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PKSF affiliates donate Tk 270m for the poor

The Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) through its affiliated organisations has provided assistance worth about Tk 27 crore to the poor affected by the Covid-19 shutdown. PKSF, in a statement issued on Tuesday, said the non-government organisations have distributed emergency food...

Next ADP to focus on virus, farm, safety net

The Planning Commission is working on framing the Annual Development...

Internal revenue collection: 2.73pc negative growth in March

The economic downturn due to COVID-19 has severely affected the...

Interest rate on farm loans now 4pc

Bangladesh Bank has lowered the interest rate on agricultural loans...

BB announces Tk 100b lending scheme for SMEs

The Bangladesh Bank has announced a Tk 100 billion refinancing...

MTBians donate one-day salary  

Employees of Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) have donated their...

Exchange rate: Bafeda steps in to halt abnormal quoting

Foreign currency dealers have requested its member banks to maintain...

Virus may force auditors to modify financial statements

New challenges have emerged in preparing financial statements for business...

Economists suggest taking advice from health experts on reopening of different sectors

The first one month of the ongoing lockdown that ends...

Export-oriented factories must be opened up slowly maintaining health protocol

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s private sector adviser Salman F Rahman...

SBC introduces crop insurance for haor

The state-owned Sadharan Bima Corporation (SBC) has launched, for the...

Coronavirus crisis: Efforts on to get external aid to bankroll higher budget deficit

The government is frantically looking for external aid to narrow...

GP, BRAC launch jt platform to support 0.1m families

The ongoing social distancing drive and restriction on movement due...

World Bank projects 22pc fall in remittances

Bangladesh's inward remittances might fall by around 22 per cent...

Less important projects won't get budget money

The finance ministry has asked all ministries and divisions not...

Marginalised people ‘at risk of famine’

Marginalised people in hard-to-reach areas like char, haor, coastal and...

IFC holds dialogue on textile sector recovery in post-pandemic Bangladesh

  IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, brought...

SCB distributes food among jobless port workers in Sadarghat Terminal

Shippers' Council of Bangladesh distributed 500 (five hundred) packets of...

Kamal rules out fresh rescue package

Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said the government has...

Govt, owners working jointly on how to reopen RMG factories

The government and readymade garment (RMG) factory owners have started...

Move to ensure marketing of milk, egg, poultry products

Fisheries and Livestock Ministry has taken a move for marketing...

DCCI for engaging public banks for disbursing stimulus funds to MSMEs

Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) has proposed engaging...

NBR resumes Ctg port in full swing

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has resumed full fledged...

Bond yield drops as banks invest surplus liquidity

The interest rate on Bangladesh Government Treasury Bonds (BGTBs) dropped...

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