Indonesia’s exports surged in March due to higher commodity prices and rebounding global demand, while imports also grew by more than expected last month as domestic manufacturing activity improved, statistics bureau data showed on Thursday.

An ongoing shortage of crucial semiconductors is the only factor weighing on a global recovery of the car sector from the coronavirus crisis, Herbert Diess, chief executive of Volkswagen AG, said on Thursday.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday extended the deadline for private and public entities to pay for virtual meeting services, according to a central bank circular.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday asked banks to draw up country risk management guidelines focusing foreign nations, all aimed at absorbing unexpected economic shocks stemming from abroad.

Coming home on a leave from his Saudi Arabian workplace, Saiful Islam of Tangail could not return for lockdowns imposed for the coronavirus outbreak.

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) yesterday gave go-ahead to Nialco Alloys to go public.

Over the years, awareness about insurance has grown and its demand has accelerated as many people look for financial protection for the long term.

Bank clients are going through serious troubles as the country’s two major digital means for moving funds, inter-bank cheque transactions and electronic fund transfers (EFT), have been inoperable since April 13.

Garment factories operated in full swing on the second day of the lockdown yesterday although many workers found it difficult to reach their workplaces because of the non-availability of public transport.

More than 41 per cent of small businesses run by women entrepreneurs were forced to shut their operations completely because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).

European economies need “an extra push” of financial support this year and next to overcome the long-term impacts of the Covid-19 crisis, a senior IMF official said on Wednesday.

Mitsubishi Motors Corp will cut production by a combined 7,500 vehicles at three plants in Japan and Thailand in April, it said on Monday, citing chip shortages.

State-owned BASIC Bank on Monday rolled out a WhatsApp-based banking service informing of account balance and last five transactions.

German investor sentiment fell in April for the first time since November as Europe’s top economy feels the strain of a relentless third coronavirus wave, data showed Tuesday.

Southeast Asia’s biggest ride-hailing and food delivery firm, Grab Holdings, agreed a merger on Tuesday with US-based Altimeter Growth Corp in a deal that gives Grab an initial proforma equity value of about $39.6 billion and will lead to a public listing

To understand President Joe Biden’s challenge in taming a semiconductor shortage bedeviling automakers and other industries, consider a chip supplied by a US firm for Hyundai Motor Co’s new electric vehicle, the IONIQ 5.

Among perennial issues such as geopolitical, economic, climate and health, one of the biggest challenges for countries today is cybersecurity.

The production of garlic, one of the most essential seasonings, is increasing every year with farmers of Chalan Beel in the northern Natore and Pabna districts this year accounting for around half of that grown in the country.

Restaurant workers yesterday demanded cash support and food rations from the government in order to survive the week-long “hard lockdown” beginning today.

Consumers had to shell out more in March to purchase goods and services owing to an increase in food and non-food prices, shows data of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) released yesterday.