Finance News: Latest Financial News, Finance News today in Bangladesh

Govt upbeat about 8.2pc growth

Planning Minister M A Mannan on Thursday said the projected 8.2 per cent economic growth would be achieved in this fiscal year (FY), 2020-21, as the economy would rebound at a higher pace than earlier just after the Covid-19 outbreak."We have not revised our GDP growth target downward from 8.2...

Tested samples cross 1.5m

The number of tested samples in Bangladesh crossed 1.5 million on Thursday and 20.30 per cent of which were found Covid-19 positive, official figures showed.Bangladesh reached the milestone on 171st day since the detection of the first coronavirus case on March 08.A total of 15,125 more samples have been tested...

Govt permits clinical trial of Chinese vaccine

The government has permitted in principle doing the clinical trial of Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine through the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b).Health minister ZahidMaleque made the announcement on Thursday at a briefing at Bangladesh Secretariat in the capital after holding a meeting on 'Vaccine Trial and Its Progress'....

1,915 RMG units shut so far

About 1,915 ready-made garment (RMG) factories were shut or laid off since the coronavirus pandemic outbreak in the country, resulting in job loss of about 0.324 million garment workers. Besides, 87 garment factories terminated a total of 26,000 workers, while a good number of them did not receive their lawful...

Educational institutions remain shut until Oct 3

All the educational institutions of the country will remain closed until October 3 as there has been no marked improvement in the coronavirus situation, reports UNB.Mohammad Abul Khayer, public relations officer at the Ministry of Education, confirmed the information on Thursday.However, the academic activities in all the Qawmi madrassahs across...

HC declares Pubali Bank's board election illegal

The High Court on Thursday declared illegal the election to the board of directors held in the 37th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Pubali Bank Limited on July 30 last. It further directed the bank to hold a fresh AGM following the due process of law within six weeks of...

70pc have high level of knowledge, says survey

Health officials have identified attitude problem of the people and young generation and reluctance to follow health guidelines, making it difficult for them to control and prevent the spread of Covid-19 in the country. They, however, are not willing to enforce law although they have issued a circular giving warning...

Paying no heed to social distancing norms

Paying no heed to social distancing norms amid the Coronavirus outbreak, commuters scramble to get on a bus in Gandaria area of the city on Thursday — FE photo by Shafiqul Alam