recovery at risk.

Investor morale in the euro zone fell for the third month in a row in October and hit its lowest level since April on dimming economic expectations, a survey showed on Monday.

A company’s way of raising funds should be determined by analysing its financial statements so that its sustainability does not face any threat, said Tanzim Alamgir, managing director of UCB Investments, a merchant bank.

The Asian Development Bank is providing $1.78 billion in loans to Bangladesh under the multi-tranche financing facilities, making it the highest proposed financing from the Manila-based lender against any single project.

Bangladesh’s stock market is not overvalued because it did not soar as fast as the economy rose over the years, said Prof Shibli Rubayat Ul Islam, chairman of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC).

The Asian Development Bank is providing $1.78 billion in loans to Bangladesh under the multi-tranche financing facilities, making it the highest proposed financing from the Manila-based lender against any single project.

A parliamentary body today recommended setting up different facilities including dedicated casinos for foreign tourists in the country’s tourist spots.

The 17th edition of the Dhaka Travel Mart, an international tourism fair, is expected to start at Pan Pacific Sonargaon in Dhaka on March 10 next year.

Bangladesh Bank has extended the loan repayment deadline until December this year for borrowers who had rescheduled their defaulted loans under relaxed rules issued in 2019.