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Dominage Steel Building Systems Limited’s profit declined more than 88 per cent year-on-year to Tk 20.52 lakh in the third quarter of the current financial year.

Monthly wage growth for workers in Bangladesh has remained below the inflation rate for 15 months consecutively, suggesting that many people are having to reduce consumption to cope with increased financial stress.

South Asia is bracing for yet another hot year. Pre-monsoon temperature records were shattered again in 2023 by the hottest February recorded in India since 1901, along with the hottest day in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 58 years in April.

Mobile subscriber numbers witnessed a solid growth in March, thanks to a strong performance by all but state-owned operator Teletalk. 

Bangladesh retained second position in apparel shipments to the European Union (EU) in the first two months of the current year with a 22.75 per cent share of the trade bloc’s overall garment imports, according to data from EUROSTAT.

Uttara Finance Ltd is yet to take any major steps against the officials allegedly involved in the Tk 5,100 crore scam unearthed by the Bangladesh Bank although four months have passed since the central bank directed it to bring the culprits to the book.

Inflation in Bangladesh fell slightly to 9.24 per cent in April, driven by a decline in food prices, although it still remains at an elevated level compared to historic trends, official figures showed yesterday.

Two major sectors -- garments, leather and leather products -- had recorded growth in export until March of the current fiscal year 2022-23 while other major sectors suffered a downturn.

Mastercard and National Bank Limited (NBL) have launched a multi-currency Mastercard Debit Card for the bank’s customers.

Chevron has a long-standing partnership with Bangladesh over energy security and is committed to working with the people and government to support the journey to Vision 2041, said Eric M Walker, president and country manager of Chevron Bangladesh, on Tuesday. 

Additional secretary to the shipping ministry SM Ferdous Alam has been appointed chairman of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) recently. 

Brac Bank achieved a 32 per cent year-on-year growth in net profit in 2022.

Wholesale and retail prices of edible oil in Dhaka and Chattogram have started rising since the end of last month when refiners proposed that the government increase the rates. 

Union Bank Limited made a Tk 162.69 crore profit in 2022, slightly up from a year earlier.

A new record was set yesterday over the number of tenders opened in a day in the electronic government procurement (e-GP) system.  

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has further relaxed the conditions related to securing margin loans for buying stocks in a bid to boost the country’s ailing capital market.

The recent bank turmoil in the US has awakened ghosts of past financial crises. While the likelihood of a fully-fledged crisis seems limited, it cannot be ruled out. Policymakers in the region must act now to shield their economies from possible negative spillovers.

Businesses are set up to make a profit. We all understand that. But to what extent that profit would be made?

The Parer Tong village in Ashidron union under Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar is widely known as Korola’r Gram, or bitter gourd village, by vegetable wholesalers and traders all over Bangladesh.