Six Bangladeshi companies today signed a land lease agreement with the Bangladesh Economic Zone Authority (Beza) to invest $457 million at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar in Chattogram and Sabrang Tourism Park in Cox's Bazar.

Midland Bank gets nod to raise Tk 70 crore through issuing seven crore ordinary shares in an initial public offering (IPO).

Both the turnover and the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) fall today amid thin participation of the investors.

As stakeholders’ expectations from businesses are changing rapidly, organisations are looking for the right ways to address the environmental and societal needs with appropriate governance. Here’s where the much-discussed ESG comes in.

People who subsist on paddy farming in the country’s northern districts, namely Bogura, Joypurhat, Gaibandha and Dinajpur, are currently in a vulnerable situation due to their prolonged struggle to make a profit from the crop amid rising labour costs.

Revenue collection by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) witnessed robust growth of 21 per cent in the July-August period of the current fiscal year thanks to the devaluation of taka, high inflationary pressure and expansion of the economy.

Uttara Finance and Investment has requested Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to prevent its former managing director, SM Shamsul Arefin, from leaving Bangladesh over his alleged involvement in scams.

Bangladesh’s export processing zones (EPZs) passed a spectacular period last fiscal year. 

Three private firms will invest around Tk 2,000 crore collectively to connect Bangladesh with at least three more submarine communication cables, in a development that would ensure smooth supply of bandwidth amid surging internet use.

Undergoing uncertainties for high raw material prices and foreign currency rates, the country’s steel industry still has a good future as infrastructure demand is booming while the economy resilient, said experts and manufacturers at a conference yesterday. 

Mercantile Bank recently launched 25 agent banking outlets across the country. 

The chief executive officer for Asia at Standard Chartered, Benjamin Hung, arrived in Dhaka earlier this week on his first two-day official visit to Bangladesh. 

Standard Chartered Bangladesh and LankaBangla Securities signed an agreement recently to offer a digital platform enabling capital market investors to transfer funds to their beneficiary owners (BO) account.  

Although turnover of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) soared to its highest in a year yesterday, around 40 per cent stocks had no buyer. 

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is working to hand over $2 billion in loan assistance to Bangladesh by the current fiscal year, ADB Country Director Edimon Ginting said today.

Six Bangladeshi companies have showed their interest to invest $457 million at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar in Chattogram and Sabrang Tourism Park in Cox’s Bazar.

Stocks of Orion Infusion soared more than five times in recent months despite having low earnings per share and repeated warnings from the company that it has no undisclosed information that could have spurred such an abnormal rise.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday issued guidelines for the rollout of green bonds to facilitate sustainable investment of banks and non-banks to tackle the adverse impacts of climate change. 

The High Court-appointed board of directors of beleaguered e-commerce platform Evaly has ‘resigned’, said a member of the board.

Six Bangladeshi companies have showed their interest to invest $457 million at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar in Chattogram and Sabrang Tourism Park in Cox’s Bazar.