The central bank has asked Islamic Finance and Investment Ltd (IFIL) not to recruit Chowdhury Manzoor Liaquat as its managing director.

The government plans to raise its economic growth target to 7.5 per cent for the next fiscal year, banking on the recovery of business activities and rising export earnings.

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) can approve a company’s proposal to raise funds from the capital market within two weeks, provided the firms produce the required documents, according to a senior official of the regulator.

Bangladesh Bank has decided to roll out a stimulus package of Tk 500 crore to support people who migrated back to their villages due to the ongoing economic hardship.

United Commercial Bank Ltd (UCB) recently promoted Arif Quadri to the position of managing director .

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) will approve application of any company’s initial public offering within two weeks if it submits papers properly, top officials of the commission said yesterday.

Rizwan Rahman, managing director of ETBL Securities & Exchange Ltd, has been re-elected as the president of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) for 2022.

The United Commercial Bank (UCB) has decided to issue the fifth subordinated bond worth Tk 1,000 crore for seven years to strengthen the capital base of the lenders.

Switzerland will invest Tk 1,100 crore (Swiss Franc 119 million) in Bangladesh to support the country’s successful LDC graduation, promote a just and resilient society, and contribute to peaceful coexistence.

Former Commissioner of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Prof Swapan Kumar Bala breathed his last today.

The Dhaka stocks have so far maintained a rising trend today as general investors are hoping to see a better scenerio in the days to come.

The IMF said Monday it had approved the fifth and final round of debt relief under a program meant to help the world’s poorest nations weather the Covid-19 pandemic.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) puts the onus back on business enterprises themselves. Under this concept, it becomes the duty of businesses to be conscious of the kind of impact they have on various aspects of society from the economic, social, and environmental perspectives.

Turnover in the domestic stock market nearly hit an eight-month low yesterday as investors are avoiding trade amid fears of a fresh wave of Covid-19 infections, according to analysts.

Realtors in Bangladesh have sold around 10,000 flats so far this year as customers shrugged off pandemic fallout and the government keeps extending the amnesty to the investment of untaxed money in the housing sector.

Refunds continue to remain ever elusive for e-commerce customers who were not delivered products against advance payments, with the process facing a new hiccup yesterday.

Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Spotify, Disney+, perhaps even a bit of HBO Max -- one must have them all to be a regular everyday netizen.

The Republic of Korea has agreed to give Bangladesh $100 million in concessional loan from the Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) to help the south Asian economy recover from the pandemic.

The turnover of the Dhaka stocks dropped to eight months’ low though the market index returned to a rising trend today after a fall in the last couple of days.

The finance ministry has ordered Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) to go for stricter monitoring to prevent manipulations in the market if there is any.