bKash and Pragati Life Insurance Ltd yesterday became the latest companies in Bangladesh to share plans to roll out digital banks as the country looks to offer financial services using technologies and accelerate financial inclusion.   

Unilever Consumer Care, previously known as GloxoSmithKline, registered a fall in profits in the April-June period of 2023.

Most of the listed multinational companies operating in Bangladesh witnessed higher profits and sales in the April-to-June quarter despite persisting economic challenges at home and abroad, inflationary pressures and higher raw materials prices.

bKash, the largest mobile financial service provider of Bangladesh, made profit for the second consecutive quarter in the April to June period of 2023 thanks to higher revenue and larger finance income.

The Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) declared a 34.9 per cent dividend for 2022-2023.

Unilever Bangladesh Ltd recently organised a special session styled “Navigating the Path to Plastic Sustainability with Zaved Akhtar” at its corporate office in Dhaka as part of their World Environment Day 2023 campaign.

Golam Kabir and Mohammed Jamil Iqbal have been re-elected as vice-chairmen of NRB Bank Ltd at a meeting of the board of directors of the bank held at its head office in Dhaka recently.

Nagad, a mobile financial service provider in Bangladesh, has won the “Fastest to Unicorn Award” at Bangladesh Startup Summit 2023 for becoming a unicorn startup only in four years of its launch.

The name of Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd has been changed to Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC, Bangladesh Bank said in a circular yesterday.

IDLC Finance Ltd posted 13 per cent lower profit year-on-year to Tk 37.83 crore in the April-June quarter of 2023 owing to a fall in net interest income, investment income and other earnings.    

JMI Hospital Requisite Manufacturing Limited (JHRML), a medical device and component manufacturer, has decided to set up a hospital in the capital city.

Aviation market of Bangladesh has grown nearly twofold in the last 10 years and it will grow almost threefold in the next 15 years, State Minister for Civil Aviation M Mahbub Ali said today

It made Tk 14.69 crore in Apr-Jun of 2023

However, the company's half-yearly profit rises 4.5%

The rate will be Tk 109 for the remitters

The shoemaker made a profit of Tk 43.87 crore in Jan-Jun of 2023

It made a profit of Tk 2.37 crore in Q2 of 2023

On Aug 2, the elected directors will choose president, a senior vice president, six vice presidents

The change has been done to comply with the Company (Second Amendment) Act 2020

It made a profit of Tk 37.83 crore in Apr-Jun period