Default loans hit historic high of Tk 1,82,295 crore
6 June 2024, 10:51 AM
Business
‘Some traders exploiting onion price differences of India, Bangladesh’
11 December 2023, 13:09 PM
Business
Provati Insurance enters securities trading business
11 December 2023, 11:38 AM
Business
Nine building blocks for a future-proof digital bank
11 December 2023, 11:16 AM
Business
'Onion hoarders will be punished'
11 December 2023, 10:04 AM
Business
1.7 tonnes of onion found in shop with ‘No onion’ sign
10 December 2023, 15:20 PM
Business
Highest VAT depositor nine firms honoured
10 December 2023, 11:58 AM
Business
Renata all set to enter Australian pharma market
10 December 2023, 11:28 AM
Business
Single point mooring transports 60,000 tonnes diesel in 35 hours
9 December 2023, 14:17 PM
Business
ASM Mohiuddin Monem again becomes Cumilla’s top taxpayer
9 December 2023, 12:26 PM
Business
Euro zone investor morale rises to highest level since Feb 2018
Investor morale in the euro zone rose for the fourth month in a row in June, reaching its highest level since February 2018, lifted by reopening restaurants and tourism resuming as coronavirus cases fall, a survey showed on Monday.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
US officials up pressure on firms over cyberattacks
US officials on Sunday ratcheted up pressure on companies and foreign adversaries to fight cybercriminals, and said President Joe Biden is considering all options, including a military response, to counter the growing threat.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
China’s imports grow at fastest pace in decade as materials prices surge
China’s imports grew at their fastest pace in 10 years in May, fuelled by surging demand for raw materials, although export growth slowed more than expected amid disruptions caused by Covid-19 cases at the country’s major southern ports.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Take bold initiative to re-skill workforce
Bangladesh should sort out the problems facing the industrial sector, ensure wider use of technologies, and take a bold initiative to re-skill the workforce to address the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution, speakers said yesterday.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Lift VAT on crockery, plastic toys
`Plastic goods makers and exporters have demanded withdrawal of value-added tax (VAT) on crockery and plastic toys in the national budget for 2021-22 fiscal year.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Northern districts, the dark horse of local tea industry
Most of the land in Rangpur’s Panchagarh and Thakurgaon districts, particularly those that border India, were non-arable just a few decades ago, when the region closely resembled a desert of sand and stone.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Hili traders for limiting Indian truck entry
Bangladeshi exporters, importers and clearing and forwarding agents at Hili Land Port in Dinajpur’s Hakimpur upazila have announced that they would accept letting in just 50 goods-laden trucks from India from tomorrow to tackle the pandemic.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
BSRM Steel Mills merges with BSRM
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) yesterday approved the amalgamation of Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills (BSRM) and its sister concern BSRM Steel Mills.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Beximco wins Tk 356cr public works
Beximco Ltd has won three public work orders involving Tk 356.5 crore.
7 June 2021, 18:00 PM
BSRM Steel Mills merges with BSRM
The stock market regulator today approved the amalgamation of Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills (BSRM) Ltd and its sister concern BSRM Steel Mills Ltd.
7 June 2021, 15:07 PM
Google agrees to alter ad practices after France imposes fine
Alphabet's Google agreed to make changes to some of its widely-used online advertising services under an unprecedented settlement with France's antitrust watchdog released on Monday.
7 June 2021, 10:50 AM
Stocks fall, as investors booked profits
The stock market fell today thanks to the profit booking tendency of the investors.
7 June 2021, 10:28 AM
BEPZA signs $12m investment deal with 2 foreign companies
The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) has signed a couple of lease agreements, worth about US$12 million, with two foreign companies recently.
7 June 2021, 10:07 AM
Amend inconsistencies in present laws on VAT, income tax: ICMAB
The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) thinks there are some inconsistencies in the present laws on value-added tax and income tax.
7 June 2021, 09:30 AM
China's imports grow at fastest pace in decade as materials prices surge
China's imports grew at their fastest pace in 10 years in May, fuelled by surging demand for raw materials, although export growth slowed more than expected, weighed by disruptions caused by COVID-19 cases at the country's major southern ports.
7 June 2021, 07:16 AM
Yellen urges G7 to keep up fiscal support
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged other rich nations on Saturday to keep up spending to support their economies even as the Covid-19 pandemic wanes, and said US inflation this year would be elevated but transitory.
6 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Uttara Bank gets new vice chairman
Uttara Bank recently witnessed the appointment of a new vice chairman of its Board of Directors.
6 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Indian airline IndiGo reports fifth straight quarterly loss
Interglobe Aviation Ltd, which runs India’s biggest airline IndiGo, reported its fifth straight quarterly loss on Saturday, as the Covid-19 pandemic kept air travel well below normal levels.
6 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Reckitt to sell China baby formula business for $2.2b
British consumer goods maker Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc said on Saturday it was selling its infant formula and child nutrition (IFCN) business in China to investment firm Primavera Capital Group for an enterprise value of $2.2 billion.
6 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Biden rejects new Republican infrastructure offer
President Joe Biden and Republicans entered the weekend sharply at odds over how to craft an infrastructure deal that could satisfy their camps, imperiling the odds of a bipartisan deal.
6 June 2021, 18:00 PM