IFIC Bank PLC in collaboration with Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has organised a workshop on “Prevention on Money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism” for creating awareness among officers of different scheduled banks operating in Laxmipur.

Eastern Bank Ltd has won the International Finance Banking Awards 2023 in the “Most Innovative Retail Bank in Bangladesh” category.

Standard Bank Ltd (SBL) organised the bank’s 143rd meeting of the executive committee of the board of directors at its head office in Dhaka yesterday. 

Shahjalal Islami Bank Ltd has organised a half-yearly “Business Conference-2023”. 

The International Energy Agency (IEA) will revise its global oil demand growth projections based on the economic growth prospects of China and some other countries, its executive director Fatih Barol said on Saturday.

Non-performing loan (NPL) has been a concern for the banking sector in Bangladesh for quite some time. According to the World Bank, Bangladesh had the second-highest NPL ratio of 9.4 per cent in South Asia in 2022, right after Sri Lanka.

Profits of Singer Bangladesh more than doubled in the first half of the current calendar year thanks to higher sales coupled with lower import costs and freight rates.

Kazushige Nobutani, president of the Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro), is scheduled to come to Bangladesh today along with Yasutoshi Nishimura, minister for economy, trade and industry of Japan. Their visit is aimed at discussing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) the two countries plan to ink in order to promote trade and investments. In an email interview with The Daily Star, Nobutani spoke about investment opportunities in Bangladesh for Japanese firms and challenges the face, among other issues.

Another 21 factories being set up in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar (BSMSN) in Mirsharai upazila of Chattogram are set to go into commercial production from September.

To diversify export destinations, Bangladesh needs to take up a comprehensive plan and coordinate efforts focusing on every country that bears potential, said Md Fazlul Hoque, former president of the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association.

It all started in early 2008 when the Japanese government announced the “China Plus One Strategy” to cut its over-reliance on the manufacturing behemoth by setting up business operations in other countries.

Renowned US online newspaper Policy Watcher lauded Bangladesh's economic achievements saying that as one of the fastest growing economies, Bangladesh has now become a case study of economic development in the world

Just a decade ago, Fazli, Himsagar, Langra and Gopalbhog mangoes were the most popular varieties of the fruit among consumers in Bangladesh.

The government managed to spend 84.16 per cent of its development budget in the just-concluded fiscal year, way lower than its averages in recent decades, official figures showed yesterday.

Extreme heat has gripped many parts of the world as June saw the warmest global average temperature on record and the trend continued into July, according to the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). 

Some 3,000 workers of about 100 factories in Bangladesh have been trained in fire safety with support of International Labour Organization over the past year. 

Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Gazipur organised a workshop for the one country one priority product project in Asia and the Pacific at the institute’s Kazi Badruddoza auditorium yesterday.

Poverty reduction and income inequality are still big challenges for Bangladesh despite its looming graduation from a least developed country in 2026, according to Planning Minister MA Mannan.

DBL Lifestyles, a concern of DBL Group, yesterday opened an outlet to sell products of Nike, a US-based athletic footwear and apparel maker, in Dhaka city.

A coach was giving a pep talk to his team before a big game.