Competitiveness, skill development and technological advancements are key for Bangladesh to overcome challenges on graduating from the United Nations group of least developed countries (LDC) in 2026, speakers told a webinar yesterday.

Abul Khair Group is now expanding providing oxygen for free to western districts, having given 80 large cylinders to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital last week.

“Most disasters take place in the medium-scale factories,” he said.

A third of young women who were employed in Bangladesh before the pandemic were out of jobs in January 2021, finds a survey unveiled by the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) yesterday.

With Eid-ul-Azha just over a week away, online sales of sacrificial animals are rapidly snowballing as government agencies and e-commerce platforms have partnered up to lure customers into digital cattle markets amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Bangladesh is advancing towards taking up the trade of refining gold in a bid to cater to the nearly $230 billion worth global gold jewellery market, meet domestic requirement and curb smuggling.

Mobile financial service provider bKash has enabled customers in paying for sacrificial animals and avail home deliveries and meat processing services from some online markets for the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. 

Mercantile Bank has recently inaugurated an “Automated Challan System” enabling depositing VAT, tax, government fees and other payments in a fast and safe manner and reducing the possibility of fraud under the direct supervision of the Ministry of Finance and Bangladesh Bank. 

Dhaka Bank has recently reelected its chairman, Abdul Hai Sarker, who is also its founding chairman. 

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on banks is relatively exclusive considering other industry trends.

One-third of the young women who were employed before the pandemic were out of jobs as of January 2021 due to the impact of Covid-19.

Various labour rights organisations yesterday demanded exemplary punishment for those responsible for the death of at least 52 workers in a fire at the Hashem Foods factory in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj district.

There is an urgent need for relevant authorities and factory owners in Bangladesh to ensure safe working environments at local production units, said International Labour Organization (ILO) in a statement issued yesterday.

Banks clearing gold trades in London can apply for an exemption from tighter capital rules due in January 2022, a British regulator said on Friday, removing what some said was a threat to the functioning of the market.

Bangladesh should launch an intense negotiation with the members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to secure benefits of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) even after the country’s economic graduation in 2026, noted economist Debapriya Bhattacharya said today.

The Rupganj incident illustrates the importance of taking adequate fire safety measures while constructing buildings in Bangladesh, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said in a statement today.

A Tk 58.5 crore project has created interest among farmers to grow foods by using bio-pesticides. And an increased number of growers have switched from using chemical pesticides.

Stocks regained yesterday, breaking a two-day losing streak thanks to the buying spree of investors.

Every year, the last week of November sees a mad rush of individual taxpayers at the tax offices and tax fairs. The reason is obvious: the final deadline to file annual income, expenditure and wealth statements without penalty is November 30, termed as Tax Day.

Bangladesh’s private sector credit growth decelerated to 7.55 per cent in May, the lowest in at least 28 years, due to the depressed demand for loans amid the Covid-19 pandemic.