Md Shafayet Alam, executive director of Nagad, won the “Visionary Leader in Digital Finance” award by UK-based economy journal called Business Tabloid.

Bangladesh Army and US Army will host the 46th annual Indo-Pacific Army Management Seminar (IPAMS) at the Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel in Dhaka from September 12-15.

Genex Infosys Ltd has decided to renew its agreement with Banglalink Digital Communications Ltd to manage the customer experience operations of the mobile phone operator for another five years.  

The 59th Foundation Training Course for the business officers of Channel Banking Division of Bank Asia has been completed recently. 

IBN Sina Pharmaceutical Industry Ltd’s profit jumped nearly 24 per cent in the financial year that ended on June 30. 

Phoenix Finance & Investments Ltd incurred losses in the year that ended on December 31, 2021.  

Bangladesh and India will soon start holding negotiations on a bilateral comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA), announced Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India yesterday.

In an effort to fundraise for the Migrant Workers' Welfare Fund, HOME in Singapore, Summit with the Tagore Society Singapore organised a charity concert, said a press release.

Nagad, a mobile financial service provider of the Bangladesh Postal Department, launched a new 11 Nagad-Sheba points at different districts across the country.

Refrigerator brand Konka recently won the “2022 Peace of Mind Award” at the fifth Yunfeng Conference organised by the Interface News of Shanghai Newspaper Group.

Women in Bangladesh prefer Uber mainly for safety aspects and easy access, according to a report. 

Shamim Ahmed has been re-elected as president of the Bangladesh Plastic Goods Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BPGMEA) for a one-year term (2022-23).

The Regional Agricultural Research Centre of the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (Bari) in Jashore arranged a field day on Bari-invented hybrid summer tomato at Balrampur village of Bagharpara upazila on Saturday.

A former bureaucrat joined Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (Bida) as its new executive chairman yesterday for a three-year term. 

Fu-Wang Ceramic Industries, a listed ceramics maker with foreign and local shareholders, will invest Tk 650 crore to expand its tiles production capacity by about 15,000 square metres per day, according to a disclosure on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) yesterday.

The board of directors of export-oriented Envoy Textiles has been temporarily reconstituted until the disposal of a case filed by Abdus Salam Murshedy, former managing director and one of the founders of the company, along with some other directors, as per a High Court order issued last month.

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.   

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.