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President M Abdul Hamid released various species of fish fries to mark the National Fisheries Week-2021

Recipients of the first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can now get their second shots from any vaccination centre as part of the government’s expanded inoculation programme.

With the present government’s sincere efforts and timely initiatives, the power sector will continue to succeed, as the government increased power generation to 25,235 megawatt (MW), a ministry official said.

Stocks opened on a flying note on Wednesday, with the key index of the major bourse crossing the 6,900-mark in early trading, as buoyant investors put fresh bets on major sector shares amid positive expectations.

The government’s allocation for helping small and medium enterprises (SMEs) overcome coronavirus-induced losses is less compared to the funds set aside for the same purpose in India, Thailand, and Malaysia, according to a recent study.

Banks’ overnight borrowing from the call money market almost doubled in the second half of the month of August compared with that in the first half of the month after the relaxation of Covid-centric restrictions and subsequent reopening of business and economic activities.

All mutual funds made robust growth in earnings and declared hefty dividends for their unitholders for the financial year 2021 due mainly to bullishness in the country’s stock market.

Bangladesh Bank has asked 10 banks to explain why they maintained a high interest rate spread for long depriving depositors.

The Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) has sought a Tk 1,000 crore stimulus package from the government to disburse loans for the development and expansion of the cottage industry and SMEs.

The expatriate welfare and overseas employment ministry has framed a policy to recognise recruiting agents as commercially important persons (CIPs) for their contribution to overseas employment.