Carbonated soft drink brand 7UP® will be available in a new limited-edition green and golden packaging celebrating Ramadan.

US consumer spending rebounded in March amid a surge in income as households received additional Covid-19 pandemic relief money from the government, building a strong foundation for a further acceleration in consumption in the second quarter.

Warren Buffett said on Saturday that Berkshire Hathaway Inc is being lifted by a US economy faring far better than he predicted early in the coronavirus pandemic, though investor euphoria is making it hard to deploy cash.

A Rouf Chowdhury has recently been reelected chairman of Bank Asia at the 453rd meeting of its Board of Directors.

US markets were hit by a bout of profit-taking on Friday, while in Europe data confirming the eurozone is back in recession dampened investor enthusiasm.

There are a total of 424 haor areas in Sylhet where boro paddy is cultivated. Due to a lack of free space in the region, local roads and highways are the first choice among farmers to dry and thresh their stock.

The relationship between Japan and Bangladesh is a trusted and time-tested one. Bangladesh became Japan’s biggest recipient of the Official Development Assistance in 2020. Since the Covid-19 pandemic started more than a year ago, there has been a lot of talks and anticipation about Japanese businesses moving base to Bangladesh.

Stock subscriptions for the country’s first-ever small and medium enterprise (SME) to enter the stock market would run between May 16 and 20.

Investors are pouring money into stocks pinning hopes on the higher profit declarations by the listed companies for the latest quarter.

Business confidence in Bangladesh plunged to 41.39 points for the April to June quarter, the lowest level in a year, as an alarming surge in coronavirus infections has deepened uncertainty and threatened the economic recovery, according to a new survey.

The central bank today gave go-ahead to the members of the e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB) to remit abroad the fees for the advertisements broadcasted in different digital platforms.

Export earnings rose six times year-on-year to hit $3.13 billion in April this year thanks to the rebound of apparel shipment with the reopening of the US and European economies.

Remittance increased 39 per cent year-on-year to $20 billion in the first 10 months of the current fiscal year.

Turnover at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) crossed Tk 1,400 crore today after a break of three months.

iSocial, a social enterprise aimed at women empowerment, launched an online platform called "Shujog.xyz" which will create opportunities for skills development, training and entrepreneurship for young men and women.

Unilever beat quarterly sales forecasts on Thursday, helped by a pick-up in home cooking in coronavirus lockdowns and a strong economic recovery in China, and said it would buy back up to 3b euros ($3.6b) of shares from May.

Mercantile Bank has recently witnessed the reappointment of its chairman.

Airbus on Thursday confirmed plans to raise production of its most-sold jets as airlines begin an uneven recovery from the pandemic, despite setbacks in Europe and a rapidly worsening wave of infections in India.

Germany’s unemployment rate stayed stable at six percent in April, the federal labour agency said Thursday, even as a third coronavirus wave forced new restrictions in Europe’s top economy.

South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics posted a 46.3 per cent rise in first-quarter net profits on Thursday, largely driven by robust sales of its smartphones and home appliances due to continued stay-at-home demand.