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Company extended closure of its factory for the third time

Managed to give out only 45.4% of the Tk 5,000cr fund in six-and-a-half months

The government has dropped a plan to set up renewable power projects in Kaptai and Mahamaya lakes on consideration of environmental risks.

Small and medium enterprises in Bangladesh have seen a 105.7 percent growth in employment generation until 2019, with women-owned businesses, in particular, creating a significant number of jobs in the country before the coronavirus pandemic struck, a new study has found.

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has put forward a five-point proposal for a digital, green and resilient post-pandemic business recovery as chair of a high-level Commonwealth B2B Connectivity dialogue.

The state-owned Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) has reduced the service charges under the registered exporter system of the European Union following the demand from apparel makers, officials say.

The government has set a target of increasing the acreage of Boro crop by 50,000 hectares this year aiming to meet production shortfall.

Despite facing numerous work order cancellations and subsequent suspension of most exports due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Denim Expert Ltd did not lay off any of its workers.

Sought opinions from industry operators Every month, Taslima Begum, a garment worker from Kurigram, sends about Tk 5,000 to fund the expenses of her family back home in North Bengal through the mobile financial service platform.

The Dhaka bourse posted a profit of Tk 27 crore for the financial year that ended on June 30, down 72 per cent year-on-year