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Bangladesh’s largest solar power plant in Mymensingh is fully installed with the Huawei Smart photovoltaic (PV) solution, through which it’s been now connected to the national grid recently. The 73 MW PV power plant would help meet the government’s target of generating 10 percent of the country’s total electricity using …

Stocks extended the losing streak for the two consecutive sessions on Thursday as risk-averse investors continued to book profit on quick-gaining stocks, particularly on Grameenphone.

The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has proposed to purchase a pool of 56 vehicles at Tk 261.8 million for Dhaka-Sylhet-Tamabil road-widening projects.

With the arrival of new batches, onions prices are cooling down in Khulna, thinning the previously seen long queues of people in front of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) trucks to buy the commodity.

More than 42 per cent garment workers did not benefit from the stimulus package despite being one of the poorest segments of the population and hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new survey.

For the first time, inefficiency in government administration has been identified as the topmost problematic factor by entrepreneurs for doing business in Bangladesh in 2019, said the Centre for Policy Dialogue on Thursday.

Economies of Asia and the Pacific must put water security at the top of their agenda to recover from the fallout of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and adapt to climate change, according to a new flagship report released on Friday by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Stocks witnessed a marginal correction on Tuesday, snapping a four-day winning streak, thanks to the profit booking tendency of some investors on quick-gaining stocks.

Jordan’s readymade garments (RMG) sector will recruit over 12,000 skilled workers from Bangladesh in one year.

Companies and well-off households are parking funds at banks in the form of deposits despite no return in real terms primarily because of lower investment and consumption caused by the pandemic-induced uncertainties.