Country’s leading online food and grocery delivery platform, foodpanda, has signed an agreement with Fresh Super Mart, a business unit of Meghna Group of Industries (MGI), to offer Fresh Super Mart’s everyday essentials through foodpanda’s q-commerce service.

LG Electronics Singapore Bangladesh Branch (LG) has named the winners of the “2026 LG Ambassador Challenge”, recognising five social impact projects aimed at improving the lives of underserved and marginalised communities across Bangladesh.

Seylon Tea has launched “SEYLON Amar Shahar Chattogram” at the Navy Convention Centre in Chattogram today, celebrating the port city’s history, heritage, culture, food, lifestyle and memories.

Banglalink, one of the country’s leading digital operators, has organised “Ethics & Compliance Week 2026” to promote ethics, integrity, transparency and responsible growth across its operations.

Sheraton Dhaka, a Marriott International property, is hosting “Nights in Istanbul”, a Turkish food festival celebrating Türkiye’s rich culinary heritage and authentic flavours.

The government has increased the maximum retail price of bottled soybean oil by Tk 5 to Tk 204 a litre, citing higher international prices and import costs.

Dhaka Bank PLC has signed an agreement with Visa, the global digital payment service provider, to accelerate the growth of Dhaka Bank’s Visa card portfolio and strengthen digital payment services in Bangladesh.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will provide a $50 million senior unsecured working capital solutions (WCS) facility to BRAC Bank PLC to expand financing for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Bangladesh, particularly women-led businesses and agricultural enterprises.

Eastern Bank PLC (EBL) has signed an agreement with Evercare Hospital Dhaka to provide its customers with privileges on specialised healthcare services.

Trust Bank PLC organised a conference on “Prevention of Money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism” in Chattogram, aimed at strengthening anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism practices and enhancing compliance awareness among officials of the bank’s Chattogram region.

Mutual Trust Bank PLC (MTB) has signed a participation agreement with Bangladesh Bank (BB) under the central bank’s Tk 41,000 crore financing package aimed at supporting productive and priority sectors of the country’s economy.

LafargeHolcim Bangladesh PLC (LHB), the country’s leading sustainable building materials manufacturer, yesterday launched its nationwide “Holcim Structural Excellence Awards 2026” at a hotel in Dhaka.

Around 18,000 customers applied to withdraw deposits totalling Tk 1,300 crore from Sammilito Islami Bank on the first day of accepting withdrawal applications, officials told The Daily Star.

The government has cancelled the contracts of the managing directors of three state-owned banks -- Agrani Bank, Bangladesh Development Bank Limited (BDBL) and BASIC Bank.

Elite Group of Industries has donated Tk 2 crore to the University of Dhaka to establish the “Elite Group Serajuddin and Rabeya Seraj Trust Fund”.

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has approved Dhaka Electric Supply Company Ltd (Desco) to issue 4.59 crore preference shares to the government, with a total face value of Tk 45.9 crore.

Masuduzzaman has been elected chairman of the executive committee of Citizens Bank PLC.

A delegation from the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, visited Prime Bank PLC’s corporate head office in Dhaka yesterday.

How long have you had the same mobile number? Five years, eight, ten? You have likely switched handsets, changed jobs, moved house, opened bank accounts and taken up mobile finance and online shopping.

A delegation from the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, visited Prime Bank PLC’s corporate head office in Dhaka today.