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As high as 60 per cent of victims of Destiny and Jubok scams could be compensated by selling the assets of the two multi-level marketing companies, according to Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi.

Transactions through mobile financial services in Bangladesh rose 5.4 per cent year-on-year to Tk 66,387 crore in July as people’s habit to use the cashless mode of payments persists despite the reopening of the economy and easing of coronavirus restrictions.

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said the government wants the e-commerce sector would to run in a more disciplined way shrugging off recent anomalies by some companies.

Servitisation is getting popular throughout the world as a profitable business model. It has been embraced by the developed countries and the companies operating within sectors, where the high-installed product bases are a prerequisite, such as elevators, business machines, printing and packaging machinery, construction equipment, health care, and agricultural machinery.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has expressed its interest to invest in Bangladesh under the Saudi Public Investment Fund, Prime Minister’s Private Sector Industry and Investment Adviser Salman F Rahman said here today.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB)  approved on Friday a $250 million policy-based loan to support Bangladesh’s economic recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sugar and cooking oil were sold by retailers at higher than the government-fixed rates

The government is facing huge fund crunch after an abrupt rise of fuel prices in the international market.

Private companies have offloaded primary shares worth Tk 10 billion in nine months during January-September 2021, the highest amount in a decade, amid virus-induced sluggish economic activities.

Stock investors in Bangladesh are being cautious about pouring their money into the market as its prime index is hovering at a record high.