Although the tourism and hospitality management industry in Bangladesh is expanding fast, the lack of a skilled workforce is the key challenge right now, stakeholders said yesterday.

Fresh Ceramics, a ceramics and tiles manufacturing company of the Meghna Group of Industries, recently launched a dealer showroom styled “Hatirpool Tiles” at Bangla Motor in Dhaka.

Exim Bank yesterday arranged a “Business Development Conference” for the branch managers, executives and officials of the bank in Chattogram region.

Shariah-based Union Bank Ltd distributed agriculture investment among farmers in Chattogram yesterday.

Meghna Bank Ltd has won the “Excellence in Credit Cards” award in the “Visa Leadership Conclave 2023”.

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has recently cancelled the licences of four internet protocol telephony service providers (IPTSPs) after they lost their internet service provider (ISP) licence.

The Russian embassy in Bangladesh shares a list of countries on its verified Facebook page

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The 4 are: IDEA Networks and Communications Ltd, Digital Connectivity Ltd, Pritty International (Pvt.) Limited and Sadiatec Limited

The price of hilsa in the southern region of the nation has increased by Tk 2,000 a maund (37 kilogrammes) after the government approved exports of the fish to India.

The government is going to formulate corporate governance guidelines to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations and good governance in the operation of insurance companies in Bangladesh.

The dream of realising a deep seaport at Matarbari in Cox’s Bazar is now a step closer as Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has taken charge of an artificial navigation channel created for vessel movement required for a coal-fired power plant.  

Noted economist Wahiduddin Mahmud yesterday urged the Bangladesh Bank to stop pumping fresh money into the economy in order to rein in runaway inflation and tackle the current economic crisis.

Ever imagined a bank CEO getting slapped in a board meeting? Or a CEO changing his name through an affidavit to save his job just because it annoys the owner of his bank? These are real-life events that took place in our banking sector in recent years.    

Government revenue collection in the July-August period, the first two months of the current fiscal year of 2023-24, has increased by nearly 15 percent year-on-year, thanks to a rise in VAT from multinational companies. 

Bangladesh has massive potential as an emerging destination for tourists so the government should take necessary steps and the private sector should increase investment, stakeholders said during the opening ceremony of the three-day 10th Asian Tourism Fair (ATF).

US companies want to invest in five sectors of Bangladesh, namely IT, education, healthcare, energy and infrastructure, said John Fay, commercial counsellor at the US embassy, yesterday. 

State-run Chhatak Cement Company in Sunamganj might not return to production anytime soon as its modernisation project is set to miss the deadline for the second time while uncertainty over the supply of the key raw material persists.   

The Bangladesh Climate Change Trust was supposed to get back in 2016 the Tk 538 crore, plus the accumulated interest, it deposited with the then Farmers Bank. However, it has so far received just Tk 74 crore after around seven years.

AB Bank Limited has decided to issue a Tk 500 crore bond.