The demand for air conditioners has increased 25 per cent year-on-year

The staff reporter of The Daily Star won the first prize in the print media category

The awards were given for 2019-20 fiscal year

The round was led by SBK Tech, a Singapore-based Venture capital fund, along with participation from notable global investors, including ALSA, Genting Ventures, DVC, and Doha Tech Angels, among others.

The financial industry has undergone several changes in recent years: the emergence of new technologies, the entry of fintechs, and the transition from a physical branch-based business model to an increasing reliance on digital services. These trends can foster competition and the democratisation of financial services.

The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) rose slightly in the morning trade today.

Exports of chemical or dangerous goods are being hampered due to a lack of minimum facilities in all inland container depots (ICDs) of the country, according to exporters. 

Sugar prices have reached a record high internationally, which has had a ripple effect on Bangladesh’s wholesale markets, including those in Dhaka and Chattogram.   

Yesterday’s blaze at Dhaka New Super Market has severely affected trade of nearby markets, that too with just a week to go before Eid-ul-Fitr. 

Bangladesh has extended the repayment period of the loan it had given to Sri Lanka by six more months as the Island nation continues to struggle to fix its debt crisis, officials say.  

The business sector in Bangladesh has been going through severe challenges for the past four years, which, for many, have been the toughest period in decades, with the coronavirus pandemic being the dominant factor in the early part before the Russia-Ukraine war broke out. Today, we are running the fifth report of a series to present how various sectors fared in the face of the two unprecedented shocks.

I was one of the few Bangladeshis who worked with three global banks at home and abroad. I was also the youngest CEO of a commercial bank in Bangladesh. My laurels and recognition would anytime make anyone jealous.

The Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) chief has voiced its opposition to the apex trade body’s demand to reintroduce the facility of unconditional amnesty to the investments of black money in the real estate sector.

Bangladesh’s spending on subsidies and interest payments surged 45 per cent year-on-year in the first eight months of this fiscal year, turning out to be the highest in at least a decade.

The jewellers have increased pure gold prices by Tk 1,283 a bhori for the local market with effect from today because of the rising bullion prices in the international market.

Dhaka Bank recently launched an “eRin” app through which a customer can apply for an unsecured personal loan of up to Tk 50,000 for disbursement within two hours on banking days. 

Brac Bank organised a two-day fair titled “Tara Uddokta Mela 2023” in Dhaka to promote products of women entrepreneurs and create a market for their “Made-in-Bangladesh” products.

A bhori will cost Tk 98,444.16 from tomorrow

A cluster of potters in Patuakhali’s Bauphal upazila, some 240 kilometres south of capital Dhaka, say they have made sales of around Tk 1 crore of earthen products, including some abroad, centring Pahela Baishakh. 

An increasing number of families are becoming connected with the formal financial system by depositing and borrowing money, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).