The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) teamed up with Bengal Commercial Bank today to extend loan assistance to help cottage, small and medium entrepreneurs (CSMEs) run their businesses.

Four international trade shows on garment machinery and allied products began at the International Convention City, Bashundhara in Dhaka today.

Stocks in Bangladesh continued rising for the second consecutive day today while the turnover crossed Tk 500 crore at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) after a break of a month.

The commerce ministry today requested the Bangladesh Bank for keeping a certain quota of US dollar to facilitate import of six essential commodities to ensure smooth supply of the goods during Ramadan.

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) cannot monitor all companies properly due to a lack of manpower, said BSEC Chairman Prof Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam.

Stocks fell today after rising for two days while the turnover managed to cross the Tk 300 crore-mark again after a break of four trading days.

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) today approved the non-convertible bond of IFAD Autos worth Tk 300 crore.

Only 36 per cent of the 8.25 lakh tonnes of plastic waste Bangladesh produced in 2019 were recycled whereas the amount was 51 per cent in 2006, a matter of big concern for the country, an expert said today.

Six out of the 19 private inland container depots (ICDs) have once again come up as the major handler of export and import cargoes in the port city.

The fifth edition of the Bangladesh Capital Market Expo-2023 will start in Dhaka tomorrow at the Institution of Diploma Engineers, Bangladesh.

Local electronics giant Walton is all set to take part in the world’s most influential tech event ‘Consumer Electronics Show (CES)-2023’ at Las Vegas in the USA from January 5 to 8.

Stock trading started the day with a fall in the morning today as the investors are still suffering from confidence crisis.

Inflation eased for the fourth consecutive month as it hit 8.71 per cent in December thanks to the steady prices of most of the food items.

The Bangladesh Garments Workers Unity Council (BGWUC) today demanded that the monthly minimum salary of the garment workers to be hiked by 175 per cent to Tk 22,000 from the existing Tk 8,000.

The earning from merchandise export in December grew by 9.33 per cent year-on-year to $5.37 billion, a single month historic high of Bangladesh.

Bangladesh economy was all set at the beginning of 2022 to get its growth momentum back after recovering from the prolonged Covid-19 pandemic. But, the start of the Ukraine war in February slowed the country’s joy run significantly, making it an eventful year to remember. Let’s see how 2022 was for Bangladesh.

Bangladesh's stock market ended 2022 with a rising trend today.

The government today honoured 76 individual highest taxpayers, including Transcom Group Chairman Shahnaz Rahman, The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam, and Prothom Alo Editor Matiur Rahman, for depositing the highest amount of taxes to the state coffer in 2021-22 fiscal year.

A total of 97.4 per cent households have mobile phones in the country, but 63.1 per cent of them do not feel the need to use internet, according to the preliminary report of a national survey.

Stocks returned to the green today after falling for two consecutive days, but the turnover of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) experienced a fall.