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
e-GP system halves tendering time
The electronic government procurement (e-GP) system, an online platform for public agencies to carry out procurement activities, is helping to expedite tendering processes, taking up just around half the time that was required earlier.
12 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Dhaka trade fair begins Jan 1 at new venue
Following a year’s gap, the Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) is expected to open as planned on January 1 at its new venue in the capital’s Purbachal.
12 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid leaves CEAT tyre plant in limbo
Indian tyre maker CEAT is unlikely to follow through on its plans to build a manufacturing unit in Bangladesh, apparently at least until the economy fully recovers from the coronavirus pandemic-induced shocks.
12 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh steps up yarn, fabrics export
Bangladesh has already conquered the international apparel market and is currently the second-largest exporter of garment items worldwide after China with a 6.8 per cent global market share.
12 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Go for tech-oriented business landscape
Corporate leaders have to embrace the new business landscape shaped by technology-oriented developments to expedite their journeys, given the ever-changing realities of the evolving pandemic, believe senior private sector executives in Bangladesh.
11 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Tk 10cr loan for setting up new cinema
Bangladesh Bank yesterday said that entrepreneurs would get Tk 10 crore each to set up new cinemas under a refinancing scheme to the tune of Tk 1,000 crore.
9 December 2021, 18:00 PM
5G spectrum auction in March
The government is planning to hold 5G spectrum auctions in March next year for private mobile phone operators, said Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Chairman Shyam Sunder Sikder yesterday.
9 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Protect your money from digital fraud
If you want to use a credit or debit card for online shopping and withdrawing money from automated teller machines, you
9 December 2021, 18:00 PM
SMEs still cry for a lifeline
The world of Jannat Sultana Reeta, a fashion boutique entrepreneur in Narayanganj, turned upside down in 2013 when her husband was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis. She had to step up to take the charge of the family as a breadwinner.
9 December 2021, 18:00 PM
176 businesspeople to get CIP status
The government has selected 176 businesspeople to bestow the commercially important person (CIP) title recognising their contributions in merchandise export and vital roles in trade bodies.
9 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Indigenous foods winning hearts
Growing popularity of food items native to Chittagong Hill Tracts has created an opportunity for indigenous people in the area to become entrepreneurs.
8 December 2021, 18:00 PM
HSBC structures gender equality indexed loan for DBL Group
HSBC Bangladesh has structured a sustainability linked loan targeting the fifth Sustainable Development Goal of gender equality, for DBL Group, one of the largest knit garment manufacturers and exporters in the country.
8 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Gig workers underpaid
Workers at ride-sharing and food delivery platforms in Bangladesh often work in dangerous condition and face high levels of insecurity and their income falls short of the living wage threshold, found a new study.
8 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Trade deficit swells
Bangladesh’s trade deficit escalated 160 per cent in the first four months of the ongoing fiscal year in the wake of a surge in import payments against lower exports earnings.
8 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Big push for solar, waste-based power
The government yesterday gave a big push to its renewable energy and waste-based power generation drive as it approved five projects with a combined electricity production capacity of 223.5 megawatts.
8 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Consumers Association re-elects top brass
Ghulam Rahman, former chairman of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), and Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan have been re-elected as president and general secretary of the Consumers Association of Bangladesh (Cab).
7 December 2021, 18:00 PM
MFS helping Bangladesh become digital economy
Vision 2021, commonly known as Digital Bangladesh, one of the long-term socioeconomic development goals of the country, was unveiled more than a decade ago, and initiatives were taken accordingly by the government.
7 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Ecnec approves 10 projects
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) yesterday approved 10 development projects, half of which were revisions.
7 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Noab seeks FBCCI help in fighting Covid fallout
The Newspapers Owners’ Association of Bangladesh (Noab) yesterday sought cooperation from the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) to resolve the industry’s many challenges stemming from the pandemic’s severe fallout.
7 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Govt readies rules to pave way for electric vehicles
The government is set to remove all complexities for the registration and operation of electric vehicles in Bangladesh as the Road Transport and Bridges Ministry has prepared a guideline in this regard.
7 December 2021, 18:00 PM