Local garment makers have once again urged the European Union (EU) to extend the transition period of the generalised system of preferences (GSP) to Bangladesh from three years to six years for a sustainable graduation from the least developed country (LDC) category in 2026.

Mobile financial service provider Nagad has installed booths at the Gabtoli and Basila cattle markets in Dhaka offering safe and convenient cashless transactions for the purchase and sale of sacrificial animals. 

A three-day training was recently organised to enhance the skills of 34 Chattogram-based women entrepreneurs at using online tools for business operations and making key financial decisions. 

Bangladesh Marine Fisheries Association has reelected the president and secretary general of its 15-member Executive Committee for 2023-2025 at its Dhaka office on Sunday. 

It hits $31.15 billion today

They will get Tk 107.5 for a dollar from July 2

The garment makers' platform sits with EU ambassador today

The DSEX, the benchmark index of the premier bourse in Bangladesh, gained 10 points, or 0.16 per cent, to 6,335 at 12:04 pm.

The disappointment among rubber growers in Bangladesh is mounting as prices of latex and rubber sheet are declining despite being import substitutes for key materials used in various industries.

The war in Sudan has dealt a fresh blow to Bangladesh’s jute goods exports which has been suffering from a downturn for the last two years. 

Two companies -- Fine Foods and Khan Brothers PP Woven Bag Industries -- saw their stocks surge by around 50 per cent over the past month even though both firms had informed that there is no undisclosed reason for such a rise.

The government yesterday bestowed 180 businesspeople with commercially important person (CIP) status for their contribution to the export of merchandise and services and the economy in 2021. 

The government should withdraw customs duties slapped on the imports of raw materials used in making sanitary napkins as the penetration of the basic hygiene product is low in Bangladesh due to higher prices, said a top executive.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday asked banks in the country to provide their clients with online and internet-based banking services round the clock during the upcoming Eid holidays.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday increased the volume of the refinance scheme dedicated to women entrepreneurs with a view to facilitating female-led businesses.

As the government has increased the price of cured rawhides for the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, there is no possibility that the prices will decrease like last year, according to a business leader.

Stock market remained in the black yesterday for the third consecutive session although investors’ participation dropped, thanks to the last hour’s buying pressures on mid-cap stocks.

Inflation has started to subside from multi-decade highs almost everywhere, but the work of central banks is far from done, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said in its flagship economic report.

Nowadays, bonds are a widely discussed term in the investment fraternity. It is considered a good source of capital for issuers and a widely accepted tool for fixed-income groups around the globe. Bangladesh is not out of this league.

IMED secretary says after a meeting of Public-Private Stakeholders' Committee