Habib plays vital role to boost culinary industry
Business Desk :HabiburRahmanJohir, the Culinary-in-Charge & Executive Sous Chef at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka, is playing an important role in making world class Chefs and...
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China bans food imports from 10 Japanese prefectures over Fukushima water release
Business Desk :China’s customs authority on Friday said that it would ban food imports from 10 Japanese prefectures over Tokyo’s plan to release treated nuclear...
Bangladesh elected member of FAO Council
Business Desk :Bangladesh has been unanimously elected a Member of the Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for the second consecutive term from...
Forex reserve falls below $30b again
Business Desk :Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves fell to $29.97 billion yesterday after the Bangladesh Bank cleared $1.09 billion of import bills through the Asian Clearing...
ICB approves Tk 20cr loan for Prime Bank Investment
Business Desk :The Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) has sanctioned a loan of Tk 20 crore in favour of Prime Bank Investment Limited (PBIL) from...
Banks reeling from Smart interest policy
Business Report :Commercial banks appear to be in a fix regarding raising lending rates as per the latest interest-rate corridor called “Smart” as existing borrowers...
Registration of new firms down 20pc in FY23
Business Report :Registration of new local firms declined to 10,738 in FY23, a reduction by 20% year-on-year from FY22.This downward trend follows a peak of...
Countries joining BRICS this year
Business Desk :With a number of countries formally applying to join the BRICS ((Brazil, Russia, India, China) coalition this year, it’s only a month before...
Stocks slide slightly
Business Report :The prime indices of Dhaka and Chattogram bourses slid slightly on Thursday.The DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), edged...
DSCC, DCCI sign deal to expedite ease of doing business
Business Desk :Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) on Thursday inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in order...