Robi introduces service robots

Robi yesterday introduced humanoid robots with artificial intelligence as customer care attendants, as part of a plan
21 January 2018

Banking needs met anytime, anywhere

Anwarul Alam, 38, has four accounts -- two for credit cards, one loan account and another salary account -- with
21 January 2018

Products made in prisons pull crowd at DITF

Excited about scoring a monochord for just Tk 70, Hafizur Rahman took a selfie outside of the stall at Dhaka
21 January 2018

Garment accessories fair starts in Dhaka Wednesday

A four-day trade show on garment accessories and packaging industries will begin in Dhaka on Wednesday.
21 January 2018

New DMD for SIBL

Abu Naser Chowdhury has recently been appointed as deputy managing director of Social Islami Bank Ltd.
21 January 2018

Dhaka stocks bounce back

Dhaka stocks bounced back yesterday on the speculation that the central bank has backtracked from its move to cut
21 January 2018

Taskforce formed to assess progress in LDC graduation

The government has formed a high-powered ten-member national taskforce to implement the roadmap for
21 January 2018

India cuts onion export price by $150 per tonne

Bangladeshi traders hope to do good business as India cuts onion prices by $150 per tonne, nearly two months after they raised it to $852. As the decision came into effect yesterday, importers in Bangladesh can now buy each tonne of onion from the neighbouring country at $702.
21 January 2018

NRBC Bank gunning to impress in 2018

NRB Commercial Bank is gunning for an operating profit of Tk 250 crore in 2018 as the embattled bank looks to shake off the image
20 January 2018

BTRC lifts minimum speed limit for 4G

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission will not enforce a precondition that instructed mobile phone operators to
20 January 2018

Grameen Bank on track to log its highest profit

Grameen Bank is on course for record profit in 2017 in what can be described as a pat on the back to the stewardship of the three
20 January 2018

Foreign funds in treasury bonds slump

Foreign investment in Bangladesh's treasury bonds shrank astronomically in the last two fiscal years on the back of the depreciating
18 January 2018

Duty benefit won't vanish overnight

Duty-free and quota-free access for Bangladesh's exports will not come to a screeching halt the moment the country graduates from
18 January 2018

Stop defaming GP's work environment

Grameenphone's women employees yesterday said a national Bangla daily is deliberately trying to tarnish the image of the mobile
18 January 2018

Higher economic growth hinges on investments, skills

Bangladesh has to mobilise private investment and improve skills of the manpower to achieve its desired economic growth, Asian
18 January 2018

FDI-friendly policies only in paper

Bangladesh has policies favourable for foreign investors only in paper, Nihad Kabir, president of the Metropolitan
17 January 2018

Apparel exports to India soar 66pc

Garment exports to India soared 66.41 percent in the first six months of the fiscal year on the back of demand from Western
17 January 2018

Agent banking shows signs of promise

Uzzala Rani Sarkar had never thought of stepping into a branch of a bank and owning an account. But thanks to an agent
17 January 2018

Hasina seeks SDG funds from donors

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the developed countries to stand beside Bangladesh in its journey
17 January 2018

Deconstructing bitcoins: Future of money or a fraud?

Bitcoin’s popularity in Asia has had a positive influence on other alternative cryptocurrencies such as ethereum and litecoin. Clearly there is a great demand for such digital money, even though its volatility hurts.
17 January 2018