Argentina suspends beef exports for 30 days
AFP, Buenos Aires :Argentina, the fourth-largest exporter of beef in the world with some 819,000 tons sent abroad in 2020, suspended foreign sales for 30...
Business & Economy
Stocks break eight-day gaining streak
Economic Reporter :Stocks on Tuesday witnessed downward trend due mainly to price fall in large-cap securities.DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE),...
Japanese firms to bounce back from Covid impact in 2021: JETRO
Business Desk :Japanese companies, operating in Bangladesh, is expected to bounce back from the impact of Covid-19 within this year since, indicates a study of...
NEC approves Tk 2.25324t original ADP for FY22
Business Desk :The National Economic Council (NEC) on Tuesday approved a Tk 2.25324 trillion original Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the next fiscal year (FY22)...
Japan Q1 GDP shrinks 1.3pc
AFP, Tokyo :Japan’s economy contracted 1.3 percent in the three months to March after the government reimposed virus restrictions in major cities as infections surged,...
US voices ‘concern’ at proposed Canadian tax on tech giants
US Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Monday voiced her “concern” to Canadian Trade Minister Mary Ng over the prospect of Ottawa imposing taxes on US...
Asia markets mostly rise
AFP, Hong Kong :Most markets rose in Asia on Tuesday as investors looked past rising virus infections in the region and bet on the global...
Macron hosts summit on post-Covid Africa finance
AFP, Paris :French President Emmanuel Macron Tuesday hosts African leaders and chiefs of global financial institutions for a summit meeting that will seek to provide...
NTAC recommends reopening factories in phases
Business Desk :The National Technical Advisory Committee on Covid-19 has asked authorities concerned to reopen factories in phases so that factory workers do not have...
Stocks maintain gaining streak
Business Desk :Country’s both the bourses, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), on Monday witnessed an upward trend like earlier as investors...
Thai economy shrinks 2.6pc in first quarter
AFP, Bangkok :Thailand’s economy shrank in the first quarter, official data showed Monday, as it was battered by coronavirus restrictions that have hit the key...
United efforts needed to make progress in doing business index
Business Desk :Executive chairman of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) M Sirazul Islam on Monday said that the private sector and the businessmen would have...