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Vehicle insurance business going thru tough times
The vehicle insurance business in Bangladesh is passing hard times as people are not interested in insuring automobiles in the absence of legal obligation as well as a lack of trust in insurers and promotional activities.
28 July 2023, 00:00 AM
Federal Ins declares 10% cash dividend
Federal Insurance Company Ltd has approved a 10 per cent cash dividend.
27 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Dream71 to develop job portal for East Timor
Dream71 Bangladesh Limited, the country’s leading software company, is set to develop a job portal for the government of East Timor.
27 July 2023, 18:00 PM
ICGAB gets nod to conduct academic activities
The government has allowed the Institute of Certified General Accountants of Bangladesh (ICGAB) to conduct their academic activities and issue certified general accountant degree on some conditions.
27 July 2023, 18:00 PM
First Finance’s board restructured
The stock market watchdog has restructured the board of First Finance as the non-bank financial institution has been performing poorly for a long time.
27 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Dealing with performance pressure
Once, a poultry farmer was advised by his industrialist friend to corporatise his farm and how it would multiply his profits.
27 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Robi returns to profit
Robi Axiata Ltd, the second largest mobile phone operator in Bangladesh, made a Tk 24.4 crore profit in the second quarter of 2023.
27 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Chattogram port slips three notches
Holding its rank among the busiest seaports worldwide could be compared to climbing an oiled bamboo for Chattogram port as it again slipped by three notches in Lloyd’s List: One Hundred Ports 2023.
27 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Chairmen of banks can be directors in subsidiaries abroad
Bangladesh Bank has relaxed the rules for the chairmen of banks to hold directorship in subsidiaries abroad, according to a notice issued yesterday.
27 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Interest of pre-shipment loans now in line with new reference rate
The central bank has asked banks to fix the interest rate of pre-shipment loans in line with the new reference lending rate as part of its efforts to make it market-based.
27 July 2023, 18:00 PM
ACI to enter aviation market, invest in digital bank
ACI Ltd, one of the leading business houses in Bangladesh, has decided to enter the aviation business and invest Tk 10 crore in a digital bank, said the company.
27 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh loses $361m tax a year: report
Bangladesh is losing $361 million worth of tax annually owing to the shifting of profits by multinational companies, especially into tax havens abroad, according to a report by the Tax Justice Network (TJN).
27 July 2023, 18:00 PM
FBCCI election now a formality
The biennial election of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) scheduled for July 31 is going to be an exercise to maintain a formality since a majority of the directors have already been nominated and elected unopposed.
27 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Exports to China fall despite duty benefit
Bangladesh’s export to China fell to its three-year low of $677 million in the last fiscal year as entrepreneurs could not take advantage of the duty benefits extended by Beijing.
27 July 2023, 01:00 AM
Lotkon farmers enjoying fair yields, prices
Lotkon farmers in Bangladesh are enjoying good yields and prices for the fruit this year thanks to its vast popularity at home and abroad, according to market players.
27 July 2023, 00:00 AM
Mayfair Stylewear signs deal with Japanese firm
Mayfair Stylewear, a jute trading company of Bangladesh, and M2 Company Ltd, a Japanese export-import company, recently signed an agreement on promoting traditional jute goods and diversified jute products of Bangladesh in the Japanese market.
26 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Cabinet okays Tk 17,706cr purchase proposals
Thirteen proposals involving Tk 17,706.43 crore were approved yesterday by the cabinet committee on public purchase.
26 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Crowne Plaza hotel gets new general manager
Crowne Plaza Dhaka Gulshan, an IHG business hotel, appointed Alexandre Glauser as its new general manager.
26 July 2023, 18:00 PM
More women entrepreneurs to be benefitted
The central bank has instructed banks and financial institutions to extend the 1 per cent interest rate incentive to women entrepreneurs if their cash credits and overdrafts are renewed within the tenure.
26 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Heidelberg recovering from losses
Heidelberg Cement Bangladesh Ltd has continued to recover from losses as it registered profit for the second quarter in a row thanks to a reduction in the cost of sales.
26 July 2023, 18:00 PM