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The Investment Corporation of Bangladesh, or ICB, has requested the government to cut interest rate on term deposits it took from banks to support the stock market.

Share prices in Asia have reversed early losses after Japan’s central bank promised to support markets.   It comes after official data showed that Chinese factory activity fell in February at the fastest rate on record.

The country’s lone mobile number portability (MNP) operator, Infozillion, keeps witnessing slump in business buffeted by low turnout of service seekers.

Remittance kept up its strong growth momentum last month as migrant workers sent home 10.16 per cent more than they did a year earlier, in a major boost to the economy under stress from sliding exports. Exports fell 5.21 per cent year-on-year to $22.92 billion in the first seven months …

Stocks extended the losing streak for the seven straight sessions on Sunday as worried investors continued to dump their holdings, fearing further fall of share price.

The bidding to discover cut-off price for Initial Public Offering share of Walton Hi-Tech Industries Ltd is set to begin on Mar 2, the company has said. Starting at 5pm on that day, the process will continue until 5pm on Mar 5, it said in a statement on Saturday. Walton …

With the inclusion of the seven companies, the number of such firms in Bangladesh’s export-oriented apparel sector stands at 400, with more than 400,000 workers. The seven firms are AJ Group, Purbani Group, Masihata Group, Sonia Group, TEAM Group, Aman Group and Al-Muslim Group. The digital salary disbursement solution of …

The prices of onion have marked a substantial fall in Dhaka’s kitchen markets after India decided to lift the ban on its export after about six months.According to traders, the prices fell by as much as

Mexico’s exports grew 3.2 per cent year on year in January, thanks in large part to the manufacturing and petroleum industries, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) has announced.

Stocks tumbled in the outgoing week as worried investors’ dumped their holdings amid concern on the looming impact of the single-digit interest rate on the banking business.