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
How to build an employer’s brand?
When I joined ANZ Grindlays Bank in the mid-eighties from a local bank, it was more to do with the social prestige the British legacy bank commanded in this part of the world. When I joined Standard Chartered in mid-1993, it was repositioning an erstwhile lousy bank.
14 November 2022, 05:00 AM
Preparing tax return: it’s easy if you try
Abdul Karim, a private service-holder, has decided to prepare his tax return all by himself this year.
14 November 2022, 03:00 AM
Beans of boons
Broad bean farmers in Kharnia village under Dumuria upazila of Khulna expect good profit from cultivating early varieties of the crop this year, given that the weather remains favourable.
14 November 2022, 02:50 AM
Sweater next big item in apparel export basket
Rising temperatures, shifting of orders from China, and changes in fashion have all made Bangladesh a major manufacturer of sweaters in recent years.
14 November 2022, 02:40 AM
Sinobangla stocks soar 54pc on rumours
Sinobangla Industries had not secured exorbitant profits that could have supported a high jump in its share price.
14 November 2022, 02:20 AM
Money transfer across MFS platforms finally a reality
Users of a mobile financial service (MFS) provider can now transfer money to their counterparts registered with other operators and banks as interoperability among the financial service providers comes into a reality today.
14 November 2022, 02:10 AM
Legacy Footwear to raise paid-up capital to Tk 30cr
Legacy Footwear Ltd has decided to raise its paid-up capital to Tk 30 crore from Tk 130.80 crore now.
13 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Microorganism can halve Matarbari CO2 emissions
Cultivation of a microorganism alongside the under-construction Matarbari coal-fired thermal power plant can reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 50 per cent while enabling production of biofuels, claimed the founder of a Japanese biotechnology company yesterday.
13 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Beximco Pharma posts Tk 144cr profit in Jul-Sep
Beximco Pharmaceuticals raked in Tk 144.54 crore profit in the July-September quarter of the current financial year of 2022-23.
13 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Bring implementation to local govt level: experts
To achieve sustainable development goals (SDG), the implementation process needs to be brought to the local government level as they know the problems and how to resolve them, according to analysts.
13 November 2022, 18:00 PM
PKSF can meet just 16pc demand for loans
The Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) can meet just 16 per cent of the total demand for loans among rural people across Bangladesh, according to Nomita Halder, managing director of the state-run financial institution.
13 November 2022, 18:00 PM
BFSA to issue health certificates for food export
Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) has started issuing “health certificates” to make it easy for exporters to ship food products and increase foreign currency earnings.
13 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Titas Gas suffers 50pc profit fall in Jul-Sep
Titas Gas Transmission & Distribution Company Ltd made a profit of Tk 32.64 crore in the July-September quarter of the 2022-23 financial year, down nearly 50 per cent year-on-year.
13 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Bring fallow lands under cultivation
Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque yesterday urged industries, jute and railways ministries to take steps to bring unused lands under cultivation.
13 November 2022, 18:00 PM
MJL posts higher profit in Q1
MJL Bangladesh Limited posted a 12.83 per cent increase in profit to Tk 66.83 crore in the first quarter of the ongoing financial year of 2022-23.
13 November 2022, 18:00 PM
PM urges foreign businesses to invest here
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon foreign businesspeople and entrepreneurs to choose Bangladesh for investment and sourcing, saying the country had turned into a favourable destination for it, according to news agency BSS.
13 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Enhanced support from Concessional IDA Fund sought for Bangladesh
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has requested for increased support from the Concessional IDA Fund for the country’s economic recovery from the adverse effects of Covid-19 and the Ukraine-Russia war.
13 November 2022, 10:31 AM
Pabna’s Benarasi Palli being reclaimed by nature!
The Benarasi Palli in Pabna’s Ishwardi upazila has remained inactive since its establishment in 2004 due to a serious lack of initiative among the authorities and weavers involved.
13 November 2022, 05:00 AM
Auto policy utility yet to be realised
Initiatives expected over the manufacture of automobiles in Bangladesh is yet to become visible in spite of the unveiling of a policy by the government for the first time in 2021 to develop the sector.
13 November 2022, 02:30 AM
Wheat flour prices abnormally high in Bangladesh: FAO
With wheat flour prices crossing Tk 60 per kilogramme (kg) by the end of last week, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) maintained its price warning level for the second most consumed grain at “high” in Bangladesh.
13 November 2022, 02:15 AM