Nagad becomes top VAT payer in service category

Nagad has been honoured by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) with the “Highest VAT Payer Award” at the national level in the service category for the second consecutive year for the fiscal year 2021-22.
11 December 2023, 14:55 PM

Unique Meghnaghat gets stamp duty waiver

The commerce ministry has waived the stamp duty amounting to more than Tk 4 crore for registering the financial documents of Unique Meghnaghat Combined Cycle Power Plant, according to a gazette issued last week.
10 December 2023, 15:38 PM

RSGTI appoints Green Delta Capital as lead arranger

Red Sea Gateway Terminal International (RSGTI), a logistics and industrial zone operator based in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has appointed Green Delta Capital Ltd as the mandated lead arranger for debt raising for its Patenga Container Terminal project in Bangladesh.
10 December 2023, 15:17 PM

Unilever contributes Tk 7.26cr to 'Labour Welfare Foundation' fund

Unilever Bangladesh Ltd (UBL) and Unilever Consumer Care Ltd (UCL) have contributed approximately Tk 7.26 crore of the company’s profit to the “Labour Welfare Foundation” fund under the ministry of labour and employment as its contribution to workers’ share of profit.
10 December 2023, 15:10 PM

bKash becomes highest VAT payer in service sector

bKash has been honoured by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) as the highest Value Added TAX (VAT) payer in the service sector at the national level for the second time in a row for the fiscal year 2021-22.
10 December 2023, 14:40 PM

Landowners who solely depend on farming face tough times

Households whose income for subsistence comes only from farming, including leasing out cropland, are now going through tough times, according to researchers.
9 December 2023, 18:00 PM

Businesses feel impacts of global slowdown

The business community needs to be united to advance the country's economy on the path of prosperity, keeping in mind the motto “Politics belongs to everyone, economy belongs to everyone”, said Mahbubul Alam, the president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI).
9 December 2023, 16:35 PM

Remark HB organises strategic partners’ meet

Remark HB Ltd, an affiliate of Remark LLC USA, recently organised a daylong “Strategic Partners’ Meet- 2023” at the company’s Gazaria factory premises in Munshiganj.
9 December 2023, 15:40 PM

LankaBangla Finance wins Mastercard Excellence Awards

LankaBangla Finance PLC has won awards in two categories at the "Mastercard Excellence Awards 2023".
9 December 2023, 15:20 PM

Digital Summit stresses innovation

The Digital Summit 2023 has taken place at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka in the capital today with the aim to guide innovation and disruption through the digital terrain.
9 December 2023, 15:13 PM

Employment jumps 16-fold in areas surrounding EPZs

Employment in areas neighbouring eight export processing zones (EPZs) across Bangladesh jumped by almost 16-fold since industrial enclaves were established, according to a study by the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS).
7 December 2023, 18:30 PM

SEL celebrates 40 years of journey

The Structural Engineers Ltd (SEL), a diversified steel fabricator in Bangladesh, recently marked 40 years of operation in the construction and housing industry of the country.
7 December 2023, 15:20 PM

Akij Takaful Life Insurance to avail DataFort services

Akij Takaful Life Insurance PLC signed an agreement with DataFort Ltd recently to avail document storage and management services.
7 December 2023, 15:15 PM

Zaved Akhtar elected FICCI president

Zaved Akhtar, chairman and managing director of Unilever Bangladesh Ltd, was elected as president of the Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) for a two-year term.
7 December 2023, 12:30 PM

Rupali Chowdhury elected BAPLC president

Rupali Haque Chowdhury, managing director of Berger Paints Bangladesh Ltd, has recently been elected president of the Bangladesh Association of Publicly Listed Companies (BAPLC) for a two-year term.
6 December 2023, 16:33 PM

Edison Real Estate sets footprint in Uttara

Edison Real Estate Ltd recently launched their first project in Uttara, named “Edison Olivia”, a 9-storey building on 5 katha of land.
6 December 2023, 16:15 PM

BASIS strikes MoU with PBIL

The Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Prime Bank Investment Ltd (PBIL) to catalyse access to the capital market for the ICT sector of Bangladesh.
6 December 2023, 16:01 PM

PricewaterhouseCoopers appoints new global chair

PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd (PwCIL) has appointed a new global chair for a four-year term.
6 December 2023, 15:40 PM

MGH joins hands with Microsoft

The strategic alliance, titled "Building tomorrow on Azure", signed at MGH Group's head office in Banani, centres on integrating Microsoft cloud technologies into MGH's core operations
4 December 2023, 17:05 PM

ICC Bangladesh holds workshop

ICC Bangladesh organised a daylong workshop on “Settlement of Documentary Credit Disputes through ADR: Review of ICC Arbitration & DOCDEX Cases” in Dhaka recently.
4 December 2023, 15:40 PM