Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) ordered managing director of NRB Bank to take department action against its chief financial officer, Kamrul Hasan, and all officials of its investment banking unit for their involvement in illegal share business.

Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled new Russian oil and gas deals with China worth an estimated $117.5 billion on Friday, promising to ramp up Russia's Far East exports at a time of heightened tension with European customers over Ukraine.

Bangladesh International Arbitration Centre (BIAC) on Tuesday witnessed the appointment of a new chief executive officer.

Stocks in Dhaka bourse maintained an upward trend for the third consecutive day yesterday amid a surge in Covid-29 cases.

MetLife has been named in Fortune magazine’s 2022 list of the “World’s Most Admired Companies”.

The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) witnessed the election of a president for a one-year term 2022 in its council meeting on Tuesday.

Listed IT-based companies’ profits bounced back strongly in the last six months after the initial shock of the pandemic.

For a not-so-good student like me, the academic notes of the top students in the class were like a gold mine in school days. Anyone who asked for such “notes” would get the daring look as if you are asking for their marks from the exam or something similar, let alone sharing them! Experiences like these are very common in our academic culture.

As soon as winter begins, the Sundarbans sees an influx of tourists who come to enjoy the tranquil and exotic atmosphere of the world’s largest mangrove forest.

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi yesterday laid the foundations of a fifth haat on the Bangladesh-India border, providing an additional source of income for families in the surrounding localities.

Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd (IBBL) has sent a rejoinder to a report headlined “6pc private bankers lose jobs during pandemic” published in The Daily Star on February 1, 2022.

Farmers are expanding cultivation of hybrid rice to reap benefits of higher yield than inbred varieties and profit from sale of the staple food.

The Bangladesh Bank should raise the private sector credit target and review other major goals by conducting the mid-term review of the monetary policy statement for 2021-22, said analysts.

Bangladesh has disbursed 59 per cent of the total credit support unveiled by the government to protect businesses, the economy and the poor since the coronavirus pandemic hit the country more than one-and-a-half years ago.

The Bangladesh Bank today instructed banks to continue running their operations with 50 per cent of employees until February 21 in order to tackle the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

The government is preparing a roadmap to increase rice production in the next two years, as the country is still struggling to contain the staple food’s price despite achieving record production, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said today.

Stocks in Dhaka maintained upward trend for the third consecutive day today amid the surge in Covid cases.

Earnings from merchandise exports from Bangladesh surged 41.13 per cent year-on-year to $4.85 billion in January, the second-highest single month receipts, on the back of rebounding garment shipments.

The Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) has urged the land ministry to continue the existing law of the power of attorney considering the real situation.  

Listed textile manufacturers logged a staggering 152 per cent higher profits year-on-year in the October to December period of the current financial year of 2021-22.