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Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperative (LGRD) Minister Md Tajul Islam today urged the cattle market organizers to arrange digital haats, for selling and buying sacrificial animals ahead of the forthcoming Eid-ul Azha by maintaining social distancing.

H&M Foundation, a non-profit platform of the Swedish fashion giant H&M Group, is initiating a long-term project to support female apparel workers in Bangladesh, starting with their urgent needs connected to COVID-19 pandemic.

The share price of Paramount Insurance Company is soaring without having any undisclosed price sensitive information.

The government has decided to suspend fund release for implementation of low-priority projects under the Annual Development Programme (ADP) of this fiscal year (FY), 2020-21.

The Bangladesh Solar and Renewable Energy Association (BSREA) has identified nine key areas where the government needs to provide heightened importance to help rehabilitate the local solar sector which has experienced a severe blow from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Remittance has been on the rise in recent years riding on an annual export of more than 7 lakh economic migrants since 2016 – in a development that has helped the government manage the economy smoothly. 

The BB also asked the banks to be flexible in taking collateral from leather industry entrepreneurs against their loans

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today strengthened its partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), recognizing that increased collaboration is helping to expand critical health care across Asia and the Pacific and contain the spread and impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

Stocks saw a positive trend in early trading on Wednesday as optimistic investors showed their appetite following the minimum shareholding ultimatum by the stock market regulator.

The government’s decision to reduce duty on rice import could hurt Aman farmers during the harvesting time, said insiders.