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
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
Handset sales drop
Mobile phone sales dropped in the first nine months of the year, with the industry now bracing itself for a full-year of negative growth -- a first for the sector.
27 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Govt's bank borrowing soars ahead of polls
The government has started borrowing heavily from banks in November after holding back in the previous three months to meet its growing cash requirement ahead of the national election in the next month.
27 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Robi turns a profit after seven quarters
Robi bounced back to profitability in the third quarter of the year after seven straight quarters of losses, helped by the sell-off of its 20 percent stakes in the telecom infrastructure provider edotco Bangladesh.
25 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Prime Bank DMD made conf'ce scientific member
Md Touhidul Alam Khan, deputy managing director of Prime Bank, has recently been selected as a scientific committee member of 7th Annual International Sustainable Development Conference-2019, scheduled to take place in Bangkok next July.
24 November 2018, 18:00 PM
BIBM proposes Tk 200cr credit guarantee scheme for SMEs
The Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) yesterday proposed the government launch a Tk 200 crore credit guarantee scheme to encourage banks to lend more to small and medium enterprises.
15 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Agent banking expands fast
Agent banking, which takes banking services to the unbanked people, is going from strength to strength, with both deposit collection and loan disbursement on the rise.
15 November 2018, 18:00 PM
42,150 SIMs seized for illegal VoIP
Incoming international voice calls dropped 50 percent to 3.5 crore minutes a day in two years thanks to illegal call routing channels,
11 November 2018, 18:00 PM
UAE's Cozmo Travel now in Bangladesh
Cozmo Travel, one of the largest and leading travel agencies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), yesterday launched its services in Dhaka to hook business from the growing number of Bangladeshi travelers.
11 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Dhaka Bank CEO reappointed
Dhaka Bank has recently witnessed the reappointment of Syed Mahbubur Rahman as managing director and CEO.
11 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Japan’s Honda opens motorcycle plant
Japan automobile giant Honda yesterday inaugurated its motorcycles manufacturing plant in Bangladesh, in what can be viewed as a watershed moment for the country's industrial capabilities.
11 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Indiscipline in economy to slow SDG progress
The rampant indiscipline in the economy would turn out to be a big impediment to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, said a noted economist yesterday.
10 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Bank Asia brings banking services to apparel workers
Bangladesh's efforts to deepen financial inclusion took a step forward yesterday as Bank Asia launched the country's first-ever complete banking services on the premises of a garment factory.
10 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Govt gets keys of Bangabandhu Satellite
Bangladesh was yesterday handed over the keys of Bangabandhu Satellite-1 by its manufacturer Thales Alenia Space, meaning the government can finally start monetising the Tk 2,765.66 crore-project.
8 November 2018, 18:25 PM
68pc Bangladeshis pay no income tax: CPD survey
Some 68 percent of the population do not pay tax despite having taxable income, according to a study by the Centre for Policy Dialogue.
8 November 2018, 18:23 PM
Control by a few detrimental to banks
Ownership of a number of banks by a few individuals and families has contributed to the deterioration of corporate governance in the banking industry and erosion of competitiveness of local lenders, a study said.
8 November 2018, 18:02 PM
SMEs still under-utilised
The potential of small and medium enterprises is yet to be fully utilised in Bangladesh although they have the ability to create numerous jobs and increase contribution to the gross domestic product, a study finds.
8 November 2018, 18:02 PM
Internet penetration slows in 4G era
The growth of internet in the first nine months of the year has been the lowest in three years despite the roll out of the faster 4G mobile data service in February.
8 November 2018, 18:01 PM
EBL receives IFC global awards
Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has recently received two global awards from International Finance Corporation (lFC) of World Bank Group.
8 November 2018, 18:01 PM
Maldivian to run 4 Dhaka to Chennai, Male weekly flights
Maldivian, the national carrier of Maldives owned and operated by Island Aviation Services, is set to commence an additional flight from Dhaka to Chennai and Male from November 15.
7 November 2018, 18:00 PM
GP bags 5m active 4G internet users
Grameenphone hits the milestone of 5 million active users in 4G internet. The private telecom operator becomes the first operator of the country through this achievement this week, GP says in a press release.
7 November 2018, 09:22 AM