Dhaka Travel Mart, a three-day international tourism fair, began at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon in Dhaka yesterday.

In 1991, when Abul Kasem, a farmer of Hatibandha upazila in Lalmonirhat, a northwest bordering district, decided to cultivate maize, he was one of the few growers in his area.

More than Tk 160 crore owed by a number of e-commerce companies in Bangladesh for breaching the escrow system is still stuck in payment gateways, according to commerce ministry documents.

Holders of black money in Bangladesh are unlikely to get the opportunity to legalise their undeclared wealth without facing any questions about the sources of their income in the next fiscal year, officials said. 

Bangladesh is striving to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2023 and this includes ensuring gender equality in every aspect of life, according to speakers at a webinar.

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi yesterday invited Uzbek businesses to invest in special economic zones (SEZs) and high-tech parks in Bangladesh to utilise the trade potential between the two countries.

Eastland Insurance Company Ltd made a Tk 3.1 crore profit in the first quarter of the current financial year, up about 5.5 per cent compared to a year earlier.

The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) rose slightly yesterday.

Economists dub the lottery a stupidity tax because the odds of getting any payoff by investing in a lottery ticket are approximately equivalent to flushing the money down the toilet.

Over 80 per cent of manpower of garment factories in Bangladesh think they need more training to face challenges of the 4th industrial revolution, according to a survey of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS). 

Eastern Bank’s consolidated profits, meaning that of the bank and its concerns in total, have dropped 10 per cent year-on-year to Tk 106.9 crore in the first quarter of 2023.   

1 month time extension raises project cost by 0.95 percentage points

Standard Chartered Bangladesh planted 2,500 saplings at Lalmai-Mainamati archaeological area of Cumilla recently in partnership with Tarupallab to preserve the heritage site and surrounding areas for future generations. 

Produced at Hyundai’s manufacturing plant in Gazipur, family sport utility vehicle (SUV) Creta Grand is available at a competitive market price with warranty, buyback facilities and in different colours. 

ABG Technologies Ltd has received a licence from the central bank to operate as a payment service provider in the country.    

Infrastructure Development Company Limited (Idcol) won the “FinanceAsia Award 2023” in the “Best Sustainable Bank” category in Bangladesh.

The three-day international tourism fair -- Dhaka Travel Mart -- began at a city hotel today.

Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Md Mustafizur Rahman pays a courtesy call on Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma

The research think-tank studied 361 projects, which were implemented by the Roads & Highway Department from 2012-13 to 2021-22 and audited by the Implementation Monitoring Evaluation Division (IMED).

Tipu Munshi sits with Uzbek Deputy Foreign Minister Bakhrom Aloev