The percentage of individuals aged over 15 who own a mobile phone was lower in 2023 than in 2020 as the decline in ownership during the Covid-19 pandemic persisted due to grim economic conditions.

Some customers of Teletalk will be able to use Banglalink’s network from today as part of a ‘pre-commercial launch’ of national roaming services, bringing relief to subscribers of the state-run operator whose network is hamstrung by weak power backup.

Bangladesh Bank has issued a detailed guideline today, including default loan recovery targets, alongside criteria over the appointment, reappointment and responsibilities of managing directors and chief executive officers (CEOs) of non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs).

The DSEX lost 66.73 points to close at 5,834

Summit Power Ltd (SPL) recorded a profit of Tk 87.56 crore, up 8 percent year-on-year, in the October-December quarter of the fiscal year

Here, the steady growth of Bangladesh’s economy -- around 6 percent annually -- for the last two decades, and subsequent increases in overall buying capacity, played a big role. Another factor is the increasing domestic assembly of these items by local companies.

The NBR, however, missed the overall collection target by 45 percent during the eight-month period.

The new act will replace the Bangladesh Telecommunication Act, 2001.

Experts tell Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies seminar

The benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) fell yesterday, snapping a two-day winning streak, as some traders booked profits. 

Gazipur-based APS Knit Composite Ltd scored 71 out of 110

Anyone involved in illegal activities using the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) facility will not be spared and the drive against them will continue, State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak said today

Bangladesh is already one of the top 10 markets for Bata Shoe but its Chief Executive Officer Sandeep Kataria thinks the country offers further growth opportunities for the multinational company.

The Putin administration will take 60 workers initially and more in phases

The mobile phone operator’s revenue grows 14.4% year-on-year to Tk 6,150 crore in 2023

The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) has taken possession of 503 acres of land to establish the Jashore Export Processing Zone (JEPZ)

The benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) fell today, snapping a two-day winning streak.

Central Insurance Company Ltd’s (CICL) profit declined marginally to Tk 10.52 crore in 2023. 

A new airline, Fly Dhaka Airlines, is set to take off by November this year and become the country’s 12th private airline operator to enter the industry in the past 25 years

Initially, it is the general stock investors who might be at the receiving end of the process while the loan defaulters, whose misdeeds are largely responsible for Padma Bank’s current misfortunes, might come out victorious.