July 12, 2021
Online cattle sales boom
With Eid-ul-Azha just over a week away, online sales of sacrificial animals are rapidly snowballing as government agencies and e-commerce platforms have partnered up to lure customers into digital...
July 11, 2021
Stimulus For Small Businesses, Farmers: Public agencies fail to disburse whole fund
Government and semi-government agencies failed to disburse the entire Tk 570 crore earmarked for the pandemic-hit small traders, entrepreneurs and farmers for the last fiscal year under a stimulus...
July 9, 2021
Despair mounts for the debt-trapped
Debt-ridden micro-businesses and informal workers in Bangladesh are staring at new economic distress as incomes evaporated because of the ongoing strict lockdown, which could impose an additional...
July 2, 2021
Kamal seeks additional assistance from ADB
Just a day after parliament passed the budget, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday sought an additional assistance from Asian Development Bank (ADB) as the government looks to use a record...
June 30, 2021
Online cattle sales to pick up the slack
Online cattle sales in the run-up to Eid-ul-Azha are expected to accelerate as the raging coronavirus infections would compel the government to whittle down the number of makeshift markets allowed...
June 24, 2021
Rules afoot for online consumer protection
The commerce ministry will publish a guideline for e-commerce platforms next month to protect the rights of online shoppers, curb anomalies on payments and refund, and ensure timely delivery.
June 20, 2021
Midland Bank riding on digital tech for steady growth
Eight years ago, Midland Bank Ltd set out with a vision to become a bank for the masses riding on technology and reaching the unbanked in the hinterland.
June 11, 2021
Uber halts CNG service just after launch
Uber suspended its CNG-run auto-rickshaw service in Dhaka soon after its rollout, citing “mechanical faults.”
June 8, 2021
Govt data on economy contradicts reality
Private sector credit growth has been sluggish, capital machinery imports declined, and industrial production grew slower in the outgoing fiscal year than a year ago.
June 6, 2021
Focus shifting from power generation to transmission
The government has shifted its focus from power generation to transmission and distribution as the sector is struggling with overcapacity even though consumers are yet to receive a credible supply...