Major General Abul Kalam Mohammad Ziaur Rahman has been appointed as executive chairman of the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (Bepza) in place of the outgoing Major General Md Nazrul Islam.

Walton has firm determination to build a suitable environment for future generations through environmental protection, said Golam Murshed, managing director of Walton Hi-Tech Industries Ltd.

The World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) has partnered with South Africa’s Liquid Intelligent Technologies to expand data centre capacity and roll out fibre-optic cable on the continent, the groups said in a joint statement on Monday.

Exim Bank has received the “2021 US Dollar Clearing Elite Quality Recognition” award from the JP Morgan Chase Bank for its outstanding achievement of “Best-in-Class MT202”.

Sonali Bank Ltd recently witnessed the promotion of a new deputy managing director.

MTB Foundation in collaboration with the Faculty of Business Studies of the University of Dhaka has recently launched the “Niloufer Manzur Memorial Scholarship” in honour of the founding principal of Sunbeams School, Niloufer Manzur, with a view to recognising the significant contributions made by the renowned academic.

Online food and grocery delivery platform foodpanda has recently introduced a new logistics service “pandago”. 

Most listed multinationals logged higher profits during this year’s July-September quarter, compared to the same period a year ago, riding on increased sales in the last two months of the quarter following a three-week countrywide lockdown in July.

The leading name in the country’s paint solutions industry – Berger Paints Bangladesh Ltd (BPBL) – has signed the country’s football sensation Jamal Bhuyan as its new brand ambassador today.

With the view of International Rural Women's Day on 15 October, 'Alokito Grameen Nari Shommanona 2021' was organised by Alokito Shishu and Volunteer Opportunities with the support of 'Manusher Jonno Foundation' and 'UK Aid' today on 5th November 2021.

On 4 November 2021, Winrock International’s Ashshash project collaboratively organized a stakeholder engagement session with the National Association of Small Cottage Industries of Bangladesh (NASCIB) and the Bangla-German Sampreeti (BGS), with the intent to empower human trafficking survivors at Cox’s Bazar. The notion of empowering this vulnerable group in a sustainable manner was predominantly centered on economic and financial aspects.

Bangladesh should strengthen the local government institutions like Zila Parishad to ensure the development, leaving no one behind at Upazila and Union level and help the country to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, said speakers at a national workshop, held on November 04 at a hotel in Dhaka.

Rupali Bank Ltd has recently witnessed the promotion of its two new deputy managing directors. 

German national carrier Lufthansa said Wednesday that it was back in the black in the third quarter of this year -- for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic -- as restrictions are lifted and air travel takes off again.

Bangladesh’s largest industrial enclave, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar (BSMSN) in Mirsarai, Chattogram, is finally going to witness the commissioning of its maiden factory this month.

The Bangladesh Bank yesterday ordered Union Capital Ltd not to disburse any loans exceeding Tk 1 crore after the non-bank financial institution repeatedly failed to repay depositors despite their funds reaching maturity.

Arla Foods Bangladesh Ltd, producer of milk powder brand Dano, yesterday announced to have informed about 1.3 million people in 1,845 areas, including 202 garment factories, about the benefits and nutrition of milk.

The US has provided $121 million in financial assistance for disbursement among small and medium enterprises, especially rural ones, affected by the pandemic’s severe fallout under a corporate social responsibility programme, said the US ambassador to Bangladesh yesterday.

On the occasion of National Youth Day celebrated on November 01, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Grameenphone joined up to establish an alliance called "Future Nation" for realizing the full potential of the demographic dividend of the youth population of Bangladesh.  

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Bangladesh Debate Federation (BDF) jointly launched the “Youth Against Corruption” campaign on the National Youth Day (01 November) to transform the youth of Bangladesh as advocates for anti-corruption.