Implementation of the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) motor vehicle agreement will enable the adoption of a sub-regional protocol for a cost-effective, efficient and seamless multimodal transport system, according to speakers at a webinar.

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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.

Bangladeshi automobile makers do not have proper policy support, design and drawing to locally produce two-, three- and four-wheelers, businesses said today.

The local garment exporters are not worried about the sanction on some officials of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) as that move has not yet affected apparel shipment to the USA and other countries.

Shares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) rose for the second consecutive day today, pushing the benchmark index above 7,000 points after three days.

Islami Bank Bangladesh has been recognised as the “Strongest Islamic Retail Bank in Bangladesh” in a 7th Islamic Retail Banking Awards by UK-based Cambridge IFA and Islamic Retail Banking Awards.

The domestic stock market has made a strong recovery from four days of decline as investors are showing renewed interest in select sectors after some listed companies declared their latest earnings.

Summit Alliance Port said its earnings rose in the first half of the current financial year of 2021-22 as its handled an increased volume of containers for international trade during the period.

The Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) has urged all the ministries and their affiliated agencies to allocate 10 per cent of their annual budget for buying software and IT-enabled services (ITES).

Almost all listed pharmaceutical companies in Bangladesh registered higher profits in the first half of the ongoing financial year (FY) thanks to increased health consciousness amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Being a densely populated country, one of the major sources of Bangladesh’s competitiveness is the young and vibrant workforce. We have around six million economically active population, and various estimates suggest that around two million people are joining our labour force every year.

Potato growers in Bangladesh are grappling to recover their investment as prices of the tuber crop have fallen below their production cost this season, according to various farmers.

Foreign portfolio investment in stocks dropped last month compared to that in the preceding one as the investors had embarked on a selling spree.

The government yesterday handed over two jute mills to the private sector as part of its efforts to modernise the state-run enterprises dealing with the natural fibre.

Fakir Apparels Ltd (FAL) appointed 400 new workers last month after training them for three months at its training centre as the Narayanganj-based garment factory has received 25 per cent more work orders this season compared to the last season.

Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) has urged all the ministries and their affiliated agencies to allocate 10 per cent of their annual budget for buying software and IT-enabled services (ITES).

Remittance hit a four-month high in January after the government increased cash subsidy to remitters.

Trading at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) bounced back strongly today, after falling for four consecutive days.

Private sector credit growth in Bangladesh accelerated to 10.68 per cent in December rising for the seventh consecutive month as the economy rebounds from the coronavirus pandemic.