HC bars trade, town association groups from Ctg chamber’s polls
23 October 2025, 15:00 PM
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Akij Resource plans to launch digital bank
23 October 2025, 13:27 PM
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ILO ratification demands labour reforms in Bangladesh
23 October 2025, 12:59 PM
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Summit Power’s profit plunges 88% in FY25
23 October 2025, 10:18 AM
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Culture of impunity behind repeated industrial disasters: BILS
23 October 2025, 08:05 AM
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Govt moves to boost House Building Corporation’s lending capacity
22 October 2025, 18:42 PM
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Interbank dollar price crosses Tk 122 after 2.5 months
22 October 2025, 18:36 PM
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Auction full ‘golden spectrum’, lower prices
22 October 2025, 18:35 PM
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Foreign banks top profits, trail in social spending
22 October 2025, 18:24 PM
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Telcos, ISPs asked to boost fire safety measures
22 October 2025, 15:40 PM
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Tourism sector needs policy support to thrive: experts
The tourism and hospitality sector of Bangladesh needs policy support from the government to boost its contribution to the economy, said sector people yesterday.
14 February 2019, 18:00 PM
MNP users face troubles
Fed up with the poor service quality, Imran Hossain, a buying house executive, could not wait to switch his mobile operator. But what held him back was that he would have to give up on his 11-digit mobile number, which he had circulated to one-too-many people.
14 February 2019, 18:00 PM
1,33,621 mobile users switch operators using MNP
In the first four months, 1,33,621 mobile phone users have successfully switched their operators keeping its existing eleven digits number, a service which was introduced aiming to enhance competition in the mobile market.
14 February 2019, 11:21 AM
IFIC Bank gets new vice chairman
Ahmed Shayan Fazlur Rahman has recently been elected vice chairman of IFIC Bank. Rahman is the executive director of Beximco Group, the bank said in a statement yesterday.
13 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Deposit through agent banking rises 122pc
Deposits collected through agent banking rose a whopping 122 percent last year from the previous year whereas the whole banking sector experienced a fall in deposit growth.
13 February 2019, 18:00 PM
New DMD for Exim Bank
Sheikh Bashirul Islam has recently been promoted to deputy managing director of Exim Bank.
13 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Return money to Robi
The High Court on Monday ordered the tax administrator to give back the money it took from Robi as fine on charges of illegal imports.
12 February 2019, 18:00 PM
NBR panel prescribes changes
A panel of the National Board of Revenue is set to propose continuation of multiple rates of VAT along with 15 percent flat rate under the VAT and Supplementary Duty Act 2012, said officials.
12 February 2019, 18:00 PM
GP, Robi to partner with Bank Asia on agent banking
Top two mobile phone operators Grameenphone and Robi are set to enter into a partnership with Bank Asia on agent banking – a move that is expected to give huge boost to the new service and deepen financial inclusion.
11 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Robi launches social awareness programme #CommonSense
The leading digital service provider, Robi, launches a social awareness programme titled #CommonSense with an appeal to the people for continuing to apply common sense as they become ever more sensitised with life in the digital domain.
11 February 2019, 11:01 AM
Trump's World Bank pick, an ally for the lender's critics?
US President Donald Trump's choice to lead the World Bank is a firebrand critic of the world's largest anti-poverty lender -- an institution he has called wasteful, corrupt and overly generous to China.
10 February 2019, 18:00 PM
SBAC Bank reelects chairman
SM Amzad Hossain has been reelected as chairman of South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce (SBAC) Bank Ltd for a three-year term.
10 February 2019, 18:00 PM
All export, import items to be scanned : Kamal
All the export and import consignments would be scanned before clearance to curb duty evasion, said Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday.
10 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Exim Bank gets new AMD
Mohammad Feroz Hossain has recently been promoted as additional managing director of Exim Bank. Prior to this promotion, he was the deputy managing director of the bank, Exim Bank said in a statement yesterday.
6 February 2019, 18:00 PM
BB moves to amend bankruptcy act
The central bank will hold a meeting today to amend the Bankruptcy Act, 1997 with the view to handing out exemplary punishment to habitual defaulters.
5 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Data pack with min 3-day validity from today
The curb on mobile internet packages below a minimum three-day validity period starts today.
1 February 2019, 12:39 PM
Prime Bank brings digital savings account
Prime Bank yesterday launched a new savings instrument, Prime DiGi, which will allow customers to open an account online and without any initial deposit.
31 January 2019, 18:00 PM
BTRC shuts 2 shops, seizes 700 mobile phones
The telecom regulator sentences seven shop owners to different terms in jail for their alleged involvement in illegal imports of mobile phones.
31 January 2019, 13:10 PM
BB unveils a cautiously optimistic monetary policy
The central bank yesterday unveiled a cautiously optimistic monetary policy for the second half of the fiscal year, keeping room to provide adequate supply of quality credit to support the growth and inflation targets.
30 January 2019, 18:00 PM
BTRC gets new chairman
The government yesterday appointed Bangladesh Tele-communication Regulatory Commission's legal commissioner as its chairman.
30 January 2019, 18:00 PM