Banking & Commodity

Prices of most of the commodities remained high on the kitchen markets in the city over the week ending on Friday.

The central bank also asked banks not to adjust the compensations with any other liabilities of the bank

Commerce Secretary Md Jafar Uddin had assured people on Saturday that during Ramadan, prices will be strictly monitored to keep the market in favour of the people

Operation of the Bangladesh Electronic Funds Transfer Network, the country’s first paperless electronic inter-bank funds transfer system, is yet to be restored after five days of suffering a technical glitch due to connectivity disruption.

Bangladesh is the sixth-largest potato producer in the world as for the past several years farmers have produced higher amounts of the vegetable than the annual requirement.In fiscal 2018-19, 965,500 tonnes of potato was grown in Bangladesh against an estimated domestic demand of nearly 8 mln tonnes. Demand remains high …

Small and medium poultry farmers, who have been struggling to recover from last year’s Covid-induced economic shock, are facing fresh troubles due to the ongoing lockdown.

“Spring and summer are the main seasons for events, weddings and hospitality, so for florists and growers that specialise in these, it’s been a major disaster,” says flower trader.

Almost 59 per cent of women entrepreneurs in the cottage, micro, small and medium enterprise (CMSME) sector has not heard of the government stimulus packages for the sector, according to findings of a study conducted by the Centre for Policy Dialogue.

In a span of just two days, the prices of eggplant, tomato, lemon, and cucumber have almost doubled

Inter-bank cheque settlement and electronic fund transfer system of Bangladesh Bank remained suspended  since Tuesday last due to a technical fault in the optical fiber of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL).