M Maksud, managing director of Corona International, will serve the chamber for 2023-25 tenure

The prime index rises for second consecutive day

Around 4.9 lakh farmers will get seeds, fertilisers free of cost

It falls to Tk 11.62 lakh from Tk 1.39 crore

Its profit falls to Tk 11.52 lakh from Tk 57.61 lakh

It made a profit of Tk 5.71 crore in the quarter

It increased by Tk 10,954 crore to hit Tk 131,621 crore in March

It made a profit of Tk 47.99 lakh in the quarter

Owners of more than one car are likely to face an environmental protection surcharge from the upcoming fiscal year as the government plans to discourage the use of vehicles in a bid to contain carbon emissions and air pollution.

The planning minister attends at a pre-budget discussion organised by NTV

Oil prices ticked up on Friday as US officials appeared close to striking a debt-ceiling deal, and as the market weighed conflicting messages on supply from Russia and Saudi Arabia ahead of the next Opec+ policy meeting.

Female representation in the decision-making processes related to the internet is crucial for addressing the digital divide in Bangladesh, experts said yesterday.

The upcoming budget will not be aimed at pleasing the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said Planning Minister MA Mannan yesterday.

Submitting income tax returns could be made mandatory for every national identification (NID) cardholder with a view to expanding the tax net, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said yesterday.

Two case studies of mobile financial service provider bKash have been featured in a local edition of the “Essentials of Modern Marketing”, a marketing book written by professor Dr. Philip Kotler narrating market-specific success stories across the world. 

MetLife Bangladesh has recently honoured its best-performing financial associates, unit managers and branch managers. 

India’s economy will grow about 6 per cent this fiscal year with a small increase in private investment, according to a Reuters poll of economists who said lower growth and high inflation were the biggest risks to the outlook.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has handed over a Tk 1 crore cheque that it promised to give to the traders who got affected by the recent fire incident at Bangabazar clothing market in Dhaka.

Though it is deemed to be much higher in numbers, Bangladesh’s banking sector reportedly has the second-highest ratio of non-performing loans (NPLs) in South Asia, with only Sri Lanka having a greater ratio.

Raising the standard of customer service and operational efficiency, beefing up risk management and continuing digital transformation will be at the heart of the strategies of Mercantile Bank Ltd as it looks to power its growth in the coming years, said its top executive.