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
Midland Bank riding on digital tech for steady growth
Eight years ago, Midland Bank Ltd set out with a vision to become a bank for the masses riding on technology and reaching the unbanked in the hinterland.
19 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Online plastics fair from July 5
The 15th Bangladesh International Plastics, Printing and Packaging Industry Fair (IPF) will begin on July 5.
19 June 2021, 18:00 PM
ADB gives $250m for social dev schemes
Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a loan of $250 million to Bangladesh to help its finance reforms aimed at improving the inclusiveness and responsiveness of the country’s social development and resilience programmes.
19 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Stock market has a good future
Prime Minister’s Private Industry and Investment Affairs Adviser Salman F Rahman yesterday said the country’s stock market has a good future.
19 June 2021, 18:00 PM
SMEs hung out to dry
They were the hardest hit segment when the whole economy came to a halt because of the countrywide pandemic-induced lockdown.
19 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Budget for building Digital Bangladesh
The proposed budget for the 2021-2022 fiscal year acknowledges the Fourth Industrial Revolution and calls for strategies to create IT entrepreneurs and jobs for Bangladeshis abroad.
13 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Stocks fall amid profit booking
The stock market took a dip yesterday thanks to the profit booking tendency among investors with the insurance sector leading the plunge.
The DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), dropped 30.58 points, or 0.50 per cent, to 6,036.
13 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Review vaccination roadmap for faster economic recovery: experts
Various experts yesterday stressed the need to review the vaccination roadmap to bring most of the population under its coverage in the shortest possible time as mass inoculation is the only way to get rid of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
13 June 2021, 18:00 PM
BSCIC launches one-stop service
Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) inaugurated its “one-stop service” yesterday to attract domestic and foreign investment.
13 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Ring Shine to resume partial production
Shareholders of Ring Shine Textiles were all smiles after news broke that the company would partly resume production after about nine months’ closure.
13 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Development spending will barely impact youths
Only 14 per cent allocation of the annual development programme for the fiscal year of 2021-22 will directly contribute to the development of youths although they make up a majority of the population, according to a think-tank yesterday.
13 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Price hike of essentials weighs on 90pc people
Around 90 per cent of people of Bangladesh are forced to buy low-quality products when the prices increase as their incomes do not go up in keeping with the upward movement of basic items’ prices, speakers said yesterday.
13 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Banks face IT audits
The ICT Division will likely commence an IT audit on banks next month to measure their capability to thwart cyberattacks as growing digitalisation and remote working arrangements have augmented the financial sector’s exposure to online crimes.
13 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh Bank tightens rules to restore discipline in import financing
The central bank yesterday drew up a detailed guideline on post-import financing (PIF) to end the misuse of loans extended to pay for imported goods and bring discipline in the foreign exchange regime in the banking industry.
13 June 2021, 18:00 PM
FBCCI calls for task force to simplify tax rules
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and industry (FBCCI) has urged the government to form a high-powered task force to simplify the tax system and make it business-friendly.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Ensure people’s participation in budget: expert
The budget will never turn meaningful unless people are involved in its formulation and implementation, said Salehuddin Ahmed, a former governor of Bangladesh Bank, yesterday.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
BGMEA green efforts win US accolade
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has been awarded the prestigious “USGBC Leadership Award” by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) for its strides in making the local apparel industry eco-friendly.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Restaurant owners demand VAT cut
Restaurant owners have demanded that the government reduce the value-added tax (VAT) proposed in the fiscal 2021-22 budget as payable by all restaurants, be it of a lower category, moderate or fine dining.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Stock market cap hits record high
The stock market has risen to new heights with market capitalisation hitting a high point last week while overvalued shares still remaining a concern.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Cricket accessories business fights for survival
From airlines, tourism and manufacturing to export, import and event management -- all businesses have witnessed the devastating and far-reaching effects of the novel coronavirus.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM