The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has lifted the floor price for three more companies—Anwar Galvanizing, Orion Pharmaceuticals and Renata—amid a rising trend of the key index.

Mobile operators in Bangladesh are now offering app stores, enabling developers to not only connect with users through secure distribution channels but also giving them the monetisation tools as they continually attempt to diversify their portfolio.

ACI CO-RO Bangladesh Ltd, a joint venture between ACI Ltd and Danish soft-drinks company CO-RO A/S, yesterday opened a new factory to make fruit drinks under the Sunquick brand.

The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) has missed its December deadline to publish a quarterly gross domestic product (GDP) report, under a move to provide a timely status of the health of the economy.

State-run Jiban Bima Corporation (JBC) has stopped selling its popular yet unprofitable private pension insurance policy since December 1, months after the government rolled out the Universal Pension Scheme.

Mohammad Abu Eusuf, a private sector employee who lives in Dhaka’s Mirpur, earns about Tk 23,000 per month. But the income is not adequate for him to manage his monthly expenses given the ongoing inflationary pressure.

The Bangladesh Insurance Association (BIA), a platform for insurance companies, has proposed withdrawal of the VAT applicable to policyholders in order to help the health insurance sector expand.

A six-day furniture fair kicked off at GEC Convention Centre in Chattogram city yesterday featuring products of 27 enterprises, including New Antique, Heaven Furniture, Shoilpik, Hatil, Hatim, Vegas, P2P, JMG, Akhi and Royel and Right.

BSEC has lifted the floor price for Anwar Galvanizing, Orion Pharmaceuticals and Renata as part of its move to bring back vibrancy to the market.

Genex Infosys, a leading outsourcing IT provider, will build turnkey IT infrastructure for Red Sea Gateway Terminal Bangladesh Limited (RSGT) at the Patenga container terminal

Khulna Power Company Ltd (KPCL) today notified the closure of its plant as the electricity sales agreement with the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) is set to expire on February 9

Agriculture Minister Md Abdus Shahid has sought India’s cooperation in keeping high-yielding varieties of seeds out of the purview of restrictions so that those can be produced and cultivated in Bangladesh.

The National Board of Revenue will provide all export-oriented sectors with the same facilities afforded to garment exporters to diversify exports, NBR Chairman Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem said yesterday.

The mobile internet subscriber base in Bangladesh fell for four consecutive months until December last year as the regulator’s bar on purchasing short-term packages combined with inflationary pressures to impact consumers.

The prices of all types of steel products have gone up by Tk 5,000 to Tk 15,000 per tonne within the span of a week after the customs department increased the assessment value by a large margin, traders said.

Grameenphone Ltd, the most valued company in the stock market, said its profit rebounded in 2023 after two consecutive years of decline, buoyed by higher revenue generated from increased voice only and data only services.

Faced with a chronic gas crisis and volatile exchange rates, a number of ailing textile millers are putting their factories up for sale as they are no longer able to contend with losses stemming from dwindling production.

Armed robberies of domestic and foreign vessels coming into the Chattogram port decreased sharply in the concluding year, according to two international organisations.

A Purchasing Managers' Index has launched for the first time in Bangladesh today, with data generated by the real-time, data-based early economic indication system set to be published in April.

However, GP recommended dividend, which is lowest at least since 2015