The stock market regulator has decided to file a case against the board of directors of Shurwid Industries for recommending dividend to manipulate the share price of the company.

Remittance fell to a 16-month low of $1.72 billion in September, as money transfers through informal channels such as “hundi” might have increased.

Brac Bank has created employment opportunities for transgender people and people with physical challenges in its fleet as coworkers.

Evaly owes at least Tk 408 crore to 1,026 sellers, according to its own data obtained by The Daily Star.

Mobile financial service provider bKash is marking its 10th anniversary offering customers cash withdrawals at a reduced rate of Tk 14.90 per Tk 1,000 through one agent of their choice and ATMs of several commercial banks.  

Chinese President Xi Jinping, in his official statement at the General Debate of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 21, announced that China would step up support for other developing countries in generating green and low-carbon energy and would not build new coal-fired power projects abroad.

The long awaited Payra bridge, which will facilitate road transport between a seaport and popular tourist destinations nearby, is finally nearing completion a good five years after its original due date.

The government has targeted an annual average productivity growth rate of 5.6 per cent for the next 10 years as it is set to begin implementing the Bangladesh National Productivity Master Plan from January next year.

Blended finance could be a remedy for job-seeking climate migrants but they need to be trained up first for skills development, while the financing should be provided to selective sectors, experts said at a dialogue held yesterday.

Cold storage operators yesterday expressed apprehensions that nearly 10 lakh tonnes of potato would remain unsold this year owing to increased production and less than expected consumption.

Bangladesh’s prospects of keeping exporting to the European Union duty-free have brightened as the bloc has proposed to update rules to allow a growing number of graduating LDCs to qualify for the preferential trade benefit.

bKash, a mobile financial service provider in the country, has reduced its "cash out" charge to make customer transactions more affordable.

Asian Paints Limited, a decorative coatings company, virtually launched ‘ColourNext 2021’ for the top architects, engineers and interior designers recently.

Asian shares managed to claw back some of this week’s heavy losses on Thursday but were headed for their worst quarter since the pandemic hit, while the dollar held near a one-year high, helped by broad safe-haven demand and US rate hike prospects.

Prime Bank Limited has introduced a digital loan disbursement system for the garments workers- the move, the bank claimed, is the first of its kind in the banking industry in Bangladesh.

The six small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) listed on the DSE-SME board of the Dhaka bourse yesterday began secondary trading.

Bangladeshi travel-tech startup Go Zayaan has raised $2.6 million in a seed round led by Wavemaker Partners, one of Southeast Asia’s leading venture capital firms, according to a press release.

Stocks at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) continued to rise for a third consecutive day, sending the bourse’s prime index to an all-time high.

Every parent yearns for a stress-free, comfortable and bright future for their beloved children. And most parents work tirelessly so that the sons and daughters don’t face any financial difficulty in life.

Overall poverty in Bangladesh is increasing as the vulnerable non-poor have slipped below the upper poverty line due to the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study.