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Hurricane Marco and Tropical Storm Laura tore through the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, forcing energy companies to pull workers from offshore platforms and shut down oil production

Though the online sales of health products and daily essentials were booming due to COVID-19, the ongoing pandemic has taken its heavy toll on the online retailers of fashion, cosmetics, and other imported products, says a recent study.

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi today urged the authorities concerned to take necessary initiatives to increase tea export after meeting its domestic demand.

Asian markets rose Monday, tracking another record on Wall Street as the US appeared to tone down its anti-China rhetoric, while traders turn their attention to a meeting of central bankers later in the week.

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has relaxed its rules of foreign exchange release for holding official meetings of government and corporate sectors through webinar solution services considering the situation created due to COVID-19 pandemic.

The Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) has set up a task force (TF) to curb submission of fake audit reports by corporate taxpayers to taxmen.

The Dhaka Stock Exchange has initiated a move to restructure the daily limit on buying shares by the brokerage houses without providing bank guarantee or keeping security money.

The wholesalers and retailers said decreased production and supply crunch due to the flood led to the price hike The prices of different essentials including vegetables jumped sharply in the capital as supply chains have been disrupted due to heavy rain and recent flood across the country.

The government is going to focus on agriculture as one of its prioritised sectors under a 2020-2023 mid-term plan in an effort to bring the Covid-hit national economy back on track fast.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday stressed on developing a common platform comprising the state-owned commercial banks, private banks and other institutions concerned to widen the coverage of digital financial inclusion in the country for further success in the sector. “I want to see a common platform with the …