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Bourses to continue trading if banks remain open

The number of Japanese companies operating in Bangladesh has increased around four times in 10 years as the government ensured better business climate for the foreign investors in the country.

Nine major apparel manufacturing countries, including Bangladesh, have joined hands to improve prices paid by international retailers and brands, prompted into action by bad experiences since the pandemic’s emergence.

The Bangladesh Bank will extend the timeline of the current stimulus package and increase the stimulus for small and medium enterprises to a total of Tk 60,000 crore by 2023 to ensure economic resilience, said BB deputy governor Abu Farah Md Naser.

The prices of vegetables and soya bean oil went up in the kitchen markets in the city over the week ending on Friday.

Only 39.26% of the total target has been met in the first seven months of the current fiscal

With the approval of the Prime Minister Office (PMO), the Land Ministry has allotted 4,835.91 acres of ‘khas’ land in favour of Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) for setting up Noakhali Economic Zone (EZ) at Companiganj upazila under Noakhali district.

Expatriate Bangladeshis sent US$ 18,603.80 million remittances during the first nine months of the current fiscal (FY21), which was 35.10 percent higher than the same period of the last fiscal year (FY20).

The previous deadline was set to expire on March 31

The benchmark index of Dhaka bourse tumbled to a three-month low on Wednesday, with most stocks ending in the red amid spike in Covid-19 infections.