Local e-commerce platforms are organising a 20-day online shopping festival featuring quality products and services in a bid to regain consumer trust in the industry, which has been shrouded by recent controversy.

Nearly three months after Padma Bank submitted its proposal seeking a merger with any state-owned lender, Bangladesh Bank said that state lenders are now plagued by financial health issues due to excessive defaulted loans.

The appellate tribunal should be designed like the administrative appellate tribunal to put an end to the harassment faced by workers when it comes to settlement of disputes, said a lawmaker yesterday.

Local e-commerce platforms are organising a 20-day online shopping festival as they look to provide quality products and services to the customers to regain trust in the industry hit hard by some recent controversies.

Bangladesh’s garment sector needs to strengthen its labour and working environment in adherence to the United Nations Guiding Principles (UNGPs) with a view to better handle the post-graduation challenges, experts said today.

Bangladesh has a mutual fund industry of around Tk 15,000 crore and it has the potential to grow at least 10 times bigger, said Prof Shibli Rubayat Ul Islam, chairman of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC).

Entrepreneurs in Bangladesh need as many as 39 approvals from various government agencies before their goods are released from Chattogram port, a sad circumstance that hurts businesses, a new report said.

Midland Bank Limited has recently witnessed the reelection of its chairman and vice-chairman at the 115th meeting of its Board of Directors.

DataBird, a Bangladeshi IT company working on building an internet ecosystem, recently celebrated the winning of six innovative ideas at the Grand Finale of DataBird LaunchPad 2021, held yesterday at the BCC auditorium, ICT Division, Dhaka.

Most people living in Maheshpur village in Bakerganj upazila of Barishal are involved in the pottery making business.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday relaxed rules regarding banks’ investment in Treasury bills and bonds in order to help them avoid generating lower-than-expected profits in the secondary bond market.

The geographical location of Chattogram’s Kalurghat industrial area puts nearly every factory there at high risk of natural disasters, including waterlogging, floods and cyclones, in the next 25 years to 50 years.

Bangladesh’s economic growth will rebound to 7.2 per cent in the current fiscal year, riding on domestic consumption, global recovery, steady flow of remittance and rising exports, said Standard Chartered yesterday.

State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mahbub Ali today said Cox's Bazar is being connected to different parts of the country by air to attract more tourists.

Beximco Ltd is going to build a solar utility-scale power plant in Gaibandha with a cost of Tk 1,700 crore.

Bangladesh’s gross domestic product (GDP) will grow at over 7 per cent in fiscal year 2022 and it will continue growing at the rate, making the country a $500-billion economy by fiscal year 2026, top economists of Standard Chartered said.

Ride-sharing app Obhai has decided to take digital payments only for its services.

The stock market fell today as investors booked profits from increased share prices of some big paid-up capital-based companies.

South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce Bank (SBAC) has suspended 11 officials, including two deputy managing directors (DMDs), due to alleged irregularities in disbursing loans.

The World Bank has projected Bangladesh’s economy to grow at 6.4 per cent in 2021-22 fiscal year, which is 1.3 percentage points up from the global lender's previous forecast.