Bring idle power plants back on
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SPOTLIGHT / Govt to buy 70,000 tonnes of fertiliser for Aman season
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Steelmakers squeezed by higher costs, weak demand
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Titumir blames AL govt for energy crisis, high inflation
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Economy
Vietnam’s growth story holds lessons for Bangladesh
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Clean energy key to garment sector’s competitiveness: EU envoy
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Organisation News
Price of bottled soybean oil rises by Tk 5 a litre
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Business
Govt to buy 70,000 tonnes of fertiliser for current Aman season
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Business
Contracts of Agrani, BDBL, BASIC Bank managing directors cancelled
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Business
18,000 customers apply to withdraw Tk 1,300 crore from Sammilito Islami Bank
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Business
Banks hit by crisis of cash dollars
Huge outflow of foreign currency during Hajj and Eid-ul-Azha has created a crisis of cash US dollar in Bangladesh, according to market players and the regulator.
19 October 2015
Tarana asks telcos to compensate for call drops
State Minister for Telecommuni-cation Tarana Halim yesterday gave two months time to the mobile phone operators to improve their services quality and bring call drops to a minimum.
19 October 2015
Tax dispute takes a toll on GP profits
Grameenphone has linked the SIM replacement dispute with the tax administrator, for which it had to pay Tk 100 crore to start out-of-court settlement procedure, to the decline in its net profits in the July-September period.
19 October 2015
BASIC's fight to get back on feet
State-owned BASIC Bank, which succumbed to reckless lending during the tenure of its controversial chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye
17 October 2015
GP to launch iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus
Mobile phone operator Grameenphone will offer iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus from November 5.
17 October 2015
Banks caught in Bismillah Group scam are yet to retrieve any fund
The five local banks that lent Tk 1,100 crore to the fraudulent Bismillah Towels Group are yet to recover a single penny three and a half years after the scam was detected.
14 October 2015
Withdraw VAT on internet prices
Internet service providers have called for withdrawing VAT on internet prices and reducing transmission costs, saying the moves will
13 October 2015
Banks donate Tk 25.8cr to PM's fund
Local private commercial banks donated Tk 25.80 crore to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund on Monday, said Nazrul Islam Mazumder,
13 October 2015
BB steps in to execute jute packaging law
The central bank has stepped in to help the government implement the jute packaging law, which remains pending due to resistance by
12 October 2015
Regent to resume flight on Dhaka-Cox's Bazar route
Regent Airways is set to resume its Dhaka–Cox's Bazar flight from October 15, the airline said in a statement yesterday.
10 October 2015
Govt gives nod to IFC's taka bond
The taka is set to make its debut in the international bond market as the government gave approval to the International Finance
10 October 2015
GP faces fresh audit
The telecom regulator yesterday hired a chartered accountant to run a fresh audit into mobile phone operator Grameenphone.
6 October 2015
Tourism takes a blow from killings of foreigners
Foreign tourists have started cancelling their trips to Bangladesh in the wake of the killings of a Japanese and an Italian national in less
5 October 2015
BB permits online payment of visa fees
The central bank has allowed online payment of visa processing fees through international credit card (ICC) as per the requirement of concerned embassies and high commissions.
4 October 2015
Mobile internet on a roll
Bangladesh's active mobile internet connections grew about 3 percent to 5.07 crore in August, for all six operators combined, from the previous month.
1 October 2015
Robi-Airtel merger another step closer to reality
Robi and Airtel have formally applied for permission to merge their operations from the telecom regulator, a move that will turn the combined entity into the second largest mobile operator after Grameenphone in Bangladesh.
28 September 2015
BASIC Bank scam: ACC files 3 more cases
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) files three more cases with Dhaka’s Gulshan Police Station in connection with the swindling of money from state-run Basic Bank.
23 September 2015
BB detects cash theft
An official of State Bank of India's Bangladesh operation was caught as he attempted to steal Tk 5 lakh from outside the central bank
22 September 2015
Robi launches promotional Eid offer with Samsung
Samsung and Robi have rolled out an exciting offer on the occasion of upcoming Eid festival for two Galaxy smartphone models: Samsung Galaxy Core Prime and Samsung Galaxy J1.
21 September 2015
Five-star hotel opens in Cox's Bazar
Cox's Bazar that boasts the world's longest unbroken sea beach now has the country's five-star green resort to cater to upmarket
19 September 2015