Ctg port on highest security alert for Cyclone Remal

All operational activities, including loading, unloading and delivery of cargo, were suspended at the Chattogram port yesterday morning as the port authority issued its highest security alert No 4 as a safety measure against Cyclone Remal.
27 May 2024, 00:00 AM

Pharma Aids to buy Tk 11.38cr land for expansion

Glass ampoule manufacturer Pharma Aids is going to purchase 103 decimals of land at a cost of Tk 11.38 crore with the aim of expanding its business and modernising its manufacturing unit.
26 May 2024, 18:30 PM

Garment export to EU slightly up in July-April

Garment export to the European Union (EU) in the July-April period of the current fiscal year grew by 3.66 percent from that in the corresponding period of last fiscal year to reach $19.90 billion.
26 May 2024, 18:00 PM

Payment for foreign loans surges 44% in Jul-Apr

The principal amount plus interest payments for foreign debt rose to $2.81 billion this year, up from previous year’s $1.95 billion
26 May 2024, 14:41 PM

‘Bangladesh hardly utilising Asian regional trade potential’

Finds a study conducted by former Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman
26 May 2024, 13:23 PM

Mobile operators allowed to pay spectrum fee in taka

The telecom regulator has decided to allow mobile phone operators to pay spectrum acquisition fees in the local currency, a relief for them as the US dollar has become costlier to a large extent.
25 May 2024, 18:00 PM

Tk 13 crore goods sold at SME fair

Entrepreneurs bagged orders worth Tk 20 crore
25 May 2024, 14:35 PM

Feni has potential to be an industrial hub: analysts

The ERD, Feni administration organised a workshop on sustainable LDC graduation
25 May 2024, 14:02 PM

Cut spending to save money: Wahiduddin Mahmud

Implementing development project with borrowed money not a good idea, he said at a debate contest of the Debate for Democracy
25 May 2024, 12:22 PM

7th edition of INFOCOM to begin in Dhaka this afternoon

The event from Anandabazar Patrika brings together 50 speakers from government, business, IT, media, academia and other leaders from Bangladesh and India
24 May 2024, 06:57 AM

Dhaka Motor Show begins in Purbachal

175 companies from 17 countries are taking part in the show
23 May 2024, 14:11 PM

Bangladesh can ship $1 billion woollen sweaters by 2030: exporters

Two Uruguayan wool exporters are currently visiting Bangladesh
23 May 2024, 12:50 PM

Forex reserves rise by $180 million in a week

Reserves hit $18.61 billion on May 21, up from $18.43 billion on May 15
23 May 2024, 12:24 PM

BSEC honours 8 stock market intermediaries

They were awarded with the Independence Golden Jubilee Award 2023
23 May 2024, 10:38 AM

Shipping cost keeps upward trend as Red Sea Crisis lingers

Shafiur Rahman, regional operations manager of G-Star in Bangladesh, needs to send 6,146 pieces of denim trousers weighing 4,404 kilogrammes from a Gazipur-based garment factory to Amsterdam of the Netherlands.
22 May 2024, 15:57 PM

Visa's digital payments rise 25% during Ramadan 2024

70% of the digital payments came through ecommerce
22 May 2024, 11:57 AM

Productivity and salaries boosted in sectors exposed to AI: study

Sectors exposed to artificial intelligence (AI) are seeing rising productivity and faster growth in salaries, a PwC study published on Tuesday said, even as the technology provokes job insecurity concerns.
22 May 2024, 10:10 AM

Laptops may be cheaper in FY2025

The government is planning to reduce duties on imported laptops next fiscal year in order to make the devices more affordable and bring relief to freelancers and students.
22 May 2024, 01:00 AM

Industrial output growth lowest since pandemic. Here's why

Bangladesh's factory output grew 6.66 percent in the current fiscal year, the slowest pace of expansion since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country, as the stubbornly high inflation hurt domestic demand and the shipment of export-oriented goods slowed.
22 May 2024, 00:00 AM

21 life insurers failing to comply with securities investment rule

Twenty-one life insurance companies in Bangladesh have failed to comply with the rule that makes it mandatory for them to invest 30 percent of their assets in government securities, the regulator has found.
21 May 2024, 19:20 PM