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FBCCI President Sheikh Fazle Fahim today said they welcomed the measures taken by Bangladesh Bank (BB) to help counter impact of coronavirus on businesses by relaxing banking rules for entrepreneurs.

Businesses other than drugs and essentials are bearing the brunt of panic over the pandemic.

The prices of rice, pulse, onions, garlic, potatoes and eggs went up in the city kitchen markets over the week ending Friday.

For many people, access to internet will be the only outlet into the outer world in coming crisis days

Saudi Arabia plans to raise borrowing by 20 percentage points to 50 percent of GDP to steady an economy rocked by plunging oil prices and the new coronavirus, the finance minister said Friday.

Country’s premier bourse, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) bounced back today buoyed by emergency crisis response effort from capital market regulator.

Asserting that the government has financial capability to fight against the deadly virus COVID-19, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal  said the Ministry of Health would receive all necessary support and funding so that it could fulfill its demands to face the virus.

Factories in China, struggling to reopen after the coronavirus shut down the economy, face a new threat from U.S. anti-disease controls that might disrupt the flow of microchips and other components they need.

Country’s both the bourses – Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) reduced trading time by 1 hour which will be effective from tomorrow.

US stocks deepened their selloff on Wednesday and the Dow erased virtually the last of its gains since President Donald Trump’s 2017 inauguration, as the widening repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic threatened to cripple economic activity.