If you travel through the canals of southern Barishal, particularly those in the Pirojpur and Jhalkathi districts, you will see hog plum fields on either side with trawlers and trucks filled with the fruit passing alongside.

For the first time, the government has framed a separate policy for marine fishing in order to ensure sustainable fishing and conserve the resources through proper management, according to a notification from the fisheries and livestock ministry.

The immigration service of Bangladesh Police has imposed an embargo on Pritish Kumar Sarker, a former managing director of the FAS Finance and Investment, from leaving Bangladesh over his alleged involvement in financial scams. 

Sweater suppliers in Bangladesh are witnessing relatively a dull season because of a longer-than-usual dry spell in European countries and the higher cost of living fueled by the Russian-Ukraine war. 

Bangladesh Bank yesterday announced that makers of prefabricated steel structures will now have almost a year to clear their letters of credit for raw material imports in a bid to facilitate growth in the industry.

Summit Power Ltd (SPL) posted a 26.28 per cent lower profit in the financial year that ended on June 30.    

Since I started my consultancy operation, my initial focus was on the areas of digital transformation of banks.    

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday urged Bangladesh to double its efforts in enhancing project implementation so that potential benefits of any development can come early.

Bangladesh Bank yesterday said local banks would be able to maintain accounts in Chinese yuan or renminbi with their corresponding lenders or branches abroad so as to help local businesses settle transactions for foreign trade using the currency. 

Bangladesh Bank yesterday reiterated that it does not allow holding or trading of any kind of virtual coin or cryptocurrency in the country. 

Riding on strong demand for apparel items made in Bangladesh, the shipment of garments to Japan, a promising Asian export destination, rose 25.81 per cent year-on-year to $217.53 million in July-August.

Islami Commercial Insurance Company has received the nod to raise Tk 20.26 crore in funds from the stock market through initial public offering (IPO). 

Premier Bank has achieved an international organisation for standardisation (ISO) certification for the implementation of an information security management system. 

Most stocks on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) were left without a buyer yesterday over convictions that those were not deserving of the prevalent prices and the figures would have further dropped had the floor price been not in place. 

Increased use of Saidpur airport by the neighbouring countries, including Bhutan, will increase Bangladesh’s regional trade, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said today.

Eastern Bank is going to issue non-convertible, unsecured and fully-redeemable floating rate subordinated bond worth Tk 500 crore. 

Brac Bank conducted a training with technical assistance from Bangladesh Bank for 50 promising entrepreneurs. 

Bangladesh Bank has once again asked all to refrain from doing trading of any kind of virtual coin or cryptocurrency in the country.

Bangladeshi banks can now maintain account in Chinese Yuan Renminbi (CNY) with their correspondent lenders or branches abroad to help local businesses settle foreign trade with that currency.

South Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics today launched a new line of televisions for the Bangladesh market through an event in Dhaka.