Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) need unified business development support to improve the MSME ecosystem in Bangladesh, experts said at a programme.

Dhaka and Chattogram stock exchanges ended the week in black although most shares on the bourses fell yesterday.  

Bangladesh Bank yesterday claimed that it would allow the market, meaning demand and supply, to fix the exchange rate of the US dollar against the local taka.

Four days ago, two pairs of brown farmed eggs were sold at Tk 38 in three kitchen markets across Dhaka.

What is the maximum amount of money a person would be willing to spend on a single citrus fruit? If you guessed between Tk 15 and Tk 40, you would be dead wrong.

Muhammed Aziz Khan, chairman of Summit Group, was named the 42nd richest man in Singapore on the Forbes’ list for 2022.   

India yesterday slapped a 20 per cent export duty on a number of rice grades to discourage the shipment of the grain to tame prices in the domestic market, a move that may have repercussions in importing nations such as Bangladesh.  

Fuel oil prices will be reduced further in the country soon, Planning Minister MA Mannan said yesterday.

India’s offer of free transit will expand the regional and sub-regional market for Bangladesh’s exporters since it would allow them to ship goods to countries such as Nepal and Bhutan, said officials, economists and businessmen. 

Bangladesh has the potential to generating over 4,000 megawatts of electricity from rooftop solar panels, said Alamgir Morshed, executive director and CEO of Infrastructure Development Company Limited (Idcol).

Dhaka and Chattogram stock exchanges ended the week in black although most shares on the bourses fell today.

The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) rose today.

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) rose for the third consecutive day today.

The One Stop Service (OSS) of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (Bida) is yet to meet expectations due to non-cooperation of some entities, said Md Sirazul Islam, whose tenure as its executive chairman ended last week. 

Grameenphone lost 8 lakh customers in July as the country’s top mobile network provider is starting to feel the pinch of a ban on new SIM sales imposed by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).

Bangladesh’s garment manufacturers are pinning their hopes on the burgeoning Asian markets and the growing use of non-cotton apparel items to elevate their export earnings to $100 billion by 2030. 

NRB Bank has re-elected the chairman of its executive committee. 

Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) Bangladesh, which connects Bangladeshi entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship support organisations and ecosystem enablers, has nominated a managing director recently. 

State-run Probashi Kallyan Bank appointed a new managing director on Tuesday. 

Dhaka Bank and Mutual Trust Bank recently signed an agreement with bKash to offer digital savings schemes through the mobile financial service provider’s app.