A transit agreement between Bangladesh and Bhutan was finalised yesterday with senior officials of both countries agreeing to draft terms and conditions at a secretary level meeting in Dhaka. 

The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has extended the time for purchase of motorcycle without a valid driving licence until December 14.

The Bangladesh Bank yesterday sold $40 million to banks at Tk 96 each, a rate that contradicts its own efforts aimed at embracing a floating exchange rate since it is far lower than the market rate.  

He intended to break down the jargon of economics, history, politics, and the theories behind it and make them palatable to the everyday readers. He inspired people to take part in shaping the tools and mechanisms that drive the governance of the state.

Bangladesh Bank organised a workshop recently giving officials of Nagad an overview of financial institutions authorised by the central bank. 

Bank notes of 10 and 20 with the signature of new Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder will be issued from the central bank’s Motijheel office from September 15.

Although agricultural productivity has increased, the new generation is reluctant to take up farming, said an expert yesterday. 

Most shares on the Dhaka and Chattogram stock exchanges declined yesterday as pessimistic investors were in a selling mood.    

Trouble-hit Bangladesh Industrial Finance Company Ltd (BIFC) suffered losses in 2020, extending its loss to the sixth year.  

Bangladesh will have to deal with the challenges related to the Covid-19 pandemic, graduation from the list of the least-developed country and climate change, and the barriers standing in the way of Sustainable Development Goals during the Eighth Five-Year Plan period. 

Two public agencies -- the Directorate General of Food and Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) -- yesterday got the nod to buy rice, soybean oil and lentils from the domestic and international markets for sale at subsidised rates among low-income groups.

The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has extended the time for purchase of motorcycle without a valid driving licence until December 14.

The government should set up testing labs at ports to ensure fast delivery of imported goods and products for uninterrupted production, said Md Jashim Uddin, president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI).

Most shares on the Dhaka and Chattogram stock exchanges declined today.

Climate change is causing frequent heat waves, erratic rainfall, flooding and other extreme weather events that have a devastating impact on Asia’s agriculture. Disaster-related damage to crops and livestock in Asia is estimated at more than $49 billion since 2010, the highest among all regions.

Negotiations have broken down and the leaders started to frown. For that, a global fuel crisis has come out. The ongoing invasion of Ukraine by Russia is causing an arbitrary rise in natural gas prices in the global market. The Covid-19 pandemic hasn’t taken its paw yet on the global economy. Bangladesh is facing the problem of an ongoing fuel crisis like other countries. While appeasing the pandemic situation, floods in the northeast region had troubled the economy. The nation was celebrating its achievement of 100 pc power grid coverage and the opening of Padma Bridge but the fuel crisis is throwing down our economy into darkness by bringing back the load shedding. The government has taken some steps in advance to assuage the crisis. Circulars had been issued to conserve 25 per cent electricity and 20 per cent fuel in the government offices and to reduce office time. The crisis we are seeing vividly is recent but a major crisis of climate change is always fatal for us. There is no time better than now to implement the green office policy in every office of this country.

Most shares on the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) declined today.

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) fell again today, snapping yesterday’s gaining streak.

Ashwina mangoes were seldom seen on dining tables in the past as the fruit bore a sour taste coupled with an unappetising dark exterior that limited their use to the production of processed food items.

Hong Kong has become one of the top 10 foreign investors in Bangladesh, pouring $1.8 billion till date mainly in the textile and energy sectors, said Rizwan Rahman, president of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI), yesterday.