The benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) continued to rise in the first hours of trading today.

The government has no plan to hike edible oil prices in the next 15 days as further review of the prices is needed, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said today.

The manufacturers of garment and its accessories today formed a joint committee to expedite export of apparel items.

Participation of investors in the stock market continued to rise yesterday in spite of apprehensions over deterioration of the pandemic.

The Covid-19 pandemic caused global investment activities to fall amid economic uncertainties, lockdowns, supply chain disruptions and postponement of investment by multinational enterprises.

The world’s top-selling carmaker Toyota said Tuesday it no longer expects to meet its annual production target with operations hampered by the global chip crunch.

Bangladesh needs to shift its product concentration to sectors like plastics and light engineering so that it can gradually move upwards in its industrialisation pathway, Senior Commerce Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh said yesterday.

Over the last year, the stock market regularly maintained a uniform rule for price discovery of companies willing to issue shares with premium prices instead of the fixed price method.

Ten new varieties of high-yielding paddy, including a zinc-enriched crop, have been registered and released for cultivation next season.

An intense competition is ongoing among private inland container depots (ICDs) to see who can handle the most import and export cargoes, which is helping ease congestion at Chittagong Port by facilitating the quick clearance of shipments.

Spending behind apparel and footwear in the US exceeded pre-pandemic levels in every month of 2021, says a new study by online personal styling service Stitch Fix. And this translates as good fortunes for Bangladeshi exporters.

Mutual Trust Bank (MTB) recently witnessed the appointment of its new group chief financial officer (CFO).

Bangladesh’s soybean imports will likely grow 33 per cent in marketing year (MY) 2021-22, beginning in October and ending in September, thanks to the increased oilseed crushing capacity of local mills.

Chattogram-based steel producer SS Steel recorded a marginal increase in its year-on-year earnings in the July-September period of 2021.

Bangladesh needs to shift its product concentration to sectors like light engineering so that it can gradually move upwards in its industrialisation pathway, Senior Commerce Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh said today.

Participation of investors in the stock market continued to rise today despite the fear of deterioration of the pandemic situation amid the bullish market.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has seen a massive surge in registrations for Taxpayer Identification Numbers (TIN) by companies, mainly due to its increased monitoring and efforts to bring all registered firms under the tax net.

As many as 77 per cent of chief executive officers (CEO) expect global economic growth to improve this year while only 15 per cent anticipate weaker conditions, as per a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) survey revealed yesterday.

Dhaka stocks finished higher yesterday as investors showed higher interest in telecommunication, pharma and banking shares.

Tulips are being grown all over Sharialjoth village in Tentulia upazila of Rangpur’s Panchagarh district in a bid to increase tourism and boost the regional economy, according to local officials.