Reliance Insurance’s profit up over 24% in Q1

Reliance Insurance Ltd registered a 24.2 per cent year-on-year rise in profit to Tk 16.72 crore in the first quarter of the current financial year.
14 May 2023, 18:00 PM

Linde Bangladesh’s profit drops 53% in Jan-Mar

Linde Bangladesh Limited reported a Tk 14.03 crore profit for the first quarter of 2023, a drop of 53 per cent year-on-year.
14 May 2023, 18:00 PM

Digital transactions that shield your money

A heart-wrenching image: With everything perishing in the inferno, Bangabazar traders were sobbing inconsolably with burnt notes.
14 May 2023, 18:00 PM

Dhaka Bank makes Tk 59cr profit in Q1

Dhaka Bank Ltd’s profit fell 13.70 per cent year-on-year to Tk 59.83 crore in the first quarter of 2023, owing to a drop in operating profit.
14 May 2023, 18:00 PM

Malaysian palm oil firms not hiring Bangladeshis over recruitment concerns

Migrant workers, especially from Indonesia, India, Bangladesh and Nepal, make up about 80% of the workforce on Malaysia's labour-reliant estates
14 May 2023, 15:23 PM

Robi Axiata makes Tk 42 crore profit in Jan-Mar

The company revenue rises 16.25% at the same time
14 May 2023, 13:19 PM

Grameen Bank to invest Tk 200 crore in stock market

It forms a mutual fund named Capitec Grameen Bank Growth Fund
14 May 2023, 12:42 PM

Budget session of parliament from May 31

The budget session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad will start on May 31 at 5:00pm, said a press release of the Jatiya Sangsad secretariat.
14 May 2023, 12:41 PM

7.5% GDP growth target for FY24 is unrealistic: PRI

The think tank organises pre-budget press briefing
14 May 2023, 12:03 PM

Reliance Insurance’s profit rises over 24% in January-March quarter

Reliance Insurance Ltd registered a 24.2 per cent year-on-year rise in profit to Tk 16.72 crore in the first quarter of the current financial year.
14 May 2023, 06:53 AM

Ginger prices surge amid dollar shortage, reduced supply

Ginger prices have surged in Bangladesh as imports of the spice have become costlier amid the ongoing US dollar shortage and a recent global supply crunch resulting from lower production.
14 May 2023, 03:30 AM

BB’s dollar sales this FY go past $12b

The US dollar sold by the central bank has surpassed the $12-billion mark in the ongoing fiscal year as it has had to pump the American greenbacks into the market in order to clear import bills. 
14 May 2023, 03:00 AM

Coworking spaces helping small firms save big

When Mohammad Oli Ahad founded Intelligent Machines back in 2018, finding a coworking space called Moar was a big relief as it helped save on numerous office expenses.
14 May 2023, 02:30 AM

Working from home: balancing personal and professional responsibilities

As the world evolves, so does the way we work. The concept of working from home (WFH), once a luxury reserved for the self-employed, has become a necessity for many people during the Covid-19 pandemic.
14 May 2023, 02:00 AM

Argentina inflation exceeds 108%

Inflation in Argentina reached 108.8 percent in the 12 months to April, a more than three decade high, the Indec national statistics institute said Friday.
13 May 2023, 18:00 PM

Toshiba posts 35% decline in full-year net profit

Japanese conglomerate Toshiba on Friday said full-year net profit fell by more than a third due partly to weak sales in electronic devices and other one-off factors.
13 May 2023, 18:00 PM

IBA’s Team Khichuri becomes HSBC-IBA’s Business Case Competition-2023 champion

Team Khichuri from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) of the University of Dhaka has become champion of the “Business Case Competition-2023”.
13 May 2023, 18:00 PM

Walton to supply ice-cream freezers to Lovello

Walton recently signed an agreement with leading ice-cream brand Lovello to supply its domestically produced international standard ice-cream freezers.
13 May 2023, 18:00 PM

Air Astra to fly on Dhaka-Saidpur route from today

Air Astra, the youngest commercial airline in Bangladesh, will start operating flights on the Dhaka-Saidpur-Dhaka route from today.
13 May 2023, 18:00 PM

‘Reduction of effective tax rate is key’

Over the last few years, the National Board of Revenue has carried out some commendable reforms. One of them is the mandatory requirement of tax return submission to avail around 40 services. 
13 May 2023, 18:00 PM