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Mongla Port, the second largest sea harbor of the country, witnessed at least 117 foreign ship anchoring in last December breaking all previous records, said an official.

The New York Stock Exchange is starting the process of delisting securities of three Chinese telecom companies, after US President Donald Trump last month barred US investments in Chinese firms Washington says are owned or controlled by the military.

Commerce Secretary Dr. Md. Jafar Uddin, on Thursday, said Bangladesh will lose a number of duty-free quota-free (DFQF) facilities after its graduation from the existing least developed country (LDC) status.

The government is eager to allow the import of environment-friendly plastic scrap items which do not put any adverse impacts on the domestic industry and the environment.

The year 2020 could have been a watershed for Bangladesh. Policymakers would have put their heads together and looked at what have been achieved and what went wrong in order to set targets accordingly to become a prosperous and developed nation.

On its fifth day at the bourse, Robi barged into the list of top five most-valued companies

·        Bangladesh’s economy achieves progress despite corona ·        GDP growth still better than many countries ·        Export diversification vital for sustaining growthBangladesh has faced major economic challenges in 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Disasters fuelled by weather and climate extremes brought “catastrophic results for millions” across rich and poor nations in 2020, causing thousands of deaths and tens of billions of dollars in losses, charity Christian Aid said on Monday.

The new commission that took charge in May immediately got down to instilling a solid sense of discipline in Bangladesh’s capital market

Planning Minister MA Mannan said, the government is working to bring the lagging Char areas into the mainstream of development. To realize the development plans for Char- a Char Foundation or a similar organization structure is needed. He made this remark on Monday, as the chief guest at the national …