The stock market regulator increased quota for general investors in initial public offering (IPO) to 70 per cent, up from 60 per cent earlier.

Mastercard, payment gateway SSLCOMMERZ and Mutual Trust Bank have launched a quick response (QR) acquiring platform enabling use of “Bangla QR”. 

Markets rose in Asia on Tuesday, tracking another record Wall Street close, as investors overcame early selling pressure sparked by data indicating China’s economic recovery had been slowed down by an outbreak of the fast-spreading Delta Covid variant.

NRB Bank has recently witnessed the reelection of two vice-chairmen at a board of directors’ meeting. 

Regulators are like football referees. The latter runs along the ball, as much as he can, across the field and instantly intervenes upon foul play. Players’ stardom or the team’s elite profile is immaterial to him.

The country's annual consumption of oils and fats currently stands at 30.3 lakh tonnes, 92 per cent of which is met through imports. Bangladesh imported 27.73 lakh tonnes of edible oil, fats and oil seed worth $2.12 billion in fiscal 2019-20.

Bangladesh’s stock market bounced back yesterday after losing a total of 61 points over the last three days as investors started to buy stocks, thinking that the profit booking session had ended.

Farque Hassan, president of apparel makers’ platform the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), said a new international accord cannot be formed.

The government’s allocation for helping small and medium enterprises (SMEs) overcome coronavirus-induced losses is less compared to the funds set aside for the same purpose in India, Thailand, and Malaysia, according to a recent study.

Padma Bank, the erstwhile Farmers Bank, in a letter to the finance ministry recently has sought to be merged with any state bank that fits the bill, in what seems to be a desperate effort to avoid further deterioration of its financial health.

Bangladesh will face severe competition in garment shipment to the European Union (EU) once it makes the United Nations status graduation from a least developed to a developing nation, a noted economist said yesterday.

The government has allocated less incentive than India, Thailand, and Malaysia in the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) sector to help them overcome the losses caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report of SME Foundation revealed today.

Bangladesh will face intense competition in the EU market after its graduation from the least developed country category, a noted economist said today.

The stock market bounced back again today after falling for three days as investors went for booking profits.

Saudi tourists ride horse-drawn carriages, pose for portraits by street artists and play chess on benches with locals in Lviv, a city in Ukraine more accustomed to hosting European guests.

Moody’s Investors Service has assigned a Ba3 rating to Brac Bank amidst the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.  Obligations rated Ba are judged to have speculative elements and are subject to substantial credit risk, according to Moody’s.

Sea’s Shopee took just two years to become Brazil’s most-downloaded shopping app, winning users to its low-cost marketplace with its game-changing approach to e-commerce: In-app mini-games offering coupons to winning users. 

The expatriate welfare and overseas employment ministry has framed a policy to recognise recruiting agents as commercially important persons (CIPs) for their contribution to overseas employment.

Allured by the high price of raw jute at the fag end of last year, a section of traders and seasonal buyers are now rushing to stockpile the product.

Bangladesh Bank has lent $100 million more to Sri Lanka to help the island nation stay afloat tackling a foreign exchange crisis.