HC bars trade, town association groups from Ctg chamber’s polls
23 October 2025, 15:00 PM
Business
Akij Resource plans to launch digital bank
23 October 2025, 13:27 PM
Business
ILO ratification demands labour reforms in Bangladesh
23 October 2025, 12:59 PM
Business
Summit Power’s profit plunges 88% in FY25
23 October 2025, 10:18 AM
Business
Culture of impunity behind repeated industrial disasters: BILS
23 October 2025, 08:05 AM
Business
Govt moves to boost House Building Corporation’s lending capacity
22 October 2025, 18:42 PM
Business
Interbank dollar price crosses Tk 122 after 2.5 months
22 October 2025, 18:36 PM
Business
Auction full ‘golden spectrum’, lower prices
22 October 2025, 18:35 PM
Business
Foreign banks top profits, trail in social spending
22 October 2025, 18:24 PM
Business
Telcos, ISPs asked to boost fire safety measures
22 October 2025, 15:40 PM
Business
McDonald supplying prefabricated steel structures for rail bridge
A local company is providing prefabricated steel structures for the construction of a rail bridge in Bangladesh as the Japanese implementing agencies have granted approval in this regard.
12 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Mercantile Bank to invest Tk 12.5cr in Digi10 Bank
Mercantile Bank Ltd is going to invest Tk 12.5 crore to be a sponsor shareholder of a proposed digital bank initiative styled “Digi10 Bank PLC”.
12 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh close to being world’s top cotton apparel exporter
Bangladesh is close to surpassing China as the world’s largest cotton apparel exporter and stronger demand prospects are expected to drive cotton consumption higher, said the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
12 August 2023, 18:00 PM
‘Ignoring cybersecurity will lead to downfall’
Investment in cybersecurity is very much essential and banks which are not investing in their digital operations and cyber security will totally go out of business within the next three or four years, said Selim RF Hussain, chairman of the Association of Bankers, Bangladesh (ABB).
12 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Stock market in a bad patch for floor price
The stock market of Bangladesh has been going through a bad patch for a year due to the presence of floor price, with political and macroeconomic uncertainties worsening the situation.
12 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Trading yet to gear up in Khatunganj
Trader turnout remained poor at Khatunganj’s wholesale hub for essential commodities while import cargo delivery low from the Chattogram port’s outer anchorage yesterday although it stopped raining in the last two days following incessant downpours since last Thursday.
11 August 2023, 00:00 AM
Pragati to start assembling sedans by December
Pragati Industries Limited (PIL), a state-run automobile assembler of Bangladesh, is going to start assembling sedans of foreign make by December this year, according to company officials.
11 August 2023, 00:00 AM
A fifth of banks jump on digital bandwagon to power growth
Nearly a fifth of conventional banks in Bangladesh are preparing to establish digital banks to expand their reach to every nook and cranny of the country, win and retain tech-savvy customers without physical presence.
11 August 2023, 00:00 AM
Students can pay certain fees thru bKash
Students, like previous years, can pay admission fees of class XI, technical and diploma for the 2023-24 session through bKash app conveniently.
10 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Pragati Life Ins announces 12% cash dividend
Pragati Life Insurance Ltd approved 12 percent cash dividend for the year that ended on December 31, 2022.
10 August 2023, 18:00 PM
BRICS bank looks to local currencies
Hobbled by the impact of sanctions against founding shareholder Russia, the New Development Bank (NDB) set up by the BRICS countries needs to increase its local currency fundraising and lending, South Africa’s finance minister told Reuters.
10 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Ensure conducive tax environment to enhance FDI
Establishing a competitive tax framework is essential for Bangladesh to attract a higher level of foreign direct investment (FDI), said a number of experts and investors.
10 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Cyber terror alert on August 15
In 2020, a cyber-criminal managed to take over the Twitter accounts of several high-profile individuals and companies, including Elon Musk, Joe Biden and Apple. The accounts were used to post a Bitcoin scam, promising followers they would receive double their money back if they sent Bitcoin to a specific address.
10 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Natore’s Kancha Golla wins GI tag
Kancha Golla, a popular sweet item made in the northwestern district of Natore, has secured recognition as a product with geographical indication (GI) from the Department of Patent, Industrial Design and Trade Mark (DPDT).
10 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Mega Industrial Expo
More than 50,000 industrial materials, components and services are on display at the three-day International Advanced Components and Technology Expo-2023, which began in Dhaka yesterday.
10 August 2023, 18:00 PM
2nd meeting ends without decision
The second meeting of the board set up to revise the minimum wage for more than four million garment workers in Bangladesh ended yesterday without any specific decision.
10 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Debt-to-GDP ratio rises
Bangladesh’s debt-to-GDP ratio rose by around two percentage points to 32.55 percent in the third quarter of last fiscal year 2022-23, according to the latest quarterly debt bulletin of the finance ministry.
10 August 2023, 18:00 PM
BFIU to work with law enforcers
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) will work with law enforcement agencies to tackle hundi, online gambling, betting, foreign currency and crypto trading, officials said yesterday.
10 August 2023, 18:00 PM
BPC again seeks time, funds
The deadline for the “Installation of Single Point Mooring (SPM) with Double Line” project will be extended for the fourth time with the cost to be raised by around Tk 1,000 crore, or 15 percent, according to the Planning Commission.
10 August 2023, 00:00 AM
Can Bangladesh hit development goals with scanty R&D?
Bangladesh’s economy has been growing at a striking rate in the last one decade on the back of low-paid workers in the manufacturing and service sectors but innovation has played insignificant role behind the development journey.
10 August 2023, 00:00 AM