Manisha Malvade was 21 when her mother died of cancer. “Mother’s death shook me,” she said. “But I had to help my family survive.” Her father, alcoholic and unemployed, was of no help. It fell solely upon her to support her five other siblings.

It’s in the northern outskirts of Ouagadougou, in Tampouy, that we met up with Elisabeth Delma, founder of the Adaja Centre. Despite her discretion and modesty when speaking about her work, Delma; a woman well into her sixties, is a key figure in the development and promotion of Faso Dan Fani (attire from traditional handwoven cotton cloth).

Sometimes, you have to take the mountain to Mohammed. Just ask iSocial, a groundbreaking programme that involves entrepreneurs delivering vital information and services to isolated communities throughout Bangladesh. In a gender-defying feat, the entrepreneurs are tech-savvy young women—who travel on bicycles.

HSBC Bangladesh has recognised five local exporters for their leadership in brightening the country's image and contributing to the nation's sustainable growth.

Standard Chartered Bank Bangladesh on Tuesday organised a daylong workshop to enlighten senior bankers on global financial crime risks.

Expressing the hope to bag $ 5 billion export earnings from the leather, leather goods and footwear sector out of the total export earnings of $60 billion as per the Vision 2021, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said two more leather industrial estates will be set up in Rajshahi and Chittagong divisions to flourish the sector.

The telecom industry has regained its growth momentum, as the number of new mobile connections has increased 18.16 percent year-on-year to 14.07 crore in September this year.

Indian telecom giant Bharti Airtel sold a half-billion-dollar stake in its mobile tower business Tuesday to help shrink its debts as it

Seven directors of the privately-run Social Islami Bank Limited resign from their posts on “personal ground”.

Md Tariqul Azam has recently joined Standard Bank as additional managing director, the bank said in a statement yesterday.

The National Board of Revenue is set to waive the import duty and taxes on electronic cash registers (ECRs) in a bid to encourage

The government yesterday honoured 131 exporters with CIP (commercially important person) cards for their extraordinary performance in 2014.

Handset vendors are now gearing up for the rollout of 4G service in Bangladesh such that customers can enjoy the fastest data service as soon as it becomes available in the first quarter of 2018.

The telecom regulator yesterday directed a joint venture to receive the licence to launch mobile number portability service in six

A businessman yesterday filed a complaint against three executives of Standard Bank for allegedly embezzling Tk 1.18 crore from his

The central bank has turned down proposals for setting up two new commercial banks on the grounds that the deteriorating financial

Thousands of taxpayers thronged to submit returns and collect the newly introduced 'Income Tax ID Card' from the weeklong tax fair

The National Board of Revenue yesterday demanded Tk 925 crore from Robi Axiata as unpaid value-added tax after an audit found

Europe dominates a list of the most elegant cities in the world, with the fashion capital of Paris taking the top spot.

Md Anwarul Azim Arif has recently been elected as the new chairman of Social Islami Bank.