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Steel Building Manufacturers Association (SBMA) of Bangladesh today demanded withdrawing the existing facilities of importing duty-free ‘steel building finish goods’ here by foreign companies as a safeguard to protect the local manufacturers.

Asian shares stumbled on Monday and oil prices slipped as fears of a second wave of coronavirus infections in Beijing sent investors scurrying for safe-havens while underwhelming data from China further weighed on sentiment.

Stocks posted a marginal gain in early trading on Sunday, the first session after the national budget declaration, as investors followed a cautious stance.

The Bangladesh Railway (BR) has held up its plan to resume services of 16 more trains on different routes due to poor number of passengers in the trains that have resumed operation since May 31.

Mobile operators are in the most bewildering situation: they are caught in the middle of a misunderstanding in the interpretation of the law by the revenue authority and the telecom regulator.

US shares ender higher on Friday as buyers stepped in following sharp losses earlier in the day.

Bangladesh Commerce of Industries (BCI) has hailed the proposed budget for the fiscal 2020-21.

Stocks posted a marginal gain in the outgoing week as growing tension over the virus scare and the floor price mechanism kept the market almost dull.

The prices of vegetables and broiler chicken increased on the kitchen markets in the capital on Friday a day after the government announced the proposed national budget for the financial year of 2020-21.

‘It seems like the [Covid-19] crisis, which is expected to continue for months, will squeeze people like us more and more’