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Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) has observed the National Mourning Day with due respect and solemnity.

Global stock markets rose on Friday as investors put economic growth fears and trade jitters to one side, deciding that they had had enough drama and losses for one week.

Thailand will pour more than $10 billion into the economy, the finance ministry said Friday, as a new government looks to kickstart sputtering growth after five years of junta rule.

European stock markets lost ground again Thursday as investors all but gave up hope that a US-China trade war could be nearing its end, while US equities staged a tentative rebound on some solid data.

American consumers appear to be carrying the US economy in their shopping carts as manufacturing slumps amid President Donald Trump’s trade conflict with China, and

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today said the current state of the country’s economy is good and there is a need to give concerted efforts from all concerned to make it sustainable.

The government is planning to invite international bidding within a year for oil and gas exploration in both onshore and offshore areas of the country, said State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Thursday.

In a notice on August 5, the telecom regulator said that 106 VSPs failed to pay their dues while 18 others did not apply for renewal properly

Traders, however, have attributed the rise in the sale to cheaper prices and availability Sales of mosquito coils along with other mosquito repellents have increased manifold in the capital city as Aedes-borne dengue virus takes its worst toll on people. 

One of the country’s largest retailers is finally off the hook for the devastating collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh six years ago.