Stocks in the Dhaka bourse returned to the black yesterday on falling by a massive extent for the past two days while turnover rose 53 per cent.

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) yesterday served show cause notices to 15 stockbrokers for placing aggressive orders for selling shares.

NRB Bank has recently appointed Md Shaheen Howlader as deputy managing director (DMD).

Bangladesh’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector has shown phenomenal annual growth after the launch of the Digital Bangladesh initiative in 2010.

Bangladesh needs to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea that enables a win for both as the East Asian country previously attained huge success engaging in such bilateral agreements, experts said yesterday.

Carew & Co (Bangladesh) Ltd, the country’s sole state-owned distillery, could face a shortage of sugar as sugarcane threshing at its mill in Chuadanga hit an all-time low this season.

Banks have been asked not to impose over 1 per cent interest on the exporters after disbursing fund from their own pocket and before being reimbursed from Bangladesh Bank’s export development fund (EDF).

Businesses based in Dhaka’s New Market area had to close down for most of yesterday due to a clash between students and traders, leaving them to face huge losses just one-and-a-half weeks ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest sales season in Bangladesh.

Banks have been asked not to impose over 1 per cent interest on the exporters after disbursing fund from their own pocket and before being reimbursed from Bangladesh Bank’s export development fund (EDF).

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) today served show cause notices to 15 stockbrokers for placing aggressive orders for selling shares.

The Bangladesh Bank today relaxed the rescheduling policy for short-term farm loans as it assumed that many farmers would be in dire straits in the coming days in the wake of increasing global prices of agricultural equipment.

The telecom operators have slowed down internet speed in the capital New Market area as per government instruction to stop further spread of clashes between students and traders.

Stocks in Dhaka bourse returned to the black today after experiencing massive falls for two consecutive days.

Two state-owned jute mills that were leased to the private sector recently began production, creating many employment opportunities in the process, according to Golam Dastagir Gazi, the minister of textiles and jute.

Commerzbank and German bank AKA Ausfuhrkredit-Gesellschaft mbH have extended a term loan of €28.63 million to local dredging solutions provider Western Engineering through City Bank under the coverage of export credit agency Atradius Dutch State Business.

Gold prices jumped about 1 per cent to a more than one-month high on Monday as concerns over the economic fallout from the Russia-Ukraine war and surging inflation drove investors to the safe-haven asset.

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has ordered nine stock brokerage companies to suspend 15 traders for placing share sell orders at zero price.

Around 102 factories in greater Rangpur, including 28 at the Uttara EPZ in Nilphamari, will likely get gas connections by December 2023 as the “Construction of Bogura-Rangpur-Saidpur Gas Transmission Pipeline Project” should be complete by then.

Five local brick manufacturers received a total of Tk 2.87 crore yesterday for reducing carbon emissions through the use of fuel efficient technology.

Dhaka stocks underwent a massive erosion yesterday, with a dearth of buyers and panicked investors pressing for sales pulling the index below 6,500 points again after one and a half months.