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
Domestic market may not be affected
It is unlikely for Bangladesh to face any immediate problem if India bans rice exports thanks to ample food stocks in public storages and good harvests in immediate past two crop seasons, said food ministry officials and a rice importer yesterday.
13 July 2023, 18:00 PM
HBM Iqbal wins AsiaOne award
HBM Iqbal, founder chairman of Premier Bank Ltd, won the “Bangladesh’s Best Bank Chairman 2022” award by AsiaOne, a Singapore-based international business magazine.
13 July 2023, 18:00 PM
BSRM opens LC in Indian rupee to import spare parts
BSRM, the largest steel manufacturer in Bangladesh, has opened its first letter of credit (LC) in the Indian rupee (INR) to import spare parts of machinery, a day after the launch of trade settlements using the currency of the neighbouring country.
13 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Valor of Bangladesh to form knowledge-sharing platform
The Valor of Bangladesh (VoB) will form a knowledge-based platform by collaborating with policymakers, business leaders and economists who will help local stakeholders through knowledge and experience sharing.
13 July 2023, 18:00 PM
PKSF gets $80m of Green Climate Fund
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved two project proposals of Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) involving $80 million to combat the adverse impacts of climate change.
13 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh’s per capita debt Tk 95,019
Bangladesh's domestic and external debt stands at around Tk 16.14 lakh crore, according to the latest report of Bangladesh Bank
13 July 2023, 15:42 PM
Pragati’s car sales plunge 75% for govt austerity measures
The sale of vehicles of state-run automobile assembler Pragati Industries Limited has declined 75 per cent year-on-year in fiscal year 2022-23 owing to a halt in such purchases by the government.
13 July 2023, 01:10 AM
RMG export to India crosses $1 billion
Bangladesh’s garment export to India crossed the $1 billion mark for the first time last fiscal year riding on duty free entry and rising demand from a growing middle class.
13 July 2023, 00:50 AM
Financial irregularities cost Sadharan Bima Tk 210cr
CAG audit finds
13 July 2023, 00:40 AM
Food storage project halfway though a decade has gone by
A government project aiming to enhance food security in Bangladesh has made less than 50 per cent progress even though nearly 10 years have passed since the Tk 3,569 crore initiative began in January 2014.
13 July 2023, 00:30 AM
Guardian Life, Community Bank ink group ins deal
Guardian Life Insurance Ltd and Community Bank Bangladesh Ltd have signed an agreement on group insurance.
12 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Tasty Treat earns A+ grade from BFSA
Tasty Treat, a fastfood retail brand of Pran-RFL Group, has achieved A+ grading from the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA).
12 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Gold near 3-week high
Gold prices were firmer near three-week highs on Wednesday as investors held their breath ahead of the much anticipated US inflation data that could drive the Federal Reserve’s upcoming interest rate decisions.
12 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Time to revise investment plan
There is a certain limit for investments in particular areas to avail tax rebate benefits by individual taxpayers as per the Income Tax Act 2023. Tax rebate is important for taxpayers to reduce tax liabilities significantly and save money for financial security in the future.
12 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Danish firms propose $1.3b investment in wind energy
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Copenhagen Offshore Partners (COP) made the proposal
12 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Govt sets $72b export target for FY24
Of the targeted amount, $62 billion has been fixed for merchandise shipments
12 July 2023, 18:00 PM
BSEC chief got payments from bank account used for alleged fraud
Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam, chairman of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC), allegedly received payments from a bank account linked to a multi-million-dollar fraud, according to a report of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP).
12 July 2023, 18:00 PM
A quarter of beneficiary owner accounts closed in two years
Around 6.56 lakh beneficiary owner (BO) accounts, which are needed to trade stocks, were closed over the last two years mainly due to a lacklustre condition of the primary and secondary markets of securities in the country.
12 July 2023, 00:45 AM
Kathkachu farming bringing profit to farmers
Farmers in Bangladesh are pleased to be getting good yields and prices for kathkachu, a variety of taro root native to South Asia, as demand for the crop has risen this year.
12 July 2023, 00:30 AM
IT exports rising though growth decelerates
Information technology exports from Bangladesh grew in the July-April period of the just-concluded fiscal year on the bank of higher demand for IT-enabled services from global clients, official figures showed.
12 July 2023, 00:20 AM