September 12, 2023

Finance minister assures parliament of steps to control inflation

Business Desk :Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Monday said due to the steps taken by the government, inflation will be brought under control. “The...

Business & Economy

September 12, 2023

Price fall in large-cap drives stocks further down

Business Desk :Country’s both the bourses- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) on Monday plunged further due to mainly price fall in...

Business & Economy

September 12, 2023

RSC to clear RMG safety inspection backlog by end of 2023

Business Desk :The safety inspections in a good number of garment factories supplying apparel to brands mostly based in the European Union will be completed...

Business & Economy

September 12, 2023

Mostafiz Uddin in Vogue Business 100 Innovators

Staff Reporter : Mostafiz Uddin, founder and CEO of Bangladesh Apparel Exchange (BAE) has been listed in Vogue Business 100 Innovators 2023. He has been...

Business & Economy

September 12, 2023

Muhammad Qaisar Ali, Managing Director (CC) of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC, attends the inaugural ceremony of a five-day training program on “Managerial Functions and Leadership”held at the bank’s training and research academy auditorium in the capital on Sunday. Md. Nazrul Islam, Principal of the institute and other senior officials of the bank were present.

Business & Economy

September 12, 2023

Oil prices ease but supply cuts keep Brent above $90/bbl

Reuters, Singapore :Oil prices eased on Monday as a stronger dollar and economic concerns in China weighed on fuel demand outlook although Brent held above...

Business & Economy

September 12, 2023

HSBC to facilitate streamlined digital payment system for Ha-Meem Group

Business Desk :The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) has recently signed an agreement with Ha-Meem Group, one of the country’s top readymade...

Business & Economy

September 12, 2023

Md. Zabdul Islam, Director, Department of Off-site Supervision of Bangladesh Bank (BB) and Md. Monzur Mofiz, Managing Director of ONE Bank Limited, exchange document after signing an agreement for disbursement of loanson behalf of their respective organizations recently. Under the deal, cinema hall owners will be provided refinance facility from BB against long term loan for renovation and modernization of existing cinema halls and construction of new cinema halls. Senior officials from both sides were present.

Business & Economy

September 11, 2023

‘Govt trying to reduce trade gap between BD, Malaysia’

BSS :Senior Secretary of the Commerce Ministry Tapan Kanti Ghosh on Sunday said the government is taking steps to reduce trade gap between Bangladesh and...

Business & Economy

September 11, 2023

AFM Shahinul Islam, Executive Director & Deputy Head of Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), addresses as the chief guest of a training on prevention of money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism under the leadership of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC for the officials of all scheduled banks of Kishoreganj District at a convention center in Kishoreganj recently. Taher Ahmed Chowdhury, CAMLCO and other officials of Islami Bank, were present.

Business & Economy

September 11, 2023

Dewan Kamal Ahmed, President of Municipal Association of Bangladesh (MAB) and Markus Ehmann, Team Leader of PRABRIDDHI (a local economic development (LED) project funded by Switzerland and Government of Bangladesh, exchange document after signing an agreement at Swisscontact Bangladesh office on Thursday to promote LED through establishment of a virtual platform.

Business & Economy

September 11, 2023

Investors raise flags over business environment

Business Report :Starting from difficulties in securing visa and work permits to opening and settling of letters of credit (LCs) and an unavailability of tax-related...