Mahmudul Hasan

Although Amar Ekushey Book Fair-2022 began on Tuesday after being deferred for half-a-month due to the surge of Covid-19 infections, readers have already started purchasing the books published targeting the annual event thanks to online platforms.

Amid soaring prices of food, products and services, inflation in Bangladesh fell to 5.86 per cent in January, the first decline in six months, official data showed yesterday.

GoZayaan has acquired Pakistan-based FindMyAdventure, making it the first travel technology platform in Bangladesh to take over any company beyond its borders.

Purchases through mobile financial services (MFS) increased significantly in December as people are getting more prone to using digital means for availing necessities.

Before the pandemic, Mujibur Rahman, a private firm employee, could provide for his family of four. He could pay for the education of his three children, make rent and even save something for a rainy day.

Startups are now quite thrilled at the likelihood of being allowed to raise funds from the stock market as the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) is mulling over listing loss-making IT or e-commerce platforms.

bKash has given the country’s burgeoning freelancer community reason to cheer as they can now receive payments through the mobile financial service (MFS) provider within a few seconds

The number of mobile subscribers in December rose about 6 per cent year-on-year to 18.10 crore, data from Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission showed yesterday.

Bangladesh has disbursed 59 per cent of the total credit support unveiled by the government to protect businesses, the economy and the poor since the coronavirus pandemic hit the country more than one-and-a-half years ago.

Local online grocery store Chaldal is expanding at a faster clip outside of Dhaka to cater to customers who have become habituated with digital shopping throughout the coronavirus pandemic.

The government plans to use the country’s foreign currency reserves to implement a $370.96 million power transmission project, ignoring warning from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The government should reprioritise spending, take steps to reduce corruption and initiate financial sector reforms for better use of public money with a view to overcoming challenges brought on by the pandemic, suggests the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The installation of prepaid gas meters is going on at a snail’s pace even though the system comes with many perks, including cuts in customers’ cost and a reduction in gas wastage.

Cake sales in Bangladesh are growing at a faster pace, driven by changing taste and consumption while celebrating various occasions.

The government plans to keep its foreign aid use target unchanged in the next fiscal year compared to the current fiscal year owing to lower utilisation of development allocations and projected reduced spending related to the pandemic, especially for vaccination.

Wages have ticked up in Bangladesh in recent months, but rising inflation, fueled by internal and external factors, has eroded the gains for the workers in various sectors.

Bangladesh  Cards Ltd, a joint venture between Japanese, Australian and Bangladeshi  investors, is going to invest $100 million in a local hi-tech park to  manufacture high-end technology products, including smart cards and  specialised security items, to cater to the growing domestic and  international markets.

 Non-food inflation has been unbridled since the government hiked diesel and kerosene prices two months ago, touching 7 per cent in December, a six-year high, pounding consumers.

Mobile financial services, seen as a means of poverty alleviation and financial inclusion, fared well in 2021 in Bangladesh thanks to adaptation of the people to digital transactions amid the coronavirus pandemic,

Old problems greet the Prime Minister-led Executive Committee of the National Economic Council when it convenes today for its first meeting for 2022: applications for project revisions.