Janata Bank has promoted its general manager Md Ramjan Bahar to the post of deputy managing director, according to a press release.

Jute millers have urged the government to speed up the formation of a low-cost fund for the jute sector to allow entrepreneurs to modernise machineries of their dilapidated mills and increase productivity. 

The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) yesterday urged the government to focus on ensuring uninterrupted and affordable energy for both local and export-oriented manufacturing units to further accelerate Bangladesh’s economic recovery in 2023.

The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) today urged the government to focus on ensuring uninterrupted and affordable energy for both local and export-oriented manufacturing units to further accelerate Bangladesh’s economic recovery in 2023.

Efforts to turn Saidpur airport in Nilphamari into an international airport are underway as making it a key transit point would boost connectivity with Nepal, Bhutan and the Seven Sister states of India, according to government officials.

On a chilly Saturday morning two men sit at a flower shop in the capital’s Shahbagh with different flowers, thread, wrapping paper, adhesive tape and other materials. 

Doing business in Bangladesh may not be all smooth sailing this year as the global economy will continue struggling with sanctions centring the Russia-Ukraine war and ripple effects of Covid-19, according to businesspeople.

We have seen the year 2022 to be a year of many experiments for regulators, and more importantly, the local and international private sector.

The beginning of a new year is not just a moment for resolution. We are in a season that is about both reflecting on the past and looking forward to the future. 

Both the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have painted a gloomy scenario for the global economy for 2023 as uncertainty persists amid the protracting Russia-Ukraine war, the volatility in the international energy market and higher inflation. The world is expected to head for a recession.

The government has been working to develop 10 sectors so that each of those can earn $1 billion through exports within the next couple of years, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said yesterday. 

Md Abdul Malek was recently elected as the chairman of Mutual Trust Bank.

Meghna Bank launched an end-to-end digital service titled “Meghna Access” for corporate payment solution and real time distributed cash collection solution.

Standard Chartered Saadiq Bangladesh has been recognised as the “Islamic Banking Window of the Year” at the 7th Islamic Finance Forum of South Asia Awards for its customer-centric ethos, dynamic range of shariah-compliant products and contributions to the growth of Islamic banking, both locally and globally.

Excessive profits secured by rice millers and retailers are to blame for the price hike in Bangladesh despite a bumper production, found a survey of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI). 

Earnings from garment shipments in December declined by 4.92 per cent year-on-year to $3.27 billion for high inflation and a reduction of work orders from international retailers and brands stemming from the Russia-Ukraine war, according to the BGMEA. 

The government is set to launch an artificial intelligence-based web portal to impart land-related knowledge among the masses and deliver all kinds of information on land. 

The government is set to launch an artificial intelligence-based web portal to impart land-related knowledge among the masses and deliver all kinds of information on land. 

The most talked-about sector of the economy in 2022 was the financial sector which is already burdened with an increasing amount of non-performing loans.

The first and second quarters of the outgoing year were fine for the garment exporters as the international retailers and brands were coming up with quite a lot of work orders with the recovery of the global supply chain from the severe fallouts of the Covid-19.