The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) is set to provide 270 million euros to Bangladesh for the rural and peri-urban housing project. 

Bangladesh’s banking sector has the second-highest ratio of non-performing loans (NPL) among the countries in South Asia as lenders continue to face multiple challenges emanating from scams, a lack of corporate governance and borrowers’ growing reluctance to make instalments regularly.  

All 20 vessels that had anchored at the jetties of the Chattogram port were shifted to the outer anchorage by the morning yesterday as a precautionary measure to keep the jetties secure as Cyclone Mocha approached.   

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Bangladesh will replace Pakistan in the board

The local competition featured 160 participants from universities across Bangladesh

Ruhul Amin, who studies textile engineering at the Bangladesh Polytechnic Institute, has successfully used the image implanting method to produce high-quality designer pears at his pond in Chhoto Palsa village under Mohonpur upazila of Rajshahi.

Domestic air travel had rebounded last year and the number of passengers reached close to that of 2019 as business and economic activities were revived following the pandemic-induced economic slowdown.  

Standard Chartered Bangladesh yesterday launched a credit card for the local market that comes with insurance coverage facilities.

Md Shawkat Ali Khan has joined Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) as its managing director on Wednesday.

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) yesterday again urged the European Union (EU) to extend the transition period of the Generalised System of Preference (GSP) from the current three years to six years.

Community Bank Investment Limited (CBIL), a subsidiary of Community Bank Bangladesh, recently signed an agreement with SBK Tech Ventures Limited.

Garment exporters, transport owners, garment buying house and freight forwarding agencies yesterday urged the law enforcement agencies to tighten vigilance on the Dhaka-Chattogram highways to prevent theft of export-oriented goods from the covered vans and trucks.

A three-day exhibition for domestic and international companies to showcase products related to building safe and sustainable infrastructure began at the International Convention City Bashundhara in Dhaka yesterday.

British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BATB) is going to make an investment of Tk 60.70 crore to purchase equipment and a centralised uninterrupted power supply device. 

Agrani Insurance Company Ltd posted more than 18 per cent year-on-year increase in profit to Tk 6.32 crore in the financial year that ended on December 31.

Saquib used to work at a pizza joint where the manager happened to be very miserly.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) yesterday said it would hold its biennial election on July 31 this year.

The government has allocated 23 per cent of its Annual Development Programme (ADP) fund for the next fiscal year behind 10 large projects, including the Rooppur nuclear power plant, to timely implement those. 

In a surprise move, Japan’s clothing giant Fast Retailing has announced that it is going to close all of the outlets of Grameen Uniqlo in Bangladesh, a decision that left its customers disappointed.