Bangladesh's stock market plunged today as the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange fell for the sixth consecutive day.

The commerce ministry will send its recommendations on how money can be recovered from 10 errant e-commerce companies within the next one month, said AHM Shafiquzzaman, chief of Digital Commerce Cell (DCC).

The rising shipment of jute and jute goods from Bangladesh has come to a halt owing to higher prices of the raw fibre and unprecedentedly high freight costs.

HSBC Bank Bangladesh has recently organised an International Customer Service Week 2021. 

The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) is just 15 days away. The COP26 secretariat, the UK and Italian government and governments of the participating countries are finalising their last days of preparation before meeting in Glasgow, UK from October 31 to November 12.

Md Kamruzzaman, a government employee in Sirajganj, came across a dragon fruit orchard during an official tour to Natore a few years ago.

A week-long international trade and investment summit will be organised from October 26 celebrating the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and 50 years of Bangladesh’s independence.

IPDC Finance Limited witnessed higher profits year-on-year in the July-September period (third quarter) of the current year despite generating a lower net interest income.

Stocks dropped for the past five consecutive trading sessions as investors continued to rake in profits.

Steel prices in Bangladesh have been on an upward curve as millers hiked the rates in the wake of continuous spiralling of scrap metals in the international market owing to a pickup in demand and constrained supplies.

Bangladesh now has the highest number of green garment factories in the globe with the Leadership in Environmental and Energy in Design (LEED) certification given by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).

The Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) has inspected factories under the jurisdiction of Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority for the first time.

The commerce ministry and Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) will jointly host a week-long international virtual summit, styled “Bangladesh Trade & Investment Summit 2021” to celebrate the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s independence.

The stock market continued falling for five consecutive days as investors keep taking profits home today.

The leaders of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) asked the businessmen today to keep the prices of basic commodities within the limits of the consumers and refrain from making excessive profits.

The website of Evaly, an e-commerce platform that is currently embroiled in controversy, yesterday became unavailable as its server was down, according to a post on the company’s official Facebook page.

The government will pay $569 million as the first annual instalment against the loan taken from Russia for the construction of the Rooppur nuclear power plant, the largest infrastructure development project in Bangladesh.

The wait for tens of thousands of customers and merchants who are victims of scams perpetrated by 10 e-commerce firms is lingering on as there are no strong efforts on the part of the government to realise the money and compensate them.

Production of Emerald Oil, a listed rice bran oil producer, has discontinued since 2017, so it has been incurring losses every year since then. But its stock has risen a staggering 223 per cent in the last one year.

The City Bank Limited recently won a “Leading Partner Bank Award” partnering with Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Bangladesh from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021.