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The Cabinet Committee on Government Procurement on Wednesday approved importing 730,000 tonnes of fertilisers at a cost of Tk 1.357 billion.

Meanwhile, the business community emphasized employment generation to pull people out of unemployment caused by the pandemic

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has raised the agriculture and rural loan disbursement target by 8.99 percent to Taka 26,292 crore for the current 2020-21 financial year (FY21).

Asian markets were mixed Thursday as investors juggled hopes for a new stimulus deal in Washington with concerns about the virus and another flare-up between China and the United States.

Stocks witnessed mixed trend in early trading on Wednesday as investors mostly followed a cautious stance amid ongoing virus scare and the floor price system.

The two-and-half-month-long countrywide general shutdown was supposed to cause a massive dent to the state’s coffer as the economic locomotive was effectively chained to its track in the station.

Revenue collection by the National Board of Revenue stood at Tk 2,18,406 crore in the recently concluded fiscal year 2019-2020, falling Tk 82,094 crore short of the revised target for the year, according to the provisional estimate of the board.

Bangladesh Bank has given the relaxation considering the current situation due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Those which remain unpaid for a period of 30 months or beyond will now be treated as bad or loss

In addition, the stock market regulator decided to run a special audit on the financial accounts of the company