DHL Express announced price adjustments yesterday that will take effect on January 1, 2023. The average increase in Bangladesh will be 7.9 per cent compared to 2022, a press release said.

MetLife Bangladesh signed an agreement with online beauty and personal care platform Shajgoj recently to provide insurance coverage to its employees against accidents, disability, loss of life and medical emergencies. 

Brac recently signed an agreement with Guardian Life Insurance to introduce a “Chhaya– Savings Shield Insurance”, a monthly scheme for microfinance clients providing full maturity value to the nominee upon the demise of the depositor.  

The United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Grameen Euglena, a joint venture between Japan’s Euglena Co Ltd and Bangladesh’s Grameen Krishi Foundation, are collaborating on an initiative that supports smallholder farmers to cultivate mung beans.

Mutual funds will be a suitable alternative to fixed deposits as it is a good investment product that offers better returns, according to Prof Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam, chairman of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC).

TVS Motor Company launched a 160cc motorcycle in Bangladesh yesterday bearing an anti-lock braking system 

Justice League has a mammoth reputation for forming a huge part of the juniors’ childhoods. As they keep their eyes glued to all the Justice League movies and animated series, they emulate their favourite characters like Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and The Flash because they resonate with them so well. The idea of taking on the world with extraordinary powers is thrilling to these kids.

National Life Insurance Company recently signed an partnership agreement with Nagad to collection premiums through the mobile financial service provider. 

Refrigerator brand Konka won three awards in different categories at the China Refrigerator Industry Summit Forum-2022 in Beijing recently.

Samsung Electronics said Thursday it has joined the RE100 initiative to set net-zero targets by 2050 and ensure the full use of renewable energy, making a major shift in the IT devices manufacturing giant that consumed the largest amount of electricity in the world.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday said micro and small businesses that have no taxable income are not required to show proof of tax return submission to get up to Tk 20 lakh in loans.

Gava Private Limited, a company owned by Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and Switzerland, is going to invest $25.62 million at Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) to set up a garment manufacturing industry.

Bengal Commercial Bank and Trust Bank recently signed a sub-correspondent agreement on remittance transfer.

Bay Leasing & Investment Limited incurred losses in the financial year that ended on December 31, 2021.

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). 

InterContinental Dhaka has been voted winner of a 29th Annual World Travel Awards 2022 in categories “Bangladesh’s Leading Hotel 2022” and “Bangladesh’s Leading Hotel Suite 2022 - Presidential Suite”. 

Samsung Electronics, a South Korean multinational electronics corporation, yesterday launched a new line of televisions in Bangladesh through an event in Dhaka.

The Bangladesh Organisation of Learning and Development (BOLD), a platform for trainers, facilitators and coaches, in association with Universal College Bangladesh (UCB) organised a “BOLD Trainers’ Meet” on its premises yesterday with learning and development professionals. 

The country’s manufacturing and processing behemoth Pran-RFL Group has made a foray into mobile phone manufacturing to capture a slice of the rapidly expanding digital device market in Bangladesh. 

Standard Chartered Bangladesh has donated a pressure swing adsorption (PSA) medical oxygen generation plant to Thengamara Mahila Sabuj Sangha (TMSS) Medical College and Rafatullah Community Hospital in Bogura recently.