Bangladesh plans to start commercial export of mangoes to Japan and European countries from 2023, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said today.

Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) Bill, 2022 was placed in parliament today keeping a provision of two years jail and fine worth of Tk 50,000 for providing false information for borrowing money from the corporation.

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission today revoked for a second time an order which had stipulated that investors could buy shares only against funds already present in beneficiary owners’ accounts.

A delegation of India’s leading steel manufacturer Tata Steel Ltd visited the factory of GPH Ispat at Sitakunda upazila in Chattogram today.

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Sixty-eight projects of different Bangladeshi companies and individuals have won the BASIS National ICT Awards 2022 for their innovative products and services.

Remittance declined further in October, intensifying the pressure on the government to manage its macroeconomy amid plummeting foreign exchange reserves.

Businesspeople at the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation’s (BSCIC) industrial estate in Nayagola, Chapainawabganj, have long been suffering in the absence of a proper drainage system for interior roads.

The price of wheat flour has increased in retail markets due to a decrease in imports and rise in international market prices, dealing a fresh blow to the people who are already struggling to make their ends meet.

Though Bangladesh has made stellar progress in many economic indicators in the past one decade, entrepreneurs, industrialists and the entire business sector still rely on the banking sector for financing. 

Five banks yesterday reported a year-on-year decline in their earnings in the first nine months of this year. 

The City Bank Ltd made a Tk 330.55 crore consolidated profit after tax in the January to September period of 2022. 

Entrepreneurs and economists have urged Germany to invest in developing the skills and technical know-how of youths in Bangladesh so that it can embrace the fourth industrial revolution.

Mutual Trust Bank logged a profit of Tk 223 crore in the January-September period of 2022. 

Romana Rouf Chowdhury has been elected chairman of Bank Asia Securities at the 51st meeting of its Board of Directors. 

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has sought cooperation from Germany for the development of Bangladesh’s apparel industry, especially in the fields of environmental sustainability and skills development.

Standard Chartered Bangladesh and Friendship, which terms itself a social purpose organisation, recently signed an agreement to run a project for 750 residents of Ghughumari Char, a remote island in Kurigram. 

Nagad Ltd has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Centre for Development Innovation and Practices (CDIP) to ease microcredit operations, said a press release. 

Alltex Industries Ltd made a profit in the financial year that ended on June 30.  

Cyclone Sitrang, which swept across Bangladesh last week, has caused losses of around Tk 350 crore for 150,000 farmers in almost half of the country, the agriculture ministry said yesterday.