Grameenphone has recently on-boarded the seventh batch of ‘GP Accelerator’ to provide six start-ups with investment readiness support such as company valuation, fundraising, legal paperwork for expanding beyond borders and attracting investment.

Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation is establishing a world-class dry fish processing industry in Cox’s Bazar and the government will extend tax exemptions to the businesses which will import machineries or take initiatives for such industry in the country, Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim said today.

Bank Asia Ltd has been awarded “Remittance Award 2021 and 2022” by the Center for NRB, a non-profit research organisation for non-resident Bangladeshis.

Mobile financial service provider Trust Axiata Pay (tap) has brought cashback offers on mobile recharges.

Banglalink has won Ookla’s recognition as the fastest mobile network in the country for the fourth consecutive time.

The British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company (BATBC), a listed cigarette maker, logged 37 per cent higher profit in 2021.

Local ice cream producers are going through tough times in spite of logging higher sales in 2021 as they are having to bear higher prices of raw materials amidst the coronavirus pandemic.

Shares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) were almost flat yesterday while turnover rose slightly amid the intensification of the coronavirus pandemic.

Non-garment exporters should be allowed to import raw materials duty-free under the bonded warehouse privilege as it would help diversify the country’s export basket, the Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) said yesterday.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday defended the unexpected spike in gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the fiscal year of 2020-21, giving credits to expansionary monetary policies and progress in all economic indicators.

The railways ministry has asked the Economic Relations Division (ERD) to search for funds for a project to convert the Akhaura-Sylhet rail track into dual gauge from metre gauge.

Samiul Islam, a resident of Fulgachh village in Lalmonirhat sadar upazila, began his journey as a sole proprietorship several years ago by peddling sanitary products to low-income households in the area.

Riding on the zero-duty trade benefit and competitive prices, the shipment of apparel items to India is growing fast, a development that would help Bangladesh narrow its trade gap with the neighbouring country.

With Bashundhara Group seeking to borrow from state banks to establish a gold refining plant at Tk 5,790 crore, Bangladesh Bank yesterday asked five public sector banks to include more private lenders in the syndicated finance scheme to mitigate credit risks.

The Range Rover, a luxurious vehicle used by Evaly's former Chief Executive Mohammad Rassel, was sold at Tk 1.81 crore at an auction in the capital’s Dhanmondi today.

Stocks in Dhaka remained almost flat today while turnover rose slightly amid the intensification of the coronavirus infections.

The European Union (EU) has allocated a fund of $21.5 million to help accelerate climate-smart and inclusive infrastructure investments in Bangladesh and five other South Asian countries.

Twenty-five banks are suffering from a collective default loan of Tk 974.4 crore after several non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) failed to pay back funds despite maturity, in another sign of feeble state in the financial industry.

Humaira Azam, managing director of Trust Bank, has been recognised as one of the top 10 influential women in Islamic business and finance in the world by UK-based financial intelligence house Cambridge IFA in its WOMANi Report 2021.

Different Bangladeshi companies and entities collectively won 21 awards at the SAFA Best Published Annual Reports Award Competition 2020.