January 28, 2023

Asian markets build on rally on hopes US will avoid recession

AFP :Asian markets rose again Friday as fears about a possible recession in the US economy were soothed by data showing it grew more than...

Business & Economy

January 28, 2023

Why South Africa can’t keep the lights on

AFP :From dairy farms failing to keep milk refrigerated to chickens suffocating en masse due to failing ventilators and undertakers struggling to preserve bodies, South...

Business & Economy

January 28, 2023

Fraud claims wipe $45bn off India’s Adani Group stocks

AFP :Shares in the business empire of Asia’s richest man Gautam Adani nosedived Friday, extending this week’s losses to$45 billion, days after a US investment...

Business & Economy

January 28, 2023

IMF announces visit to crisis-hit Pakistan

AFP :The IMF will send a team to Pakistan next week to discuss reviving a desperately needed bailout programme, with a foreign exchange crisis bringing...

Business & Economy

January 28, 2023

Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP) Annual General Meeting 2022 was held at BRAC Center Inn, 75 Mohakhali in the capital on Friday. Fazle Reza Sumon, president of BIP presided over the event. The member of the advisory council is Professor Dr. Planner. Aktar Mahmood, General Secretary of BIP Planner Sheikh Muhammad Mehdi Ahsan presented a detailed report on various functions of BIP in 2022 and its annual progress.

Business & Economy

January 27, 2023

Md. Afzal Karim, CEO and Managing Director of Sonali Bank Limited, inaugurates its online training workshop on ICC Tools software live operation at its head office on Thursday. DMDs, GMs and other senior officials of the bank were present.

Business & Economy

January 27, 2023

Tapan Chowdhury, Managing Director of Square Pharmaceuticals Limited, attends its “Annual Sales & Marketing Conference 2022” held at a hotel in Cox’s Bazar recently. The conference was inaugurated by commemorating Square’s founder Chairman Samson H. Chowdhury’s wife late Anita Chowdhury. Md. Atiquzzaman, Director (Marketing), Eric S Chowdhury Director (Technical Services & Supply Chain Management), Kabir Reza Executive Director (Accounts & Finance), Muhammad Zahangir Alam Executive Director (Finance & Strategy), Mizanur Rahman , Executive Director (Operations), Nawabur Rahman, Executive Director (Technical Operations) and other senior officials of the company were present.

Business & Economy

January 27, 2023

Salim Rahman Chairman of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited, inaugurates its 209th branch at Courtbazar, Ukhiya upazila of Coxsbazar on Thursday. Ahamedul Hoque, Director, Farman R. Chowdhury, Managing Director & CEO, other senior executives of the bank and local elite were present.

Business & Economy

January 27, 2023

Mohammad Ali, Managing Director & CEO of Pubali Bank Limited, presides over its Managers’ Conference-2023 of Dhaka North, Dhaka Central, Dhaka South, Gazipur & Narayangonj region of the bank held at its head office in the capital on Thursday. Mohammad Esha, Mohammad Shahadat Hossain, DMDs and other senior officials of the bank were present.

Business & Economy

January 27, 2023

Berger posts 16pc decline in profit

Business Report :Berger Paints Bangladesh said its net income declined 16 per cent between October and December 2022 as rising import costs for raw materials...

Business & Economy

January 27, 2023

Singer posts lowest profit in 14 years

Business Report :Singer Bangladesh yesterday announced that it registered Tk 7.3 crore as profit after tax in 2022, the lowest in 14 years, attributing the...

Business & Economy

January 27, 2023

Higher dollar, fuel prices affect Runner Auto’s sales

Business Report :Runner Automobiles Ltd, the country’s leading bike manufacturer, suffered losses for the second consecutive quarter in October to December owing to a sharp...