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
Bamboo craftsmen being battered by higher input costs
Life has become exceedingly difficult for craftsmen that make different bamboo products used in agriculture and fishing as production costs have soared in recent years.
26 January 2023, 03:30 AM
Singer posts lowest profit in 14 years
Singer Bangladesh yesterday announced that it registered Tk 7.3 crore as profit after tax in 2022, the lowest in 14 years, attributing the increased cost of raw materials, higher freight rates and devaluation of taka against the US dollar for the fall.
26 January 2023, 03:00 AM
Ramadan items already costlier
The price of the most-consumed items during Ramadan such as chickpeas, dried peas and dates has increased in the wholesale markets in Dhaka and Chattogram due to a supply shortage, two months before the fasting month begins.
26 January 2023, 02:30 AM
FMCG sales drop as inflation eats into consumption
In the face of a soaring cost of living, many low and middle-income people in Bangladesh have either ditched branded products or switched to smaller packs, causing consumer goods producers and marketers to record a slowdown in sales in 2022.
26 January 2023, 02:00 AM
Amazon workers walk out over pay in first UK strike
Amazon (AMZN.O) workers at a warehouse in central England walked out on Wednesday in protest over pay, marking the first time the U.S. tech company's operations in Britain have faced strike action.
25 January 2023, 18:45 PM
MTB, Rahim Textile ink deal on payroll banking service
Mutual Trust Bank (MTB) has recently signed an agreement with Rahim Textile Mills, a concern of New Asia Group, for providing payroll banking services to its employees.
25 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Unique Hotel’s profit surges 270% in Q2
Unique Hotel & Resorts Limited, the owning company of The Westin Dhaka, made Tk 29.44 crore in profit in the second quarter of the current financial year, up 270 per cent year-on-year.
25 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Higher dollar, fuel prices affect Runner Auto’s sales
Runner Automobiles Ltd, the country’s leading bike manufacturer, suffered losses for the second consecutive quarter in October to December owing to a sharp decline in the sales of motorcycles, three-wheelers and commercial vehicles.
25 January 2023, 18:00 PM
DCCI for major reforms in arbitration, company acts
The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) has called for substantial reforms to the Arbitration Act 2001, the Bankruptcy Act 1997 and the Companies Act 1994 in order to attract investments from both local and foreign investors.
25 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Berger’s profit drops 16%
Berger Paints Bangladesh said its net income declined 16 per cent between October and December 2022 as rising import costs for raw materials erased sales gains due to the devaluation of the local currency, taka.
25 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Jute sector SMEs to join US trade show
A total of 14 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from Bangladesh are going to showcase their jute products at a four-day trade show, styled “NY NOW Winter Trade Show 2023”, to be held in New York City from February 5.
25 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh-Korea trade exceeds $3b
Bilateral trade between South Korea and Bangladesh reached a new height in 2022, exceeding $3 billion, nearly 40 per cent up from the previous year.
25 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Cutting VAT won’t help lower prices of goods: NBR
Businesspeople engaged in importing and distributing essential commodities inflate the prices of their goods by saying they have to pay high amounts of customs duty or value-added tax (VAT), according to Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem, chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR).
25 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Hike gas prices in phases, not at one go
The garment makers have urged the government to increase gas price in phases because it is tough to tolerate a sudden big hike amid the existing volatile domestic and global economic situation.
25 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Digital fair kicks off tomorrow
The three-day Digital Bangladesh Mela 2023, where more than 50 telecom and ICT companies will showcase their products and services, is all set to kick off at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center in Dhaka’s Agargaon tomorrow.
25 January 2023, 04:00 AM
Publishers to set higher prices at Ekushey book fair
Publishers are gearing up for the upcoming Ekushey book fair despite multipronged challenges as a sense of festivity surrounding the monthlong book fair has returned for the first time in three years.
25 January 2023, 03:30 AM
Web 3.0 and the changing business models
Web 3.0 is an upcoming technology ecosystem which is evolving fast and has the potential to change business models significantly. As the third generation of the world wide web (WWW), it facilitates the metaverse and cryptocurrency while laying emphasis on ownership of data.
25 January 2023, 03:00 AM
Meghna Group of Industries, TK Group enter rice milling
Meghna Group of Industries (MGI) and TK Group, two major commodity processors in Bangladesh, are set to enter into the milling and marketing of rice, a move that may intensify competition but drive small operators out of the market.
25 January 2023, 02:30 AM
Private economic zones gasping for gas
Developers of a number of private economic zones are finding it hard to implement plans for a lack of gas connections.
25 January 2023, 02:00 AM
Majority not enrolled in formal education
More than half the children with disabilities in Bangladesh are not enrolled in any formal education, according to new national-level data.
24 January 2023, 18:00 PM