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
LDCs to demand continuation of fisheries subsidies
Bangladesh has joined other least-developed countries (LDCs) to demand the continuation of partial fisheries subsidies as nations are set to agree to new rules for the industry and limit state support contributing to unsustainable fishing and the depletion of global fish stocks.
15 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Pathao introduces Bangladesh to ‘Pay Later’ feature
Bangladeshi consumers can now get a taste of the global ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ (BNPL) phenomenon thanks to the digital services platform Pathao, which is rolling out the feature today on a test basis.
15 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Rice price remains high despite huge imports, stocks
Rice price in Bangladesh has remained at an elevated level despite higher imports in recent months on the back of lower customs duty and reduced price in the international market as well as a record stock in government warehouses.
15 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Piper chaba bringing extra earnings for farmers in north
A creeper resembling betel whose vines are used to make meat dishes spicier is bringing some extra cash for around 10,000 farmers growing traditional crops in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram districts.
15 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Drought forces Iraqi farmers to leave their land
Iraqi wheat farmer Khamis Ahmad Abbas lost it all when his battle with drought forced him to abandon his land, pushing him into unemployment.
14 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Need for new planes steady despite pandemic: Airbus
The pandemic will have no long-term impact on the need for new aircraft, according to a market outlook released Saturday by European plane maker Airbus, which foresees greener fleets emitting less CO2.
14 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Italian company wants to recycle Savar tannery waste
An Italian company has proposed being authorised to manage Savar Tannery Industrial Estate’s (STIE) solid waste so that it could recycle it into biogas and fertilisers.
14 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Could we have avoided the fuel price hike?
There is an uproar, at least among civil society forums, the media and common people, regarding a recent government decision to increase the price of diesel and kerosene by Tk 15 per litre each.
13 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Rod prices go through the roof
Rod prices in Bangladesh hit Tk 80,700 per tonne because of the persistent high prices of raw materials globally, supply constraints, and the latest hike in fuel prices locally, official figures showed on Friday.
13 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Put no-man’s land to better use
Vast swathes of land on Bangladesh’s side of the no-man’s-land separating the country from India in Lalmonirhat district are sitting idle while those in the neighbouring nation’s half of the region are being used to farm tea.
11 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Forex reserve drops to $45b
The country’s foreign exchange reserve has declined to $45.06 billion, mainly due to high import payments and a downward trend of remittances.
11 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Help small businesses fight pandemic blues
Private sector entities should help micro enterprises recover from the Covid-induced economic downturn through their corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects and by mobilising resources to this end, according to experts.
11 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Deal wisely with rising cost of living
People in Bangladesh began breathing a sigh of relief in August when coronavirus cases receded as optimism grew that they would return to the pre-pandemic level sooner than expected and get their halcyon days back.
11 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh to receive €330mn from France for development projects
A development agency of France will provide €330 million for the implementation of development projects in Bangladesh.
11 November 2021, 07:55 AM
Chinese firms to turn it into four lanes
The cabinet committee on purchase yesterday awarded two Chinese joint venture companies a public private partnership project on upgrading the Rampura-Amulia-Demra highway into four lanes for Tk 2,094 crore.
10 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Revise procurement prices of construction raw materials
Contractors of infrastructure projects yesterday demanded the government increase the procurement prices of construction materials as the current market prices of key ingredients are higher than the government rates.
9 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Fitch forecasts 7pc GDP growth
Global credit ratings agency Fitch said Bangladesh’s economy would grow 7 per cent in the current fiscal year, powered by declining coronavirus infections and easing of supply chain disruptions.
9 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Potato prices soar on depleting stocks
In line with the spiralling cost of other daily essentials, the retail price of potato rose sharply by 39 per cent.
9 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Construction industry's assoc demands price adjustment of govt projects
The Bangladesh Association of Construction Industry (BACI) has urged the authorities concerned to adjust the prices of ongoing government funded projects through a special circular to help them recover from the losses caused by the high prices of raw materials.
9 November 2021, 12:43 PM
Govt to brand shatranji, black tiger shrimp in Europe
The government plans to start branding shatranji and locally grown black tiger shrimp (or Bagda chingri in Bangla) as GI products to amplify their popularity in Europe, the biggest market for Bangladesh’s exportable products.
8 November 2021, 18:00 PM