The lifting of the rule of mandatory fumigation of US cotton by Bangladesh has created a huge bilateral trade opportunity, said Faruque Hassan, president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).

Clothing brand Grameen Uniqlo yesterday shut down all their 10 outlets in Bangladesh, including eight in Dhaka, ahead of their June 18 scheduled closure due to “stock unavailability”. 

Meheriar M Hasan, a nominated director of the Brac Bank Board, has been elected as the chairman of Brac Bank Limited, effective from Tuesday.

Setting a fixed floor price for data, decreasing the number of packages and providing flexible plans that carry forward are priority demands of mobile internet users in Bangladesh, according to a survey.

MM Saiful Islam has joined Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJIBL) as a deputy managing director (DMD) on Monday.

Oil fell by nearly 2 per cent on Tuesday as concerns about the US debt ceiling pact cooled the market’s risk-on sentiment and mixed messages from major producers clouded the supply outlook ahead of their meeting this weekend.

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) yesterday issued guidelines for non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing and asked them to draw up separate regulations. 

BGMEA president says in meeting with Cotton USA top officials

Its now B1 from the earlier Ba3

All outlets were supposed to be closed on June 18

With effect from today, Hasan replaced Ahsan H Mansur

Robi now has to give answer to Mahtab's lawsuit

Turnover, however, fell by 16%

Textile millers made the demand today

Small wooden furniture businesses in Bangladesh are facing a deep financial crisis as the demand for their products has fallen drastically, according to market players.

Despite being the last budget before the next general election, the government has little scope to unveil a big spending plan for the next fiscal year owing to limited fiscal space driven by lower-than-expected revenue collection, a noted economist said.

For the first time, domestic air travellers are likely to face a travel tax while people going abroad on airplanes are expected to pay up to 67 per cent higher taxes from next fiscal year as the government looks to increase revenue collection. 

Conventional lenders in Bangladesh fell behind shariah-based banks in 2022 in terms of profit growth mainly due to the lower interest rate regime.  

Private sector credit growth in Bangladesh dropped to a 14-month low of 11.23 per cent in April owing to weak credit demand amid the current business slowdown, official figures showed.  

A girl who burned all of her academic certificates on a Facebook Live in frustration at not getting a job on May 23, Mukta Sultana, has been offered a job by State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak.