Visitors’ hands are being sanitised at entrances while toilets kept clean at Amar Ekushey Book Fair-2022 by its official hygiene partners Dettol and Harpic, brands of Reckitt Benckiser Bangladesh.

Brac Bank will host a special training programme for the new and upcoming entrepreneurs in cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises (CMSMEs) to help them hone business knowledge and managerial skills so that they can run businesses properly.

Praava Health is running the government’s expanded programme on immunisation (EPI) at its family healthcare centre in the capital’s Banani every Saturday from 9:00am to 3:00pm.

Steel makers in Bangladesh have urged the government to provide them an additional five years to help them repay their existing long-term loans through equated monthly installments.

Turnover at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) plunged to its lowest level this year as investors remain cautious over the central bank’s directive on the exposure limit of non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs).

The  Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSC) can now use the  Document Verification System (DVS) to confirm the authenticity of  audited financial statements of registered businesses.

Textile millers yesterday demanded the withdrawal of tax on the import of man-made fibre and reduction of VAT on the sales of the item in the local markets as the consumption of the artificial raw material is rising globally.

Farmers in char areas of Brahmaputra river in Chilmari upazila are spending Tk 83 for a litre diesel to irrigate their boro land instead of the government-fixed rate of Tk 80 enjoyed by mainland farmers.

Amid higher inflation, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) yesterday called for cutting duties and taxes, both at import and domestic levels, for key essential commodities to provide respite to low and limited income families.

Chaldal, the country’s largest online grocery store, has recently received the no-objection certificate (NOC) from the Bangladesh Bank to develop its subsidiary, Chaldal Payments, as a payment service provider (PSP).

A total of 1,000 acres of land in Araihazar upazila of Narayanganj has been prepared for a special economic zone (SEZ) dedicated to Japanese investors, according to Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal.

The government has taken an initiative to roll out bancassurance for the first time in the country with a view to bringing ordinary citizens under insurance coverage through banks.

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming has said the rapidly developing economy of Bangladesh is an attractive investment destination for Chinese investors.

The development of 1,000 acres of land in Araihazar of Narayanganj has been completed for Japanese investors, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said today.

Stocks bounced back today after declining for three consecutive days.

A universal pension scheme for citizens of Bangladesh will be launched in six months-one year, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said today.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) and the Venture Capital & Private Equity Association of Bangladesh (VCPEAB) will work together to develop startups, and attract local and foreign venture capital investment.

Annually churning out some Tk 65 crore worth of products, businesses at the industrial estate of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) in Pirojpur are incurring extra expenses for the lack of direct road connectivity.

Sri Lanka’s inflation hit a record high for the fourth consecutive month, official data showed Tuesday as an economic crisis driven by a crippling foreign exchange shortage worsens.

United Commercial Bank (UCB) has decided to form a subsidiary in Singapore to acquire a remittance business.