ExxonMobil and Chevron reported profits Friday that were much lower than last year’s due a drop in commodity prices, but still lofty enough to enable increased shareholder distributions.

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has relaxed the initial public offering (IPO) rules for Best Holdings on three conditions to help the owning entity of Le Méridien Dhaka raise fund from the public.

Making payments using solar credits, enjoying a football match in a virtual reality stadium, scanning a product to understand the ethics of its supply chain -- these are just some of the next-generation technology propositions on display at the revamped Mastercard Experience Centre (MEC) in Singapore.

Global investors can pour funds into Bangladesh’s burgeoning startups as the country has a large pool of internet users, a growing middle class and an entrepreneurial spirit among its youth.

Bangladesh now has 25 lakh jobless people: BBS

The MFS provider was honoured at Bangladesh Startup Summit 2023

The election will take place at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka

Best Holdings is the owning entity of Le Méridien Dhaka

Entrepreneurs will get more time to prepare quality applications: BB

The vehicle insurance business in Bangladesh is passing hard times as people are not interested in insuring automobiles in the absence of legal obligation as well as a lack of trust in insurers and promotional activities.

Holding its rank among the busiest seaports worldwide could be compared to climbing an oiled bamboo for Chattogram port as it again slipped by three notches in Lloyd’s List: One Hundred Ports 2023.

Bangladesh Bank has relaxed the rules for the chairmen of banks to hold directorship in subsidiaries abroad, according to a notice issued yesterday.

The central bank has asked banks to fix the interest rate of pre-shipment loans in line with the new reference lending rate as part of its efforts to make it market-based.

ACI Ltd, one of the leading business houses in Bangladesh, has decided to enter the aviation business and invest Tk 10 crore in a digital bank, said the company.

Bangladesh is losing $361 million worth of tax annually owing to the shifting of profits by multinational companies, especially into tax havens abroad, according to a report by the Tax Justice Network (TJN).

The biennial election of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) scheduled for July 31 is going to be an exercise to maintain a formality since a majority of the directors have already been nominated and elected unopposed. 

AB Bank Ltd has launched “AB Smart Loan” for women entrepreneurs.

Federal Insurance Company Ltd has approved a 10 per cent cash dividend.

Profits of Dutch-Bangla Bank dropped 23 percent year-on-year in the April to June period of 2023.

Dream71 Bangladesh Limited, the country’s leading software company, is set to develop a job portal for the government of East Timor.