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Rail cargo services have built up Bangladesh Railway’s (BR) hopes to minimise its financial loss during the coronavirus pandemic when most of its services remained suspended.

The much-cherished Sonali Bag scheme, which aims to make polymer containers from jute, will continue despite the closure of 25 state-run jute and non-jute mills on the first day of the current month.

Norway will continue its support to Bangladesh in improving the quality of shipbuilding and ship recycling industry.

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said Bangladeshi women have come a long way in terms of trade success and the government is providing necessary assistance to women in domestic and international trade.

Trading on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) will return to normal schedule of four hours tomorrow (Wednesday).

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has directed the VAT administration at the field level to take legal actions against those registered business firms which do not hang turnover tax certificates in their own firms.

Private millers are looking to utilise much of their capacity to increase the production of jute goods to cash in on the void created in the domestic and international markets for the closure of all the 22 state-run jute mills.

They have said the current $36 billion forex reserves are essential during the pandemic situation as the remittance outlook remains bleak

Any potential seller can visit and register themselves for free at https://foodfornation.gov.bd/qurbani2020/ and upload photographs, videos and information about their animals on the site for display

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has witnessed a steep fall in revenue collection in the immediate past 2019-20 fiscal mainly due to the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.