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Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday extended the banking transaction time by half an hour till 3:30pm for the extended period of lockdown.

Chinese rice scientist Yuan Longping greatly contributed to reducing hunger from China as well as from many parts of the world through inventing modern hybrid rice seeds, speakers at a webinar on Wednesday said.

Eleven banks collectively witnessed a 76.99-per cent or Tk 5,502.46 crore increase in provision shortfalls in the January-March period of 2021 due mainly to a further deterioration in the financial state of the scam-hit Janata Bank.

Mango farmers and traders are facing an awkward situation with their seasonal fruits in the region because of the Covid-19 pandemic. “Wholesalers from outside of the district aren’t coming here due to the lockdown and fear of Covid-19 infection,” said Suman Hossain, a mango trader at Shaheb Bazar, adding that …

The two governments have been discussing this plan since last year

State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdury said on Monday operations of land ports in the country along with their law-enforcers and customs officials concerned are required to be brought under one umbrella for smooth and efficient functioning of the ports.

President Faruque Hassan has requested Switzerland to consider an extension of the EBA (Everything but Arms) scheme under its Generalized Systen of Preferences (GSP) programme for 10 years for Bangladesh’s smoother transition.

Defaulted loans in the country’s banking sector surged by Tk 6,802 crore in January-March this year due to a heavy increase in such loans in private commercial banks even after the issuance of repayment exemption to borrowers for 2020.

Cost of living in Dhaka increased by 6.88 per cent, the highest in the last three years, in 2020 amid the adverse impact of Covid-19 pandemic, according to the annual report of the Consumers Association of Bangladesh.

The weighted average lending rate of 18 banks dropped below 7% in April