More than 50 years ago, the invention of silicon-based microprocessors catalysed the progress of automated instruction-led activities in industries. Gradually, that led to the adoption of computers in business, which was later followed by technology-led business transformations. What we see today as enterprise resource planning (ERP) system implementations and upgrades to cloud-based ERP systems in organisations – including those in Bangladesh – have been built on technological inventions like microprocessors and algorithms.

Hundreds of rows of gleaming panels blanket swathes of scrubby sand at sunset in a remote northern Chinese desert -- once the biggest solar farm in the world.

The government yesterday formed a 12-member committee led by Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, a distinguished fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), to prepare a white paper on the state of Bangladesh’s economy.

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) today directed all banks to freeze accounts belonging to Salman F Rahman, the former adviser on private industry affairs to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, along with those of his wife and son.

Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) today asked banks to freeze the accounts of Obaidul Quader, Awami League general secretary and former road transport and bridges minister, and former lawmaker Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim and their family members. 

The regulator found Shakib and his company Monarch Holdings involved in several stock market manipulation

They want an administrator for the jewellers’ association

The forum sent a letter to the chief adviser of the interim government and the commerce ministry

The S Alam Group is trying to sell properties that are not mortgaged to banks

The interim government has already contacted various foreign organisations seeking their assistance

The move comes as competition tightens in India's $28-billion entertainment market and an $8.5-billion merger of the Indian media assets of Reliance and Walt Disney faces close scrutiny from regulators

Finance and Commerce Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed yesterday asked the National Board of Revenue (NBR) officials to reconsider the duty structure of imported essential commodities in a bid to tackle persistent inflation..The adviser said essential commodities, namely edible oil, sugar, potato a

Three major indicators of the economy -- imports, remittances and foreign exchange reserves -- are likely to increase in the first quarter of the current fiscal year, a positive development for the external accounts, according to the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka (MCCI).

Vandalism and arson attacks on factories since earlier this month have created deep concerns among entrepreneurs and plunged thousands of employees who work in these firms into uncertainty.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday 100 percent tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports, matching US measures seeking to fend off a flood of Chinese state-subsidized cars into North America.

The German economy shrank by 0.1 percent in the second quarter, final data confirmed Tuesday, weighed down by sluggish private consumption and a drop in industrial investments.

Bangladesh’s stock market has been bearish for the past 14 years, leading to significant losses for many investors, erosion of their confidence and weakening of numerous associated institutions, such as the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB).

China’s industrial profits grew faster in July buoyed by high-tech manufacturing, even as sluggish domestic demand weighed on the recovery in the world’s second-largest economy.

Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur yesterday said it would be possible to lower the policy rates within about six months if inflationary pressure in the country is reduced to a tolerable level.

Islami Bank Bangladesh will appoint three external auditors to root out the causes of irregularities in its loan approvals, forex dealings and employee recruitment process over the past seven years.