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ChatGPT’s android version available in Bangladesh

OpenAI has launched the android version of its popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.
26 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Social Business Day events begin in Malaysia today

The 13th Social Business Day, an annual global gathering, will begin in Langkawi of Malaysia today in order to celebrate and share the experiences of social business leaders and entrepreneurs spearheading a path to a sustainable and just future.
26 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Govt bans sale of loose soybean oil from Aug 1

The government will disallow sales of loose soybean oil from August 1 to ensure sufficient quantity and stop adulteration of the key cooking ingredient in the domestic market, according to an official of the Directorate of National Consumers Right Protection (DNCRP).
26 July 2023, 18:00 PM

StanChart launches online learning platform for women entrepreneurs

Standard Chartered Bangladesh has launched an “Online Learning Platform for Entrepreneurs” to support aspiring women entrepreneurs in developing their business skillset.
26 July 2023, 18:00 PM

SpaceX wants to launch satellite internet service in Bangladesh

SpaceX has expressed its intention to launch a satellite internet service called Starlink in Bangladesh as officials of the US-based company founded by Elon Musk yesterday met with two government entities to this end.
26 July 2023, 18:00 PM

EBL Securities wins award from BSEC

EBL Securities Ltd has won “Independence Golden Jubilee Award 2022” conferred by the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC).
26 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Mayfair Stylewear signs deal with Japanese firm

Mayfair Stylewear, a jute trading company of Bangladesh, and M2 Company Ltd, a Japanese export-import company, recently signed an agreement on promoting traditional jute goods and diversified jute products of Bangladesh in the Japanese market.
26 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Southeast Bank holds workshop on ISO 20022

Southeast Bank Ltd organised a workshop styled “Transitioning to ISO 20022” with the support of JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, USA at its training institute in Dhaka on Tuesday.
26 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Govt to buy 8,000 tonnes of lentil, 80 lakh litres of soybean oil

Today, cabinet okays 13 proposals worth Tk 17,706.43 crore
26 July 2023, 15:12 PM

Loose soybean oil sales banned from Aug 1

Consumers’ right body DG says at ERF event
26 July 2023, 14:05 PM
26 July 2023, 11:49 AM

Elon Musk's satellite company officials now in Dhaka

SpaceX's Starlink may sign a deal with ICT division
26 July 2023, 11:08 AM

StanChart launches online learning platform for women entrepreneurs

Standard Chartered Bangladesh has launched an "Online learning platform" to support aspiring women entrepreneurs in developing their business skillset.
26 July 2023, 11:04 AM

Draft deal gets go-ahead for oil, gas exploration

The cabinet has approved the draft agreement for deep and shallow sea oil and gas exploration to meet the country's growing energy needs.
26 July 2023, 10:52 AM

Best intermediaries of Bangladesh's stock market awarded

BSEC awards nine stakeholders in three categories
26 July 2023, 10:48 AM

Rising headgear, cap export gives diversification a leg-up

Bangladesh bagged $447.43 million by exporting headgear products such as hats and caps in the last financial year, a positive development for a country that relies heavily on a handful of products to earn foreign currencies.
26 July 2023, 01:10 AM

Local handset making plunges

The grim scenario of the mobile manufacturing industry in Bangladesh continues to persist as local production plunged by half in the first six months of 2023, primarily due to the expanding grey market. 
26 July 2023, 01:00 AM

Industrial production growth almost halves

Production growth in Bangladesh slowed significantly in the July-March period of 2022-23 due to the global economic slowdown and gas and electricity shortages at home, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).
26 July 2023, 00:10 AM

Banks raising interest rates

Banks in Bangladesh are raising the interest rate on deposits gradually in order to lure depositors and improve their liquidity situation amid a lack of appetite among savers because of the stubbornly high inflation. 
26 July 2023, 00:00 AM

Finalising study for EPA with Japan underway

Bangladesh and Japan yesterday outlined areas of focus for a joint study that would act as a principal guideline for signing an economic partnership agreement (EPA) to increase bilateral trade and investment between the two countries.
26 July 2023, 00:00 AM