Two case studies of mobile financial service provider bKash have been featured in a local edition of the “Essentials of Modern Marketing”, a marketing book written by professor Dr. Philip Kotler narrating market-specific success stories across the world. 

MetLife Bangladesh has recently honoured its best-performing financial associates, unit managers and branch managers. 

India’s economy will grow about 6 per cent this fiscal year with a small increase in private investment, according to a Reuters poll of economists who said lower growth and high inflation were the biggest risks to the outlook.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has handed over a Tk 1 crore cheque that it promised to give to the traders who got affected by the recent fire incident at Bangabazar clothing market in Dhaka.

Though it is deemed to be much higher in numbers, Bangladesh’s banking sector reportedly has the second-highest ratio of non-performing loans (NPLs) in South Asia, with only Sri Lanka having a greater ratio.

Raising the standard of customer service and operational efficiency, beefing up risk management and continuing digital transformation will be at the heart of the strategies of Mercantile Bank Ltd as it looks to power its growth in the coming years, said its top executive.

The reduction of tax payable by companies by 2.5 percentage points at the beginning of this fiscal year of 2022-23 was a good move but a precondition on limiting cash transactions has not helped businesses reap the benefit.

Crown Cement PLC is going to increase its annual production capacity by 40 per cent this year by establishing its sixth manufacturing facility, which will turn it into the country’s fourth largest cement manufacturer. 

Premier Cement PLC will get a Tk 350 crore long-term loan for expanding production at two new units.

The national budget for the current fiscal year has been a disappointment as it did not address the macroeconomic crisis emanating from the joint impacts of global inflationary pressure and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Around 100 tour operators from India, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka are participating in the programme.

Experts say at Bangladesh Youth Internet Governance Forum 2023

The apex trade body earlier promised giving the donation

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momin says at ERF event remembering AMA Muhith

The think-tank says in a media briefing on Bangladesh economy

The Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) yesterday proposed that the government increase tax on the rich while giving relief to lower-middle class people in the country.

Sugar refiners of the country recently complained that some importers are under-invoicing their shipments of refined sugar in a bid to make more profit from higher prices of the sweetener.

The number of people who filed tax returns in fiscal year 2022-23 has crossed 30 lakh for the first time. 

Shares of most of the insurance companies rose almost every day in the last one month, becoming an outlier in a market that has been dull for several months due largely to persisting economic uncertainty at home and abroad. 

The government has selected 180 businesspeople to honour them with the commercially important person (CIP) status as part of efforts to recognise their contributions in national export and vital roles played in trade bodies in 2021.