Major indices of the Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges dropped for the second consecutive session yesterday as shaky investors continued their sell-offs amid persisting economic uncertainty.

Bangladesh will import 150,000 tonnes of triple superphosphate (TSP) from Tunisia in 2023.

Once a customer binds bKash as the preferred payment method, he/she will no longer need to put in OTP/PIN every time

Hanwha Saudi Contracting Company signed an MoU with BCIC to conduct a feasibility study

The desk is named “Bangladesh IT Connect Portal - South Korea”

The foundation shared the information in a meeting with Think Big Solutions

The deadline has been extended from December last year to the end of this year

Over 300 companies from different countries will occupy 400 stalls in the fair

The fund’s sponsor has invested Tk 25 crore and the rest is open for general investors

Turnover, a key indicator of the market, edged down 0.46 per cent to Tk 431 crore

Stocks on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) edged down in the morning session today.

More than two and a half years ago, the government took a Tk 1,500 crore safety net programme for the workers who lost their jobs owing to the devastating impact of Covid-19.

The United States Trade Representative (USTR), the American government’s chief trade negotiating body, sent a letter to Bangladesh alleging that intellectual property rights (IPRs) rules on the export of garments, footwear and electronic goods to the American markets have been violated.

Credit card issuance by banks grew at a faster pace in 2022 compared to the year prior as there is a growing interest among people to avail the benefits offered by plastic money, such as interest free loans for up to one-and-a-half months. 

While most listed companies struggled to raise profits in the first half of 2022-23 owing to higher petroleum prices, listed state-run oil companies in Bangladesh saw a staggering double-digit growth in earnings.

The government has kept borrowing from the Bangladesh Bank as commercial banks can’t come up with much-needed funds owing to the liquidity crunch. 

BD Thai Food & Beverage Ltd made a profit of Tk 1.47 crore in the October-December period of the current financial year, up 13 per cent year-on-year.    

Prof Shamsul Alam, state minister for planning, yesterday called the rice market of Bangladesh as completely deceitful as the staple is not sold under their real names.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has called for a long-term industrial loan facility so that no business becomes “sick” in terms of financial health.

Meticulously crafted over decades as a major revenue stream for the Kremlin, Moscow’s gas trade with Europe is unlikely to recover from the ravages of military conflict.