Mintoo recognised by World Food Prize Foundation
23 October 2025, 15:21 PM
RFL enters Tk 3,000 crore particle board market
23 October 2025, 14:54 PM
ICCB urges bold reforms, stronger institutions ahead of Bangladesh’s LDC graduation
22 October 2025, 14:51 PM
ICAB calls for better execution of IFRS 9 in banks
21 October 2025, 14:45 PM
AkijBashir Glass holds top dealers meet in Cox’s Bazar
21 October 2025, 14:29 PM
Incentives, awareness key to boosting daily digital payments: experts
19 October 2025, 14:56 PM
ICC Bangladesh to host ICC Global Banking Commission Meeting in Dhaka
19 October 2025, 14:51 PM
Shanta Life to insure New Zealand Dairy employees
19 October 2025, 14:42 PM
Square launches 'Supermom Super Pants' using Japan’s Servo Technology
18 October 2025, 09:31 AM
AkijBashir partners with Idcol to boost green industrial growth
16 October 2025, 14:21 PM
AkijBashir Group’s Rosa awarded ‘Best Sanitaryware Manufacturer in Asia’
Rosa, a sanitaryware and bathware brand of AkijBashir Group, has recently been awarded “Best Sanitaryware Manufacturer in Asia” for its outstanding technological investments in its sanitaryware manufacturing unit at the TecnAwards 2024..The award ceremony, organised by the Italian Exhibiti
26 September 2024, 15:05 PM
United Lube Oil, Delta Life team up for better motorcycle safety
United Lube Oil Limited, a distributor of Petronas Lubricants in Bangladesh and a subsidiary of United Group, recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Delta Life Insurance Company Limited..Wayez Mahmud, director of the oil and energy company, and Uttam Kumar Sadhu, chief ex
23 September 2024, 14:50 PM
Mastercard announces winners of its 'Spend and Win campaign'
Mastercard recently announced the winners of its ‘Spend and Win Campaign’ during an award ceremony at the Sheraton Dhaka in the capital’s Banani..The campaign, titled ‘Stunning Sydney 2024’, was live from May 21 to June 30, and offered exciting rewards on spends on Mastercard credit, debit
22 September 2024, 14:24 PM
Hakil Tours and Travels participates in Asian Tourism Fair
The 11th Asian Tourism Fair, organised by the Bangladesh Tourism Board, ended at the International Convention City Bashundhara in Dhaka on Saturday..HAKIL Tours and Travels, a sister concern of Hatil Furniture, took part in the three-day event, according to a press release..The compa
22 September 2024, 14:01 PM
Electro Mart opens sales and display centre at Chawkbazar in Ctg
Electro Mart Limited recently launched a sales and display centre at Chawkbazar in Chattogram..Consumer electronics and home appliances products like Konka brand LED televisions, refrigerators and freezers, ceiling fan, washing machines, microwave ovens, blenders, juicers, iron, rice cooke
21 September 2024, 15:24 PM
LankaBangla Finance launches a co-branded credit card for CMSMEs
LankaBangla Finance, in collaboration with Mastercard and PriyoShop, an on-demand B2B marketplace, recently launched a co-branded credit card, named “LankaBangla PriyoShop Co-Branded Titanium Mastercard Credit Card”, for the cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises (CMSMEs)..The card w
19 September 2024, 15:55 PM
Korea-Bangladesh Chamber signs deals with KOPA, KOIMA in Seoul
The Korea-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KBCCI) signed deals with the Korea Packaging Association (KOPA) and the Korea Importers Association (KOIMA) in Seoul recently, according to a press release .A KBCCI delegation, led by Park Young-sik, ambassador of Korea to Bangladesh, v
19 September 2024, 15:48 PM
Women bidders seek more training on e-GP system
Women entrepreneurs and bidders of public tenders yesterday urged for more training facilities on the electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) system introduced by the Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority (BPPA)..They made the plea at a daylong training programme on e-GP, organised by t
19 September 2024, 14:58 PM
Cargo vessel owners’ assoc gets new office bearers
Sayeed Ahmed and Mehboob Kabir have been elected president and general secretary, respectively, of the Bangladesh Cargo Vessel Owners’ Association..The election was held during a meeting of the executive committee of the organisation at its head office in the capital’s Kakrail recently, sa
18 September 2024, 15:52 PM
Berger Paints signs factory automation deal with ABB Cellier of France
Berger Paints Bangladesh Limited signed an agreement with France-based technology company ABB Cellier for establishing a world class automated production facility at its third factory in the Mirsarai Economic Zone, Chattogram..Rupali Haque Chowdhury, managing director of the paint and coat
18 September 2024, 15:21 PM
Pragati Life inuagurates construction of new head office
Pragati Life Insurance Limited recently held a function to mark the commencement of the construction of its new headquarters in the capital’s Gulshan..Abdul Awal Mintoo, chairman of the life insurer, inaugurated the construction work, the insurer said in a press release..Syed M Altaf
17 September 2024, 15:12 PM
Hatil wins SDG Brand Champion Award
Hatil recently won the SDG Brand Champion Award 2024 in the category of “SDG Brand Champion in Responsible Consumption and Production” for the furniture brand’s unique waste management process..Syeda Rizwana Hasan, adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and the
15 September 2024, 14:58 PM
Construction work of Krishibid Sea Palace in Kuakata kicks off
Krishibid Group inaugurated the construction work of ‘Krishibid Sea Palace’, the first five-star hotel in Kuakata, at an event at the Sheraton Dhaka in the capital's Banani yesterday..Initiated by Krishibid Properties Limited, a concern of Krishibid Group, the Kuakata hotel work will end i
15 September 2024, 14:49 PM
ICB declares 35% cash dividend
The Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) announced a 35 percent cash dividend for the financial year that ended on June 30, 2024..The announcement came from the corporation’s 56th fund related meeting at its head office in Dhaka yesterday, according to a press release..ICB unit
12 September 2024, 14:40 PM
Universal College Bangladesh, EBL sign industry-academia collaboration deal
Universal College Bangladesh, a pioneering international education provider in the country, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Eastern Bank PLC (EBL) with a vision to bridge the gap between industry and academia.
11 September 2024, 14:50 PM
Purchasing 4G, 5G smartphones made easier thru bKash
bKash, the leading mobile financial service (MFS) provider in Bangladesh, has joined hands with Grameenphone and City Bank to make 4G and 5G enabled smartphones more affordable for their clients.
10 September 2024, 13:50 PM
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Foundation Bangladesh gets new office bearers
Rizwan Bin Farouq has been elected the chairman of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Foundation Bangladesh for a two-year term (2024-26).
9 September 2024, 15:45 PM
Abdul Halim appointed as House Building Finance Corporation chairman
Former cabinet secretary ASM Abdul Halim has been appointed as a director and the chairman of the Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation, effective from today.
9 September 2024, 15:40 PM
New leadership in BAB after 17 years
Abdul Hai Sarker, chairman of Dhaka Bank PLC, has been elected as chairman of the ad-hoc committee of the Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB).
9 September 2024, 15:35 PM
‘Highly skilled’ cosmetics worker to get Tk 14,890
The Ministry of Labour and Employment has recommended that the basic monthly wage of a “highly skilled” worker of the soap and cosmetics industry inside divisional cities and city corporations be Tk 8,260. .It has also recommended 50 percent of it as house rent allowance, Tk 1,500 as med
8 September 2024, 19:00 PM