Move to ensure supply of safe and nutritious foods to tackle pandemic
Business Desk :A project has been taken up to ensure the supply of safe and nutritious foods as well as smooth market management to tackle...
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BD farmers, enterprises may access IFC fund
Business Desk :Thousands of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and millions of farmers across Asia and the Pacific stand to benefit from the first...
LAF appoints new CEO
Business Desk :Kanti Kumar Saha has recently been appointed as new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Lankan Alliance Finance.Prior, Kanti Kumar represented the board in...
34pc RMG workers are lone household earners: Survey
Business Desk :In its latest survey on garment workers in Bangladesh, South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) and Microfinance Opportunities (MFO) have found that...
Bourses getting momentum
Economic Reporter :Stocks extended gaining streak for another session on Wednesday with surpass of key index of premier bourse Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) 4800-mark again,...
OPEC Fund approves $70m in loans to BD for COVID-19 response
The OPEC Fund for International Development or the OPEC Fund has provided a $70 million loan to Bangladesh to help fight the ongoing coronavirus crisis.The...
5000 lobster and shrimp farms washed away in Bagerhat
Bagerhat Correspondent :Some 5 thousand lobster and shrimp farms were washed away in Bagerhat district by the recent unprecedented heavy onrush of river water accompanied...
Kick-off meeting on BD-Japan joint economic dialogue held
Economic Reporter :A kick-off meeting on the 5th Bangladesh-Japan Public-Private Joint Economic Dialogue (PPED) was held virtually on Monday as part of taking preparations to...
UICL gets new body Economic Reporter
Mozaffar Hossain Paltu, Founder Chairman of Union Insurance Company Ltd (UICL), has been re-elected Chairman of the company unanimously while Mohammed Hasmat Ali re- elected...
NBR launches EFD to ease VAT collection
Economic Reporter :The National Board of Revenue (NBR) launched installation of Electronic Fiscal Device (EFD) on Tuesday in order to ease collection of value-added tax...