Listening is caring: Do you care?

Some common complaints are: my friends don’t listen to me, my colleagues don’t listen to me, my husband doesn’t listen to me, and even my parents don’t listen to me.
9 February 2023

BATB makes Tk 1,787cr profit in 2022

British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company Limited’s profit grew nearly 20 per cent year-on-year to Tk 1,787.40 crore in 2022. The multinational company made a profit of Tk 1,496.88 crore in 2021.
9 February 2023

Japan bank wants to invest in sugar, fertiliser industries

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has expressed interest in investing in Bangladesh’s sugar industry as well as setting up a fertiliser factory like the one in Ghorashal town under Palash upazila of Narsingdi.
9 February 2023

Seed supply far below requirement

The public and private sectors of Bangladesh have made strides in supplying farmers with quality seeds of vegetables and food grains over the last one-and-a-half decade.
9 February 2023

Cotton import to go down

A big appreciation of the US dollar against the local currency along with a perennial inadequacy of gas pressure in supply lines have started to have a detrimental impact as cotton import is projected to be lower this year. 
9 February 2023

Bank Asia avails Pragati health insurance for employees

Bank Asia has signed an agreement with Pragati Life Insurance to provide group health insurance facilities for its employees. 
9 February 2023

Brac Bank partner of buying house assoc at NY show

Bangladesh Garment Buying House Association and 10 Bangladeshi companies have recently participated in a three-day apparel sourcing trade show, Texworld New York City, with Brac Bank as a banking partner. 
9 February 2023

Bajaj Auto senior official due today

KS Grihapathy, president for international business of Indian motorcycle and three-wheeler manufacturer Bajaj Auto, is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka today on a three-day visit.
9 February 2023

Stocks break gaining streak as turnover tumbles

Shares listed with the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) slipped back into the red yesterday following a two-day break while turnover dropped by more than Tk 100 crore from the previous session.
9 February 2023

Deutsche Bank opens representative office in Dhaka

Leading German financial institution Deutsche Bank has opened its representative office in Dhaka’s Gulshan 1 on February 6.
9 February 2023

Nine garment makers take part in Paris show

Nine Bangladeshi fabric and garment manufacturers took part in the Texworld, Apparel Sourcing Paris 2023 to showcase the locally made products to the international consumers.
9 February 2023

Canada to keep supplying potassium fertiliser

Canada will continue to sell potassium fertilisers to Bangladesh in the days to come, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said yesterday.
9 February 2023

‘Bangladesh will continue growing even after its graduation in 2026’

Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary Mohammad Tofazzel Hossain Miah says
9 February 2023

118 tonnes RMG goods seized on money laundering charges

Sabiha Saiki Fashion shipped 85 consignments worth Tk 22 crore through Ctg port in the last three years using fake documents
9 February 2023

Nine Bangladeshi garment makers take part in Texworld Paris

The three-day showcase ended on February 8
9 February 2023

Deutsche Bank opens representative office in Dhaka

The leading global bank joins over 70 other German companies already present in Bangladesh
9 February 2023

Stocks break gaining streak

The DSEX lost 12 points at the end of the day.
9 February 2023

Japan wants to invest in sugar industry, biomass power

Japan Bank for International Cooperation’s Governor Nobumitsu Hayashi expresses the interest
9 February 2023

Stocks snap two days’ gains

Stocks edged down in the morning session.
9 February 2023

Potato acreage shrinks to 7-year low

Potato acreage has declined to a seven-year low this season as many farmers switched to other crops, particularly mustard, as the production cost of the oilseed is lower than the tuber while its prices are more attractive.
9 February 2023