Business Desk : Gold prices hit a historic high of Taka 124,501 a bhori and Bangladesh Jewellers Association (Bajus) decided to make the rate effective from Wednesday. The local jewellers raised pure gold prices by Taka 1,516 per bhori (11.664 grams), according to a press release released by the BAJUS. The standing committee on pricing and price monitoring of the BAJUS took the decision of raising the price in a meeting held yesterday citing an increase in pure gold prices in the local...
Business Desk : The central bank has appointed an administrator to mobile financial service provider Nagad for one year.Muhammad Badiuzzaman Dider, who served as a director of Bangladesh Bank’s Chattogram office, has been appointed as the administrator to Nagad for a one-year term, according to an order by the central bank on Wednesday. Besides, in order to facilitate the overall operations of the administrator, some six officials of the postal department have been attached with the digital financial service Nagad....
Business Report : Phoenix Insurance Company Ltd. approves 12 per cent cash dividend for the year 2023 for its shareholders....
Business Report : Globalization and digitalization have made the world economy heavily reliant on technology, creating a complex supply mesh. This interconnected network enables international trade, travel, and commerce, but also presents opportunities for supply chain attacks. By compromising a manufacturer’s infrastructure, threat actors can inject malware into legitimate software updates, turning them into powerful attack vectors. One of the most significant incidents occurred on July 19, 2024, when a content configuration update from CrowdStrike—a leading cybersecurity firm—caused a massive...
Business Desk : Grameen Danone Foods Ltd has officially partnered with Backpage, the dedicated public relations wing of Starcom Worldwide,...
AFP: European stock markets rebounded in opening deals on Wednesday as investors look ahead to a key meeting of central bank chiefs later this week. London rose 0.1 percent to 8,281.40 points while Paris advanced 0.2 percent to 7,501.93 and Frankfurt gained 0.1 percent to 18,380.57. Europe’s top stock exchanges had fallen the day before as traders await a speech from US Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell at the meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday for fresh signs about...
Business Desk : Grameenphone (GP), Bangladesh’s largest telecom operator and the company with the biggest market capitalisation, dominated the transaction chart at Dhaka Stock Exchange on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the total market turnover plunged by Tk 288 crore and ended at Tk 519 crore. Among them, the shares of Grameenphone, which came to the top of the transaction, were traded for more than Tk 53 crore — 10.21 per cent of the total turnover. However, the multinational company’s share price fell...
Business Desk : Mobile Phone Operator, Banglalink has offered complementary talk time and internet to the flood victims.The operator made this move to ensure uninterrupted communication as devastating flash floods severely impacted the country’s southeastern and eastern regions across Cumilla, Noakhali and Feni regions, said a press release Wednesday. It said that Banglalink users in the flood-affected regions of Cumilla, Noakhali and Feni can utilize 10 minutes of talk time and 500MB internet with 3 days validity, free of charge. ...
Business Desk : National Finance Ltd (NFL) and InnStar Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on August 21, 2024....