News

More than 15,000 poor and distressed women have changed their fortune through plucking tea-leaves in tea gardens of five northern districts in the ‘Kartoa Valley’ ecological zone.

Indian vaccine maker Bharat Biotech is seeking international manufacturing partners as it targets a billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine each year, the company said on Sunday.

India attracted foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows of $22.53 billion during the first three months of the fiscal year starting on April 1, about 90 per cent higher than the April-June period last year, the government has said.

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Sunday decided that it would fine state-run ICB Securities Trading Company Limited, a subsidiary of the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh, Tk 5 crore if the company fails to address a number of rule violations by September 30.

A 1 per cent increase in female employment can effectively increase economic growth by 0.31 per cent, according to a study by South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (Sanem) unveiled yesterday.

Annual trade between Bangladesh and India has the potential to reach $16 billion if the former improves its ease of doing business and completes all connectivity developments, according to Indian High Commissioner Vikram K Doraiswami.

The stock market maintained its downward trend yesterday, marking three days of decline as cautious investors opted to take their profits when the benchmark index of the country’s premier bourse recently hit a record high.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today approved a US$1.78 billion Multitranche Financing Facility (MFF) to improve mobility, road safety, and regional trade along the Dhaka-Sylhet trade corridor in Bangladesh.

The total amount of these proposed investments of the establishments is around Tk14,128 crore

Import-related irregularities have gone down significantly after the National Board of Revenue (NBR) doubled the minimum penalty for evading duties, helping the government earn more in taxes.