Mobile phone operators should focus more on improving the quality of service to get tax exemption, said Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar yesterday.

The Covid-19 pandemic has emerged as the biggest challenge for businesses worldwide and caught top executives off guard.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday issued guidelines specifying the sole ways in which public money deposited in the accounts operated by mobile financial service (MFS) and e-money service providers can be used.

German reinsurance giant Munich Re posted higher first-quarter profits Thursday and said it was on course to meet its 2021 targets despite payouts linked to Covid-19 and a US cold snap.

Sales of pulse oximeter, face mask, glove and sanitiser have risen manifold, taking advantage of which some traders have increased the prices of the health and hygiene safety products.

German carmaker Volkswagen reported a jump in first quarter profits Thursday but warned that a global shortage of semiconductors that has hurt production would have a “more significant impact” in the coming months.

IDLC Finance has announced partnering with four non-profit, voluntary organisations to provide dry food to 9,000 daily wage earning and lower-middle income families in 30 districts affected by the pandemic.

China “indefinitely” suspended on Thursday all activity under a China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue, its state economic planner said, the latest setback for strained relations between the two countries.

Rumee A Hossain has been re-elected as the chairman of the executive committee of the board of Bank Asia Ltd in the 453rd meeting of the board of directors held recently.

Bangladesh added 31.37 lakh new mobile internet users in March in its subscriber base, which is the highest monthly addition in around a year and a half.

The Group of Seven wealthy democracies on Wednesday worked on plans to scale up global Covid-19 vaccinations, as calls mounted for a drastic increase in funding to help developing nations virtually shut out of early efforts.

Tobacco is a leading cause of death, disease and disability around the world with more than eight million deaths attributed to its use every year.

The relationship between Japan and Bangladesh is a trusted and time-tested one. Bangladesh became Japan’s biggest recipient of official development assistance in 2020. Since the Covid-19 pandemic s

Bangladesh Bank yesterday instructed the country’s lenders to extend their operating hours to 2:00pm from today in order to help clients complete their banking activities smoothly ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.

The government will import 50,000 tonnes of parboiled rice from India through the railways for the first time.

Stocks of Orion Pharmaceuticals topped the gainers’ list with a 9.83 per cent rise yesterday after the news broke that the pharma company wants to produce Covid-19 vaccine in the country.

The election board of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) yesterday declared the names of 78 directors who were elected uncontested.

Square Pharmaceuticals will launch its production facility in Kenya within the next four months in a move that will considerably enhance the company’s earnings from East African nations.

Production in a number of local chemical, textile and glassware factories is facing setbacks for delays in the shipment of soda ash by Indian exporters over the past four months.

Although almost all the people who had lost their jobs in April to May last year because of the pandemic-induced economic downturn found jobs by February, 86 per cent said they are not earning enough to meet their daily necessities, according to a survey.