City Bank has recently joined Net-Zero Banking Alliance, a platform of banks worldwide representing almost 40 per cent of global banking assets and committed to align lending and investment portfolios with net-zero emissions by 2050.

Brac Bank has contributed 5 per cent of its total corporate social responsibility (CSR) budget for 2022 to the Prime Minister’s education assistance trust (EAT).

On 20th April, BAT Bangladesh, one of the country’s leading multinational companies, launched its first-ever Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report for 2021. The report was launched at an event in Hotel Sonargaon in presence of several esteemed guests, representing both the public and private sectors. Introducing the concept of ESG in Bangladesh, BAT Bangladesh is proud to be the 1st organisation to launch an ESG report in the country.

Shareholders of Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd (DBBL) have approved a 27.5 per cent dividend for 2021 as it made higher profits.

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has appointed two independent directors at Keya Cosmetics to improve corporate governance in the company.

Singer Bangladesh yesterday launched a “Green Inverter Plus Smart” series air conditioner with voice control features.

The Bangladesh Bank yesterday asked banks to take insurance coverage against their financing to exporters in a bid to minimise default risk of loans.

For the blessed month of Ramadan, Wagely, an employee financial wellbeing platform organised a campaign called “Month of Blessings”, that allows the middle and low-income workers of Bangladesh and Indonesia to access their Eid Ul Fitr Festival Allowance before payday.

Standard Chartered Bangladesh has established a host-to-host integration solution for multinational feed company Suguna Food and Feeds Bangladesh Private (Suguna).

Brac Bank has promoted its head of treasury and financial institutions to the post of deputy managing director (DMD).

Investors should focus on the stocks with good fundamentals instead of making bets on speculative securities and worrying too much about global scenario and their impacts on the market, said Shekh Mohammad Rashedul Hasan, managing director of UCB Asset Management.

Profits of Walton fell in the January-March period of 2022 due to a hike in global raw material prices and higher shipping charges.

As Bangladesh prepares to graduate into a developing country, its Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has said his country is keen to clinch a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) or Free Trade Agreement (FTA) not only with India but also with Indonesia and Sri Lanka in a year.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has launched a hotline, 16134, providing services related to an Automated System for Customs Data (Asycuda) and customs.

Urban areas around the world continue to suffer from various forms of pollution and abnormal rise in temperature. Natural disasters only add to our woes. You don’t have to look far to find such a place, as our very own Dhaka has the notorious reputation of being the city with the worst air quality in the world.

Nestle on Thursday confirmed it expects to grow sales around 5 per cent and keep margins broadly stable this year after higher pet food, dairy and coffee prices did not deter consumers in the first quarter, forecasting more price increases ahead.

European dairy cooperative Arla Foods, producer of milk powder brand Dano, and Dutch corporation Royal DSM are set to start a pilot project on feeding 10,000 dairy cows across three European countries a methane reducing feed additive Bovaer.

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has raised the market circuit breaker’s lower limit to 5 per cent from existing 2 per cent with effect from today.

When the stock market goes through a bearish trend, the regulator usually prods institutional investors, mostly unofficially, to pour money to revive it and some of them respond positively.  

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) yesterday served show cause notices to 15 stockbrokers for placing aggressive orders for selling shares.