Sonali Bank Limited shareholders have approved adopting a new name, Sonali Bank PLC, in an extraordinary general meeting held at the bank’s head office in Dhaka yesterday.

Khaas Food has opened its 16th retail outlet in Banasree (Block E, Road 4, House 43) in the capital yesterday, when a 25 per cent discount was also offered. 

Real estate and housing company Sheltech Group’s managing director has been accorded the title of “Most Inspiring Young Business Leader, Bangladesh for 2022” at Global Brand Awards 2022 recently.  

The key indices of the Dhaka and Chattogram stock exchanges rose for the second consecutive trading day yesterday.   

Although Evaly owes Tk 400 crore to Tk 1,000 crore to its thousands of customers and merchants, only 14 clients have got back Tk 1.45 lakh after a refund process began last month, commerce ministry officials said.

Realtors yesterday called for an unconditional black money whitening scope for five to 10 years with a view to stopping money laundering and attracting investments to the housing sector.

The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) has urged the government to ensure adequate supplies of electricity and gas for the sake of smooth economic activities.

Bangladesh’s garment exports to the United States of America (US) declined in January this fiscal year, suffered by dip in shipments of knitwear items to the biggest market.

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas visited Sonargaon Seeds Crushing Mills, a sister concern of the Meghna Group of Industries (MGI) situated around 40 kilometres southeast of the capital, yesterday.

Bangladesh's fruit imports fell 37.79 per cent year-on-year to $157.38 million in the July-January period

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The contraction was much larger than economists’ median forecast of a 2.6 per cent decline

The indices of the Dhaka and Chattogram stock exchanges rose today for the second consecutive trading day.

IPDC Finance Limited’s profit rose to Tk 90.18 crore in the financial year that ended on December 31, up 2.5 per cent from a year earlier.

Fu Wang Foods Ltd posted a 55 per cent increase in profit to Tk 1.55 crore in the July-December half of the current financial year.

Bridging the skills gap is a persistent challenge that needs to be addressed through public-private partnerships, said Sanjeev Krishan, chairperson of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan

Some youths were experiencing immersive and interactive environments of augmented and virtual reality with headsets, some were amazed to see a simulation that a robot can rescue the people trapped in a collapsed building, while others were competing with each other in virtual tournaments.

The first seven months of the current fiscal year of 2022-23 saw the lowest implementation rate of the annual development programme (ADP) in the last three years, with only 28.16 per cent of the total outlay being spent till January. 

Bangladesh Bank’s foreign exchange reserves invested in US dollars declined 34 per cent year-on-year to $23.63 billion in February as the country is heavily dependent on the American greenback to settle payments for global trade.