The lifting of the rule of mandatory fumigation of US cotton by Bangladesh has created a huge bilateral trade opportunity, said Faruque Hassan, president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).

Clothing brand Grameen Uniqlo yesterday shut down all their 10 outlets in Bangladesh, including eight in Dhaka, ahead of their June 18 scheduled closure due to “stock unavailability”. 

Meheriar M Hasan, a nominated director of the Brac Bank Board, has been elected as the chairman of Brac Bank Limited, effective from Tuesday.

Setting a fixed floor price for data, decreasing the number of packages and providing flexible plans that carry forward are priority demands of mobile internet users in Bangladesh, according to a survey.

MM Saiful Islam has joined Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJIBL) as a deputy managing director (DMD) on Monday.

Oil fell by nearly 2 per cent on Tuesday as concerns about the US debt ceiling pact cooled the market’s risk-on sentiment and mixed messages from major producers clouded the supply outlook ahead of their meeting this weekend.

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) yesterday issued guidelines for non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing and asked them to draw up separate regulations. 

Key indices with the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) returned to the black yesterday just after falling for a single session the previous day.

On a hot summer afternoon, 23-year old Nizamudin Abdul Rahim Khan is playing cricket on a muddy, unpaved road in the Rafiq Nagar slum in India’s financial capital, Mumbai.

Textile millers in Bangladesh yesterday urged woven and knitwear exporters to buy a portion of their required yarn and fabrics from local markets so that they can overcome the current crisis situation and help save the country’s foreign reserve.

Export-oriented listed company Envoy Textiles Ltd has indefinitely postponed an annual general meeting scheduled to be held on June 26, when a dividend for shareholders was scheduled to be approved, till a case involving its directors was disposed of.

Sharper, flexible and timely coordination among fiscal, monetary and trade policies of Bangladesh will yield improved stabilisation outcomes, said Debapriya Bhattacharya, a distinguished fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue.

BGMEA president says in meeting with Cotton USA top officials

Its now B1 from the earlier Ba3

All outlets were supposed to be closed on June 18

With effect from today, Hasan replaced Ahsan H Mansur

Robi now has to give answer to Mahtab's lawsuit

Turnover, however, fell by 16%

Textile millers made the demand today

Small wooden furniture businesses in Bangladesh are facing a deep financial crisis as the demand for their products has fallen drastically, according to market players.