Runner Automobiles PLC and a2i (Aspire to Innovate) have planned to jointly conduct research to develop a state-of-the-art automobile industry in the country and for the manufacture of environment-friendly vehicles. 

Daraz Bangladesh, the biggest online shopping platform in the country, said products worth about Tk 320 crore were sold through its flagship campaign that started on November 11, underscoring the company’s solidified position in the local e-commerce market.

A team from the Institute of Business Administration under the University of Dhaka became the champion of Unilever Bangladesh’s “BizMaestros 2022” trophy.

Rahima Food Corporation Limited’s profit quadrupled in the last financial year as it returned to production.

Ambee Pharmaceuticals Limited returned to profit in the financial year that ended on June 30.

Bangladesh won an award at a South Asian Travel Awards 2022 in the category of the “Emerging Destination Award-Visitors Choice” in the Maldives recently.

Sonali Bank signed an agreement with Bangladesh-China Power Company (Pvt) Ltd (BCPCL) to hold and maintain the accounts of the bank centring the under-construction Payra 1,320MW thermal power plant project in Patuakhali with the financial assistance of lender the Export-Import Bank of China. 

Prime Bank recently signed an agreement with Ananta Group to provide a digital nano financing solution to factory workers through a new app, “PrimeAgrim”. 

Banks will be able to get back a majority of loans from a Bangladesh Bank credit guarantee scheme (CGS) if borrowers default on loans taken from a small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) refinance scheme of Tk 25,000 crore.

Bertelsmann will owe Paramount a USD 200 million break-up fee as a result of the transaction falling apart.

Delta Life Insurance Company organised a programme to celebrate its “three decades of excellence” in the field of life insurance of the country.

Central Pharmaceuticals Limited posted losses in the first quarter of the current financial year of 2022-23. 

Orion Pharma Ltd’s profit more than doubled in the July-September quarter of the ongoing financial year of 2022-23.  

Brac Bank won the Data Champion Award from New York-based Financial Alliance for Women, which works for knowledge sharing, capacity building and research to promote women’s banking across the globe.

Agricultural Marketing Company Ltd (Pran) posted a 10 per cent decline in profit to Tk 1.56 crore in the July-September quarter of 2022-23.   

Renata Ltd reported a 10 per cent fall in profit in the first quarter of the current financial year of 2022-23.

Beximco Pharmaceuticals raked in Tk 144.54 crore profit in the July-September quarter of the current financial year of 2022-23. 

EC Organic Products Ltd (ECOPL), a subsidiary of East Coast Group (ECG), has launched the finest varieties of halal olive oils for the first time in Bangladesh recently.

The Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) can meet just 16 per cent of the total demand for loans among rural people across Bangladesh, according to Nomita Halder, managing director of the state-run financial institution.

Apex Footwear Limited’s profit rose 11.25 per cent year-on-year to Tk 3.15 crore in the first quarter of the current financial year of 2022-23.