Dhaka stocks fell today after rising for six consecutive days thanks to the profit-taking tendency of the investors.

Shares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) opened higher today, the first trading day of the week, extending the gains to the seventh straight session.

The use of surface water has become the ultimate solution for irrigating croplands across the country as depleting underground reserves amid lesser rainfall and higher fuel costs have left farmers with little option.

Let me start by thanking the central bank for its recent circular on the foreign currency cash holding limit. This should help us not to dollarise our economy and face the fate of Cambodia, where a lot of people have forgotten their local currency’s name over the years.  

Irrigation by surface water is steadily expanding in different parts of the country while the use of groundwater is declining thanks to the government’s move to re-excavate canals and build rubber dams.

Import of raw materials used in manufacturing cement has increased in recent months in spite of the items turning pricier. 

Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) is in discussions with SGS Group and Nippon Express Bangladesh to build a technological ecosystem for smart warehousing facilities and intelligent quality control systems for the country’s first commodities exchange, or futures market. 

In 2011, state-owned Telephone Shilpa Sangstha (TSS) made Bangladesh proud by assembling the country’s first laptop, showing promises to deliver the device at an affordable price and help the government to implement its digitalisation agenda.   

NCC Bank has re-elected its chairman, Md Abul Bashar, for the next one year and elected a vice-chairman, Sohela Hossain. 

A committee yesterday suggested the government come up with alternatives to cash incentives on export receipts since Bangladesh will not be allowed to support its exporters in the current form after its graduation to a developing country. 

Social Marketing Company (SMC) has appointed Toslim Uddin Khan as its new acting managing director and chief executive officer.

Brac Bank and Technical Training Centre (TTC) Bogura recently signed an agreement enabling the centre’s students to pay admission and other fees through the bank’s agent banking channel. 

One Bank has achieved an International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) certificate from UK-based inspection company Intertek on fulfilling standards requirements for information security management systems. 

The Bangladesh Business Awards ceremony began today at the Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden in the capital to honour the country's businesses for their exemplary contributions to the economy in 2021.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has sought cooperation from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) to establish lab facilities at land, sea and international airports. 

Necessary steps should be taken to ensure food safety and address challenges in the country’s poultry sector, which is a major source of nutrition for the general people, according to experts at a roundtable on Tuesday.

The Dutch government has teamed up with some Bangladeshi companies to invest 6 million euros to ensure sustainable growth of Bangladesh’s aquaculture sector. 

Rafiqul Islam, a resident of Rajshahi’s Durgapur upazila, is breaking the mould when it comes to mango farming as he cultivates a non-traditional variety of the fruit called Katimon that grows year-round.

The last two trial runs aimed at the transit of Indian goods between Kolkata and north-eastern states of the country using Chattogram port in Bangladesh will take place next week.

Familytex (BD), a listed textile company, lied in its initial public offering (IPO) prospectus by saying that one of its sponsors was a South Korean national in a bid to create a positive impression among general investors, according to a probe.