business

What it takes to run an online handmade jewellery business as a young entrepreneur

Starting an online handmade jewellery business takes creativity, effort, and persistence.
4 March 2025, 09:10 AM

Reforms that we need for the MSMEs in Bangladesh

To increase value per MSMEs, we also need to build capacity of the MSME associations.
20 November 2024, 07:00 AM

How political shifts can make or break business

Local conglomerates have been growing hand in hand with the economy since independence in 1971, but few have managed to navigate the changing tides over the years.
25 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Transitions, coins, and lenses

Business associations have been subjected to an endless game of masquerade where garlands, pictures and faces changed with the direction of the political wind.
29 August 2024, 02:00 AM

The silent epidemic of email overload

Email communications are like oxygen in today's corporate governance and business promotions.
31 March 2024, 18:01 PM

Banks’ CSR spending slumps

Banks’ spending on socially impactful schemes as part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) fell in the second half of 2023, said a central bank report yesterday..During the July-December period of last year, banks spent Tk 353 crore on CSR-related activities, which was 31 percent
28 March 2024, 00:00 AM

Implement mechanism to identify illegal handsets

Mobile phone makers also demand stability in tax policy
27 March 2024, 16:00 PM

Looking into the lack of programming courses for Business students

With a foundation in programming, those in the professional field gain crucial insights into the capabilities and constraints of IT systems.
22 February 2024, 01:00 AM

Square Pharmaceuticals announces Tk 400 crore expansion plan

Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd, the country’s biggest drug maker, has announced today its plan to invest Tk 400 crore for expansion. The funds would be used for BMRE (Balancing, Modernisation, Rehabilitation and Expansion), and the purchase of capital machinery and land for the future expansion of its business.
23 October 2023, 07:19 AM

The rise of AI startups

Artificial Intelligence or AI as it’s more commonly known, has been the buzz of the tech world recently. AI has revolutionised the technology ecosphere and disrupted the market with significant brute force. Tech startups have utilised the power of AI to develop innovative ideas that benefit their customers in a number of ways giving them a significant advantage in the market. We will discuss some of the many facets of AI startups and how they affect our present and future.
14 June 2023, 09:27 AM

Rising dollar price hurts Renata’s profit

Pharmaceutical company Renata Ltd witnessed a 35 per cent year-on-year drop in net profit in the October-December period due to increased price of raw material generated by the dollar crisis. 
1 February 2023, 07:23 AM

After energy, LC opening crisis now cripples businesses

At the beginning of 2022, businesses were upbeat and many of them thought that the worst stemming from the losses induced by the coronavirus pandemic was finally over. That was short-lived. 
23 January 2023, 02:00 AM
24 December 2022, 16:50 PM

Simon & Schuster's owner to let sale to Penguin fall apart, sources say

Bertelsmann will owe Paramount a USD 200 million break-up fee as a result of the transaction falling apart.
21 November 2022, 08:55 AM

Talent Management in the Post Pandemic World

The book recognises that human capital is the main determinant of organisational performance in modern business and knowledge-based institutional sectors.
20 September 2022, 12:04 PM

How brands keep getting away with bad marketing

“All PR is good PR” – is not a motto anyone should champion
27 August 2022, 17:29 PM

Making money out of troubled water!

Out of my 26 years with three global banks, I spent more than half of it in treasury dealing room environment in Dhaka, Mumbai, Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong, London, and New York.  
22 August 2022, 03:30 AM

US dollar more expensive against taka

The US dollar became more costlier yesterday as the local currency depreciated once again in the inter-bank platform. 
29 June 2022, 04:00 AM

Padma Bridge breathes hope into southern farmers

Farmers and traders of agricultural products in Barishal, Jhalakathi and Pirojpur are counting the days until June 25, when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will officially open Padma Bridge, as the resulting increase in connectivity will ensure better prices for their produce.
23 June 2022, 04:00 AM

Which businesses can remain open after 8pm?

Secretary to the Ministry of Labour and Employment has said everything except for the following establishments must be closed after 8pm from tomorrow:
19 June 2022, 13:08 PM