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Price hike is temporary and will be resolved soon, traders say

India on Friday forecast its pandemic-stricken economy would grow by 11 percent in the 2021-22 financial year, after contracting by 7.7 percent this year.

The European Commission on Friday launched a scheme to monitor and in some cases bar exports of vaccines produced in EU plants, amid a row with British-Swedish drugs giant AstraZeneca.

Transactions through the mobile financial service channel increased by 29.26 per cent or Tk 1,27,133 crore in the year 2020 as the service enabled people to receive payments of salaries and wages and conduct other financial transactions staying at home amid the COVID-19 outbreak in the country.

New Indian customs rules are against the principles of South Asian Free Trade Agreement and similar trade deals, Bangladesh customs and trade officials said.

Profit and sales up in Oct-Dec

In 2020, the operator logged in a profit of Tk 3,718.7 crore, up 7.7 per cent year-on-year

Profit and sales up in Oct-Dec

Experts at an investment summit observed that Bangladesh’s liberalized investment policies and concessions are encouraging the foreign investors to invest in the country.

Stocks witnessed a big jolt on Tuesday, with the key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) tumbling below 5,700-mark, as investors went on sell-offs on large-cap stocks.