StanChart launches credit card with insurance facilities

Standard Chartered Bangladesh yesterday launched a credit card for the local market that comes with insurance coverage facilities.
11 May 2023, 18:00 PM

Shawkat joins Krishi Bank as MD

Md Shawkat Ali Khan has joined Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) as its managing director on Wednesday.
11 May 2023, 18:00 PM

Businesses demand tighter security on Dhaka-Ctg highway

Garment exporters, transport owners, garment buying house and freight forwarding agencies made the call
11 May 2023, 15:30 PM

BGMEA seeks extension of EU GSP

The association sits with top official of European External Action Service
11 May 2023, 15:07 PM

FBCCI election on July 31 this year

Polls will take place for 2023-2025 term
11 May 2023, 14:40 PM

Safecon 2023 begins in Dhaka

It is an expo of products, services of infrastructure industry
11 May 2023, 14:18 PM
11 May 2023, 13:53 PM

'Consumers shedding tears for rising commodity prices'

Kamal Ahmed Majumder, state minister for industries, says
11 May 2023, 13:28 PM

StanChart launches insurance tagged credit card

The Assurance Credit Card was introduced by the bank in partnership with MetLife and Mastercard
11 May 2023, 12:44 PM

Biman forms body to probe breakdown of weather radar system

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has formed a committee to probe the breakdown of the weather radar system in one of its planes, which was on its return flight to Dhaka after dropping off Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Tokyo on April 25.
11 May 2023, 11:56 AM

Bangladesh’s per capita income falls 1% to $2,763

It is the first fall in around eight years
11 May 2023, 11:15 AM

GDP to expand by 6.03% this fiscal year

Bangladesh's economy would grow by 6.03 per cent in the current fiscal year of 2022-23, according to the provisional projection of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).
11 May 2023, 09:55 AM

British American Tobacco Bangladesh to invest Tk 60 crore

British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company Limited today said it is going to invest Tk 60.70 crore in order to purchase equipment and a centralised uninterrupted power supply device..In a filing on the Dhaka Stock Exchange, the multinational company said its board has approved the investm
11 May 2023, 08:06 AM

Grameen UNIQLO to wind up operations in Bangladesh

Grameen UNIQLO, a clothing brand, has said it is going to close all of its outlets in Bangladesh, more than a decade after it began its journey in the country.
11 May 2023, 07:15 AM

Health could get 16pc lower allocation in next fiscal’s ADP

With an around 16 per cent lower allocation for the health sector, the next fiscal year's annual development programme (ADP) with a Tk 274,674 crore outlay is going to be presented at a meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) today.
11 May 2023, 05:29 AM

Take proper policy for SMEs for post-LDC era: experts

The small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Bangladesh will face significant trade barriers if the country fails to take effective policies focusing its upcoming United Nations status graduation from a least developed to developing nation, according to experts. 
11 May 2023, 05:00 AM

Forex reserves cross $30b

After a continuous fall in recent months, Bangladesh’s foreign currency reserve rose slightly yesterday after an injection of $507 million as the budget support from the World Bank, officials said. 
11 May 2023, 05:00 AM

Better pineapple yield brings cheers for farmers

The honey queen variety of pineapple, locally known as Joldungi, cultivated in the Madhupur Garo area has seen a better yield this year compared to the previous season thanks to favourable weather.
11 May 2023, 03:30 AM

Heat wave hits summer vegetables

The heat wave sweeping over large parts of the country is hampering growth and flowering of vegetables, reducing supplies and leading to consumers being forced to dole out more in their purchases.  
11 May 2023, 03:00 AM

Financial account deficit goes past $2b

The deficit in Bangladesh’s financial account widened further in the first nine months of the ongoing fiscal year, an indication that the current instability in the foreign exchange market will continue in the coming months. 
11 May 2023, 02:30 AM