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Bangladesh has won plaudits from The Wall Street Journal for the economic strides it has made in recent years in the wake of its graduation from the UN’s least-developed-country categorisation.

Deposits in Tk 10 bank accounts dropped by 80.82 per cent or Tk 163.4 crore year-on-year at the end of December 2020 as poor people had to spend the last of their savings to survive the coronavirusinduced economic hardship.

The prices of chickens and soya bean oil have continued rising on the kitchen markets in the capital, Dhaka, due to an increased demand for the items.

Fast forward a year and now most of the banks are offering their loans products, out of their own volition, at 7-8% interest

After being entrepreneurs on various trades and ventures, many women have become self-reliant, contributing to the society in many ways in the region.

Earnings from exports declined 3.92 per cent year-on-year to $3.19 billion in February because of a fall in apparel shipment as the lingering coronavirus pandemic continues to hurt the country’s key markets.    

Speakers at a view-exchange meeting on Wednesday called for bringing domestic workers under the labour law umbrella to ensure their rights and benefits.

This week, bKash announced it was making sending money within its network free of charge to five numbers

More than one million people in UK are set to start paying income tax in the next five years, official forecasts say, due to a move announced in the Budget.

They also called for a policy to ensure stable yarn prices as it is fluctuating abruptly and changing frequently without prior notice