Google was sued on Tuesday in a proposed class action accusing the internet search company of illegally invading the privacy of millions of users by pervasively tracking their internet use through browsers set in “private” mode.
Read More »Stocks fall in early trading as coronavirus fears mount
Stocks witnessed downward trend in early hour of trading on Monday amid mounting fears over coronavirus outbreak as the country is set to emerge a new global hotspot for the virus.
Read More »NBR extends deadline for tax submission
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended the deadline for submission of corporate and other tax returns until June 29.
Read More »Escaping a drying well
To start off, the loan ceiling for real estate developers should be increased similar to how it was extended for SMEs recently
Read More »BB allows non-bank private sector to provide electronic payment services
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has issued a guideline allowing non-bank entities for setting up necessary infrastructure in the country to provide electronic payment services to the customers of schedule banks and others.
Read More »Budget should strengthen health, social security sectors; Economists
Country’s prominent economists and experts have said that the next national budget should focus on ensuring survival of people through strengthening health, medical and social security sectors.
Read More »Bangladesh stock market regulator moves to coordinate with financial market watchdog
Two key regulatory institutions overseeing Bangladesh’s financial services industry and the capital market will work together to remove barriers borne out of lack of coordination, new head of securities market watchdog has announced.
Read More »Govt not going overboard with subsidy expenditure next fiscal year
That the subsidy expenditure would go up next fiscal year as the government scrambles to keep the pandemic-induced recession from undoing decades of progress in alleviating poverty and elevating its citizens into the middle-class — was a given.
Read More »COVID-19 hammers RMG exports for 3rd month
Bangladesh’s readymade garment export declined by more than 62 per cent in the first 29 days of May this year compared with that of corresponding period in last year as both the demand for and prices of apparel products decreased on the global market due to the coronavirus pandemic in …
Read More »DSE, CSE open in positive vibe after 66-day closure
Bangladesh’s both the bourses –Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) resumed activities today after 66-day of closure rendered by the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.
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