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The coronavirus pandemic took a huge toll on global jobs last year, the United Nations said Monday, with the equivalent of more than a quarter of a billion lost.

Stocks ended marginally lower on Sunday, snapping a three-day positive session, as investors mostly followed cautious stance amid persistent profit-booking tendency.

The Bangladesh Bank on Sunday appointed district-wise lead banks for the year 2021 with a view to expediting and ensuring effective implementation of the Tk 20,000-crore stimulus package meant for the cottage, micro, small and medium entrepreneurs.

Year-on-year deposit growth in the country’s Islamic banks at the September-end quarter of 2020 was much higher than the growth rate in the country’s overall banking sector at the end of the same quarter, reflecting a growing public interest in Shariah-based banking system.

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Sunday said that the government would strengthen its monitoring for controlling the prices of essentials, including edible oil, so that the middlemen could not make profit illegally. He also said that a committee of the Commerce Ministry is also working to ensure fair price of …

The country’s dried fish processing unit owners and workers have been struggling to survive in their traditional profession due to the disruption in the market and supply chains caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Asian markets mostly rose Monday, rebounding from a sell-off at the end of last week as investors keep tabs on the progress of Joe Biden’s new US economic rescue package.

Stocks on both the bourses witnessed a positive note amid soaring turnover in the early trading on Sunday as investors went on buying spree on major sector stocks.

Bangladesh imported 8.97 million cubic metres of LNG in 2020, up 1.56 per cent from 2019.

‘Most of the apparel factories did not follow the layoff rules amid the pandemic’