Unilever Bangladesh Ltd (UBL) and Brac signed a memorandum of understanding at the former’s corporate office in Dhaka yesterday to launch a hand hygiene programme of UBL brand Lifebuoy for schoolchildren. 

Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd (DMTCL) and advertising agency Mediacom Ltd have signed an agreement on inside branding services for advertising campaigns within metro rail.

Bangladesh’s cotton imports are likely to drop in the marketing year 2023-24 beginning from August because of lower consumption, said the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) last week.

There is no compelling reason to reduce the number of internet packages to 40 or discontinue three-day and seven-day packages and such a move would restrict customer choice, said a top official of a mobile operator. 

Concord Entertainment Company Ltd recently organised “Bruvana Go-Kart Challenge 2023” at Xtreme Racing Bangladesh’s go-kart track in Ashulia, next to Fantasy Kingdom. 

In recent times, we have observed a notable trend in Bangladesh’s professional landscape: an increasing exodus of skilled individuals seeking opportunities abroad, be it higher studies or better careers. Despite facing multiple hardships across living and professional development, this phenomenon is growing. One can easily ask: what are the intricate factors underpinning this migration?

Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserve fell by almost $1.47 billion in a span of eight days

While a number of blue chip stocks are trading at less than Tk 60 at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), shares of a company recently found to be non-existent were trading at Tk 195.6 yesterday.

A uniform exchange rate has remained a far cry in Bangladesh despite banks moving to embrace a single rate of the US dollar amid a deepening shortage of the American greenback.

The scale of the immediate but devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on Bangladesh’s economy emerged for the first time after the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) published the quarterly data of the GDP to meet IMF’s conditions.

Refiners in Bangladesh yesterday cut the price of soybean oil by Tk 5 and palm oil by Tk 4 a litre after edible oil prices declined in the international market.

Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) yesterday targeting to get green garment manufacturing companies listed.

A supportive economic policy, diversification of export products, innovation in products and domestic resource mobilisation are needed for further economic growth in Bangladesh, said Adnan Khan, chief economist of the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. 

Standard Chartered Bangladesh joined the “Regional Climate Summit 2023” as a sustainable investment partner of the programme.

The Commonwealth Trade and Investment Forum concluded yesterday with the promise of enhancing cross-border investment to flourish economies in the bloc.

The simplification of customs clearance processes is needed for the improvement of the logistics sector in Bangladesh, analysts told a seminar yesterday. 

Apparel shipment worth $26.78 billion from Bangladesh might be affected due to extreme weather conditions like heat and floods by 2030, according to a study of Cornell University in the US.

A teacher was once pranked by two students. They tricked him into thinking that he was experiencing a 5G-enabled VR application that turned out to be a nightmare. They hacked into his smartphone and VR headset to create a customised frightful VR environment and recorded his reactions as he suffered in the VR world.

In order to increase the capacity of gas and fuel import, processing, and storage, an "Oil and Gas Terminal" is expected to be constructed in the Bay Terminal area under Chattogram Port Authority

Extreme heat and flooding could erase $65 billion in apparel export earnings from four Asian countries by 2030, as workers struggle under high temperatures and factories close, research from Schroders and Cornell University showed on Wednesday.