The export of personal protective equipment (PPE) has opened a new avenue for apparel manufacturers of Bangladesh who are reeling from order cancellations and downswings of exports in the Covid-19 pandemic. According to figures by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), PPEs, including masks, gloves, and gowns, have...
Safety equipment and essential health protective items are now selling like hotcakes as the Covid-19 pandemic increased by manifold the demand for such products.
Besides, panic-buying of such items -- hand sanitizer, pulse oximeter, oxygen cylinder, blood sugar machine, disinfecting liquid such as Dettol and Savlon,...
The government has launched an online agricultural market portal, hortexbazarbd.com, to boost trade of farm products during coronavirus pandemic, said officials.
Agriculture minister Dr Mohammad Abdur Razzaque inaugurated the portal during a virtual meeting on development and evaluation of the ministry's projects and programmes...
Prime Bank Ltd on Tuesday announced an alliance with Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) to finance micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) under the ICT sector. BASIS members can apply for up to Tk 5.0 million worth of collateral-free loans at 9.0 per cent...
The COVID-19 pandemic delivered a big blow to the mobile handset business in Bangladesh, as the local industry incurred an estimated loss of Tk 1.0 billion (100 crore) due to the shutdown of over two months. Firms in the sector even feared that they may have to...
Due to high risk of getting infected with coronavirus on public transports, many city-dwellers now consider bicycle as their preferred mode of transport to go to workplaces or other destinations. As almost all the offices have reopened after Eid-ul-Fitr and cases of Covid-19 have risen, many office-goers...