Crown Cement has posted a rise in profit and revenue for the third quarter of the fiscal year (FY) 2024–25, buoyed by higher sales.

For years, local businesses have struggled with an invisible but formidable opponent: a web of outdated, inconsistent, confusing and burdensome regulations. Navigating this bureaucratic maze has often meant facing unpredictable delays, opaque procedures, and uneven enforcement.

The US government’s recent announcement to hike the tariff on Bangladeshi goods by an additional 37 percent has already begun affecting the country’s readymade garment (RMG) industry, according to a leading denim exporter.

Mobile financial services (MFS) provider bKash posted a rise in profit and revenue in 2024.

The government will issue “Red Notices” through Interpol for businesspeople who fled abroad without paying workers’ dues, Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hussain, adviser to the Ministry of Labour and Employment, said yesterday.

The Bangladesh Bank will consider slashing the policy rate to 7 percent by March, provided that rampant inflation, which has hovered above 9 percent for nearly two years, eases to 5 percent by then, Governor Ahsan H Mansur said yesterday.

Listing of Grameenphone on the stock exchange in 2009 had a huge impact as thousands of investors flocked to open beneficiary owner accounts to get shares of the high-performing company through the initial public offering (IPO).

Remittance inflows in the first ten months of the current fiscal year have already exceeded the total receipts of FY 2023-24

The listed drugmaker made Tk 58 crore in the January-March quarter

So far, ships had been taking away export containers

The Advance Personal Care Limited, a concern of Pran Group, brought the product -- Adora Aloe-Oatbath

It posted a consolidated loss of Tk 13.69 crore in Jan-Mar period

The DSEX dropped 55 points to close the week at 4,918

The MFS company posted a profit of Tk 315.77 crore in 2024

From the north-western bordering district Panchagarh to the southern coastal district Patuakhali, farmers grow multiple crops to sell at markets

The government is considering appointing some of the world’s most experienced port operators to manage Chattogram Port and other sea and land ports in the region, said Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam yesterday.

Migrants sent home $2.6 billion in the first 29 days of April

Two entities of Square Group -- Square Pharmaceuticals and Square Textiles -- reported positive growth in the third quarter of the 2024-25 fiscal year.

The authorities have formed a national committee to examine the feasibility of establishing free trade zones (FTZs) -- designated areas where goods can be imported, processed, and re-exported without interference from customs authorities.

The Bangladeshi manufacturing sector, particularly textiles and garments, is vital to the global supply chain. Despite its strategic importance, the sector faces significant headwinds, especially in terms of worker welfare.