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The IMF on Friday approved a $520 million loan for Jamaica to help the island nation deal with urgent needs raised by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Leading private mobile operator Robi has come up with a special internet offer for 27,000 doctors registered with the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The country’s spice traders will reduce prices of different spices by 10-25 percentage points from the current prices in the market, according to a press statement of the commerce ministry.

Farmers’ combined efforts help the nation get a steady supply of vegetables throughout the year.

According to the existing rules, the 30th Chaitra of the Bangla calendar (April 13) is the deadline for paying the yearly land development tax.

Bangladesh Bank (BB) today introduced a special repurchase agreement (repo) for one year to help the banks and Non-Bank

Oil prices crept up on Thursday, supported by a surprise decline of US crude inventories, but gains were capped by worries that a potential second wave of the coronavirus pandemic might trigger fresh lockdowns and slam fuel demand once again.

Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) across the country has been producing 1,900 metric tonnes rice every day.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that the government would provide 20 trillion rupees ($266 billion) in fiscal and monetary measures to support an economy battered by a sweeping weeks-long lockdown to fight the novel coronavirus.

The government’s borrowing from the banking sector has escalated in recent days on the back of a revenue shortfall due to a collapse in economic activities from the coronavirus-induced protracted shutdown.