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
Disbursement of foreign aid slows
The disbursement of foreign assistance for development projects in Bangladesh fell by 9.48 per cent in the first half of the current fiscal year due to sluggish implementation and a lack of budgetary support.
30 January 2023, 05:00 AM
Forex volatility costs large firms Tk 65,000cr
Bangladesh’s conglomerates have lost Tk 65,000 crore over the past one year because of the fluctuation of the value of the taka against the US dollar as loans have become costlier due to the volatile global economy, said a noted economist yesterday.
30 January 2023, 04:00 AM
Tulip cultivation expanding as demand rises
Encouraged by their success in tulip cultivation last year, farmers across Bangladesh have sown the decorative plant in more areas of the country this winter season, especially in Tentulia upazila of Panchagarh.
30 January 2023, 02:40 AM
Tea production went down last year
Tea production in Bangladesh has decreased by nearly 3 per cent year-on-year in 2022.
30 January 2023, 02:30 AM
Banking sector needs comprehensive reforms: ADB
Bangladesh’s banking sector now requires comprehensive reforms for the financial sector to become strong enough to augment a transition to an upper middle-income country by 2031, said Edimon Ginting, country director of Asian Development Bank (ADB), yesterday.
30 January 2023, 02:10 AM
Three risks ahead
Higher inflation, debt crisis and severe commodity price shocks are some of the major economic risks Bangladesh may face in the upcoming years, a new survey of executives warned.
30 January 2023, 02:00 AM
Nagad wins award for digital innovation
Nagad has won the “Posts and Telecommunications Award 2023” for its outstanding contribution to digital innovations in Bangladesh’s mobile financial service industry.
29 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Paint promotion expo held
A weeklong Expo Paint and Coating-2023 organised by the Bangladesh Paint Manufacturers’ Association (BPMA) to promote over 100 brands of paint and coating products from home and abroad ended at International Convention Centre Basundhara in Dhaka yesterday.
29 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Pakistan lifts prices of petrol, diesel
Pakistan’s ministry of finance announced on Sunday petrol and diesel prices would rise by 35 rupees ($0.1400) a litre after the country’s currency value plummeted this week when price caps were removed.
29 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Smartphone sales of China lowest in 10yrs
China’s smartphone sales fell 13 per cent year-on-year in 2022, the largest plunge for the sector in a decade as consumers spent cautiously, market research firm IDC said on Sunday.
29 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Crown Cement’s profit surges in Q2
Crown Cement PLC reported a 371 per cent surge in profit in the second quarter of the ongoing financial year on the back of higher sales.
29 January 2023, 18:00 PM
2 subsidiaries of Pran post lower profits
Two subsidiaries of Pran Group -- AMCL Pran and Rangpur Foundry Ltd (RFL) -- saw a fall in profits during the July-December period of fiscal 2022-23 due to various pressures resulting from ongoing global economic crises.
29 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Expressions celebrates 30yrs of operations
Advertising agency Expressions recently celebrated 30 years of operations.
29 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Suzuki to invest $35b in EVs
Suzuki Motor Corp will invest 4.5 trillion yen ($34.8 billion) through fiscal 2030 in research, development and capital spending to make battery electric vehicles (EVs), it said recently.
29 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Padma Oil’s profit jumps 50%
The Padma Oil Company saw a big jump in profits in the October-December period of 2022 thanks to an increase in its non-operating income and higher sales volume.
29 January 2023, 18:00 PM
USDA revises up Bangladesh’s rice production forecast
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has revised upward its forecast regarding Bangladesh’s rice production in the marketing year (MY) 2022-23 beginning from last May.
29 January 2023, 04:00 AM
Draft digital commerce act draws mixed reactions
A draft of the new digital commerce law has drawn mixed reactions from industry people and customers alike as some believe a legal framework is necessary to prevent fraud while others opined that it would lead to increased bureaucracy in the emerging sector.
29 January 2023, 03:30 AM
Gas price hike to fuel costs for ceramics makers
Production costs in the ceramics industry of Bangladesh will rise by up to 15 per cent due to a recent hike in the price of gas, which adds to the list of crises threatening the sector’s overall growth, according to manufacturers.
29 January 2023, 03:00 AM
Sugar prices edge up in wholesale market
Sugar prices edged up in the wholesale market of Bangladesh within days after refiners declared that they would sell the sweetener at higher prices from the first day of February.
29 January 2023, 02:30 AM
Higher input, dollar costs take gloss off paint industry
Like other sectors, the paint industry in Bangladesh is in troubled waters as the US dollar crunch has made it difficult for manufacturers to import raw materials in line with their demand.
29 January 2023, 02:00 AM