The stock brokerage firms and merchant banks is going to be allowed to raise fund to invest in the stock market.

The benchmark index of the Dhaka bourse massively fluctuated today, as it soared 89 points at the beginning of trading, but ended the day with a 76-point fall.

The commerce ministry today gave go-ahead to the refiners’ proposal of hiking prices of edible oil by Tk 7 per litre with effect from tomorrow.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has invested $22.7 million in Hamza Textiles Limited (HTL), a dyeing and finishing company of DBL Group.

In a rare move, the government is not rushing into a $3-billion loan offer from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as Bangladesh has received a huge amount of budget support from multilateral lenders to fight the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.

The High Court yesterday formed a five-member board to run Evaly in the absence of its incarcerated directors as the government forages to find a way to pay back the controversial e-commerce platform’s long line of creditors.

Toyota Motor Corp’s North American unit said Monday it will invest about $3.4 billion (380 billion yen) on US automotive battery development and production in the United States through 2030.

Thengamara Mohila Sabuj Sangha (TMSS) recently signed an agreement with bKash enabling its members to both receive microfinance loans and pay monthly instalments through the mobile financial service provider. 

Companies in the chemical, plastic, and food processing sectors will be given priority when safety inspections get underway in the first phase of the government’s move to ensure adequate infrastructure and fire safety measures at all industrial units.

Public expenditure through the Annual Development Programme (ADP) increased and touched a four-year high in the first quarter of the current fiscal year as the pace of project execution by large ministries has accelerated.

Bangladesh’s plans of signing a free trade agreement (FTA) with Thailand has turned more plausible with a feasibility study conducted by the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission.

Listed multinational HeidelbergCement Bangladesh Limited has incurred higher losses year-on-year in the July-September period of the current year despite a rise in sales.

The local stock market witnessed a massive fall yesterday, marking the sixth consecutive day that the prime index of the country’s premier bourse has seen a downward trend.

The Bangladesh Bank yesterday set uniform rates on settling transactions through digital platforms of banks and other financial service providers as part of its effort to facilitate clients and merchants.

Households in Bangladesh have historically tended to use earthenware, china, stainless steel and even pewter for dinnerware. But once its use came to be known, melamine products quickly gained popularity, especially in rural and semi-urban areas.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has urged the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to extend easy loans for the development of the private sector in Bangladesh.

Korean Ambassador Lee Jang-keun reaffirmed his commitment to strengthen his engagement with Chattogram, which handles over 90 per cent of Bangladesh’s exports and imports and is home to the second largest number of Koreans in the south Asian country.

Spain holds the first position in producing agricultural products and in agro-processing business and Bangladesh can use the Spanish experience and technological knowhow to improve in this sector, Spanish Ambassador Francisco de Asís Benítez Salas said today.

Bangladesh's stock market plunged today as the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange fell for the sixth consecutive day.

The commerce ministry will send its recommendations on how money can be recovered from 10 errant e-commerce companies within the next one month, said AHM Shafiquzzaman, chief of Digital Commerce Cell (DCC).