Shares on Dhaka and Chattogram bourses fall for the third consecutive day

Stocks fall stretching the loss to the third consecutive day.

It will be very tough for bankers to pass the exam smoothly if the existing curriculum is retained.

A shipping ministry rule issued last week stipulating that only Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) will be able to carry goods imported by the government has created frustration among private oceangoing ship operators. 

Bangladesh’s apparel industry has witnessed numerous ups and downs ever since the deadly fire at the Tazreen Fashions factory in Ashulia and collapse of Rana Plaza in Savar about a decade ago.

At least 43 listed companies and mutual funds fell to losses in July to December of the ongoing financial year after reporting profits in the identical half a year ago. 

Bangladesh should fast-track the adoption of technologies to make the most out of them with a view to taking the country forward, said speakers yesterday.  

Just five companies contributed about one-third of the turnover registered by the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) last week as investors rushed to buy shares heeding rumours that their values would go up.

AB Bank has recently promoted its chief operations officer to the post of deputy managing director (DMD). 

Runner Automobiles yesterday launched the country’s first “Made in Bangladesh” autorickshaws for the local and foreign markets.

Midland Bank Ltd is going to offer 50 lakh ordinary shares to its employees under its initial public offering (IPO). 

There will be no compromise on the quality of seeds of crops and other agriculture products in the country, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said yesterday.

Bangladeshi conglomerate ACI has completed exporting its first ever shipment of pharmaceutical products to its subsidiary, ACI Healthcare USA, located in the USA.

The company will produce 30,000 autorickshaws run by LPG and LNG a year

ACI Healthcare’s Narayanganj facility exports the products to its subsidiary in the USA

According to the Bangladesh Rubber Board (BRB) and rubber producers, 67,939 tonnes of latex were produced in the country last year, up 58 per cent from 43,000 tonnes in 2021, driven by an increase in the number of gardens and acreages under cultivation. 

Abdul Momin, a resident of Rajarhat union in Kurigram, has succeeded in applying biofloc technology to raise native breeds of fish in his very own backyard.

A three-day jewellery fair that opened in Dhaka yesterday witnessed, as per the organisers, a good turnout of visitors, a number of whom cited that they were looking for new designs, discounts and potential wedding gifts. 

The Bangladesh Bank has injected $330 million into the country’s foreign exchange market since February 1 when the International Monetary Fund disbursed $476.27 million to Bangladesh as the first installment of a $4.7 billion loan. 

Canada will continue to sell potassium fertilisers to Bangladesh in the days to come, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said yesterday.