The index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) dropped for the second consecutive day today though the turnover of the country’s premier bourse just crossed Tk 500 crore mark.

Chattogram Customs House has seized a consignment of Sagar Jute Diversified Industries, as the Narayanganj-based export-oriented company has been trying to shipped goods 16 times lower goods than declaration.

A Canada-China owned company will invest $5.74 million to set up a diversified product manufacturing industry in Bepza Economic Zone.

Bank Asia has organised an orientation programme for its newly appointed management trainees and probationary officers at the Bank Asia Institute of Training and Development (BAITD) in Lalmatia, Dhaka on Monday.

Dhaka Bank Ltd recently signed an agreement with Canadian University of Bangladesh (CUB) to provide banking facilities to the students of the university.

One Bank recently signed an agreement with Academia on digitisation of payment collection and operational management through OK EMS (Education Management Solution).

Shares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) extended losses yesterday as persisting uncertainty over the global economy and the commodity market volatility keep hurting investors’ sentiment.

With litchi season creeping ever closer, farmers in Dinajpur are spending busy days caring for their orchards in order to ensure maximum output of the mouth-watering tropical fruit, weather permitting.

Entrepreneurs should seek services of all sorts and make full use of the convenience offered by Bangladesh Investment Development Authority’s (Bida) One Stop Service (OSS) to reduce the hassle they face in doing business, suggested Bida Executive Chairman Md Sirazul Islam yesterday.

In spite of the government fixing edible oil prices recently, the prices of loose soybean oil and palm oil have gone up at both retail and wholesale markets due to a supply crisis.

To promote microinsurance and agriculture and livestock insurance, analysts yesterday called for forming a policy guideline, reducing value added tax, providing subsidies and developing actuarial capabilities of the insurance regulator.

The government is going to recognise 66 exporters with a “National Export Trophy” for being the highest foreign currency earner of the country in the 2017-18 financial year.

The current account deficit in Bangladesh is expected to widen to 2.7 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) in the current fiscal year from 0.9 per cent a year ago because of escalating imports and a decline in remittance.

Six months after landing in jail in cases filed over allegations of embezzlement of customers’ money, e-commerce platform Evaly’s Chairman Shamima Nasrin walked out of jail yesterday.

Md Sirazul Islam, executive chairman of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA), today suggested the private sector entrepreneurs to utilise the One Stop Services (OSS) offered by the BIDA in order to reduce hassles in business.

The key indices of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) extended losses today as persisting uncertainty over the global economy and the commodity market volatility keep hurting investors’ sentiment.

Walton Hi-Tech Industries PLC said today it has won the tender to procure more than 50 years long-established European brands ACC, Zanussi Elettromeccanica (ZEM) and Verdichter (VOE) from Italia Wanbao-ACC.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has forecasted that Bangladesh’s gross domestic product (GDP) would continue to maintain the similar strong growth at 6.9 percent this fiscal year (2021-22) as it did in the previous FY.

Planning Minister MA Mannan yesterday ruled out the possibility of a Sri Lanka like situation in Bangladesh as the country’s economic stability is still strong.

Washington has asked Dhaka to improve labour conditions in response to Bangladesh seeking reinstatement of the GSP facility, which was suspended in 2013, and investments in infrastructure, blue economy, IT and pharmaceuticals.