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.

Banks should extend long-term loans to the entrepreneurs for the sake of industrialisation, as it is not possible to build an industry with short-term loans, analysts say at a webinar today.

The stock market regulator has approved Nagad’s zero coupon bond to raise funds of Tk 510 crore on condition of fulfilling some regulatory requirement.

Bangladesh requires the combined success of all sectors as it inches closer towards its goal of becoming a middle-income country. Although its GDP contribution has fallen to 12 percent as of 2020, agriculture still remains the most important sector since it employs around 50 percent of the population and ensures the country’s food security. 

Anwar Hossain was a man of values, principal, punctuality. He was successful as a man, businessman, and leader. Young entrepreneurs should follow Hossain as a model of success, speakers said while commemorating Hossain yesterday.

Lions Clubs International has named Qazi Akram Uddin Ahmed, chairman of Standard Bank, as a goodwill ambassador for his services as its international director for the past three years.  

Brac Bank has decided to raise Tk 600 crore by issuing a non-convertible bond with a view to providing home loans to the country’s lower and middle income groups.

A total of 227 communication and marketing enthusiasts have been presented Commward advertising accolades in Bangladesh.

A 1 per cent increase in female employment can effectively increase economic growth by 0.31 per cent, according to a study by South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (Sanem) unveiled yesterday.

Annual trade between Bangladesh and India has the potential to reach $16 billion if the former improves its ease of doing business and completes all connectivity developments, according to Indian High Commissioner Vikram K Doraiswami.

Two decades past its establishment, the Jamdani industrial estate is plagued with multifaceted problems and is nowhere near living up to expectations.

The stock market maintained its downward trend yesterday, marking three days of decline as cautious investors opted to take their profits when the benchmark index of the country’s premier bourse recently hit a record high.

Standard Chartered Saadiq Bangladesh has been recognised as “Islamic Bank of the Year” and “Best Islamic Retail Bank” at The Asset Triple A Islamic Finance Awards 2021 yesterday. 

Bangladesh Bank yesterday said e-commerce platforms would not be able to receive payments in advance for any products or services rendered.

Be Rich Ltd, a stock broker of Chittagong Stock Exchange, has got approval as the country’s first market maker for the stock market.