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
Bangladesh to question India’s countervailing duty on jute
Bangladesh is going to defend its position and question India’s logic in imposing countervailing duty (CVD) on jute and jute goods from Bangladesh to India, said Senior Commerce Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh yesterday.
28 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh, Canada to work for higher bilateral trade
Bangladesh and Canada have agreed to devise a mechanism to explore ways and means to diversify and expand bilateral trade, which now stands at only about $2.5 billion.
28 October 2023, 18:00 PM
PwC global revenues rise to record $53b
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) firms around the world logged a record gross revenue of $53.1 billion, growing by 9.9 percent in terms of local currency and 5.6 percent in terms of US dollars compared to gross revenues of the financial year 2022.
28 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Olympic Industries’ profit surges
Profits of Olympic Industries Ltd, the country’s largest biscuit maker, jumped 29 percent in the financial year 2022-23 ending in June.
28 October 2023, 18:00 PM
ACI sinks into losses
ACI Ltd, which operates in diversified areas of business, sank into losses in the last financial year, suffering from an increase in the price of dollars and higher energy and borrowing costs.
28 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Are we proud of our organisation?
When I joined a global bank in the mid-eighties, we were given the understanding that a young person joins an organisation for brand value or monetary benefits, but the person leaves the organisation either with the boss or for the boss.
28 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Premier Bank eyes digital expansion
Premier Bank PLC is investing in building a robust digital infrastructure to make all financial services available at the fingertips of customers, said M Reazul Karim, managing director of the private commercial bank.
28 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Unemployment among graduates: Females still have highest rate
Although an increasing number of female students are coming out of universities every year, they continue to have the highest unemployment rate among graduates, according to the Labour Force Survey (LFS) 2022 released at the end of last week.
28 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Economic misery to deepen amid political crisis
Most of the macroeconomic indicators of Bangladesh have been in bad shape for the last several months owing to external and internal factors, intensifying people’s suffering as consumer prices surged to record levels.
28 October 2023, 18:00 PM
‘Bangabandhu tunnel to speed up industrial growth’
The opening of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel under the Karnaphuli river will lead to the development of numerous industrial units from Chattogram to Cox’s Bazar and encourage urbanisation, said Mahbubul Alam, president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI).
28 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Gas shortage taking toll on textile millers
Primary textile millers want adequate gas supply in their factories as nearly 40 percent of their production capacity is currently unutilised due to low pressure of gas, the price of which increased by nearly 100 percent in February this year.
28 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Eight companies honoured with HSBC Business Excellence Awards
The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) yesterday honoured eight business enterprises of Bangladesh for their outstanding contribution to the sustainable growth of the economy even during challenging times.
28 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Revenue growth slows as import dips
Revenue collection in Bangladesh grew 14.3 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of the current fiscal year although the pace was slower owing to a decline in imports, official figures showed yesterday.
27 October 2023, 14:00 PM
Unemployed graduates double to 8 lakh in 5yrs
Almost every weekend, residents in Dhaka see a common scene in front of educational institutions: youths are either waiting at the gates to go inside or coming out after taking part in the recruitment tests in their efforts to land jobs.
26 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Aziz Khan wins Singapore PM office award
Muhammed Aziz Khan, chairman of Summit Group, has been awarded the Public Service Medal (Covid-19) at the National Awards of Singapore for his outstanding contributions to society during the pandemic.
26 October 2023, 18:00 PM
CSE hopes to set up commodity exchange within six months
The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) hopes to launch Bangladesh’s first commodity exchange within six months after the relevant rules were gazetted and published yesterday.
26 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Meta beats revenue estimates
Meta Platforms beat expectations for third-quarter profit and revenue on Wednesday, helped by its ongoing austerity drive and a recovery in digital advertising spending ahead of the holiday season.
26 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Gold price hits new high of Tk 102,876 per bhori
Jewellers yesterday increased 22-carat gold prices to a historic high of Tk 102,876 a bhori (11.664 grammes).
26 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Self-fulfilling prophecies -- a guide for leaders
Who doesn’t like talking about the boss, especially if he or she happens to be a nasty one. By now, most of us have come across a boss who can predict the future better than an astrologer. And this skill seems to get honed to perfection during the annual appraisal process each year.
26 October 2023, 18:00 PM
BATBC’s profit growth slows
British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company Ltd (BATBC), the largest tobacco product maker in the country, witnessed a slowdown in its profit growth in the first nine months of 2023 mainly due to higher raw material prices and operating costs.
26 October 2023, 18:00 PM