AB Bank has recently promoted its chief operations officer to the post of deputy managing director (DMD). 

Runner Automobiles yesterday launched the country’s first “Made in Bangladesh” autorickshaws for the local and foreign markets.

Midland Bank Ltd is going to offer 50 lakh ordinary shares to its employees under its initial public offering (IPO). 

There will be no compromise on the quality of seeds of crops and other agriculture products in the country, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said yesterday.

Bangladeshi conglomerate ACI has completed exporting its first ever shipment of pharmaceutical products to its subsidiary, ACI Healthcare USA, located in the USA.

Bangladesh should fast-track the adoption of technologies to make the most out of them with a view to taking the country forward, said speakers yesterday.  

The company will produce 30,000 autorickshaws run by LPG and LNG a year

ACI Healthcare’s Narayanganj facility exports the products to its subsidiary in the USA

According to the Bangladesh Rubber Board (BRB) and rubber producers, 67,939 tonnes of latex were produced in the country last year, up 58 per cent from 43,000 tonnes in 2021, driven by an increase in the number of gardens and acreages under cultivation. 

Abdul Momin, a resident of Rajarhat union in Kurigram, has succeeded in applying biofloc technology to raise native breeds of fish in his very own backyard.

A three-day jewellery fair that opened in Dhaka yesterday witnessed, as per the organisers, a good turnout of visitors, a number of whom cited that they were looking for new designs, discounts and potential wedding gifts. 

The Bangladesh Bank has injected $330 million into the country’s foreign exchange market since February 1 when the International Monetary Fund disbursed $476.27 million to Bangladesh as the first installment of a $4.7 billion loan. 

Canada will continue to sell potassium fertilisers to Bangladesh in the days to come, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said yesterday.

The government is going to provide Tk 8.10 crore worth of incentives to farmers in a bid to increase jute cultivation and production across the country.

Some common complaints are: my friends don’t listen to me, my colleagues don’t listen to me, my husband doesn’t listen to me, and even my parents don’t listen to me.

British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company Limited’s profit grew nearly 20 per cent year-on-year to Tk 1,787.40 crore in 2022. The multinational company made a profit of Tk 1,496.88 crore in 2021.

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has expressed interest in investing in Bangladesh’s sugar industry as well as setting up a fertiliser factory like the one in Ghorashal town under Palash upazila of Narsingdi.

The public and private sectors of Bangladesh have made strides in supplying farmers with quality seeds of vegetables and food grains over the last one-and-a-half decade.

A big appreciation of the US dollar against the local currency along with a perennial inadequacy of gas pressure in supply lines have started to have a detrimental impact as cotton import is projected to be lower this year. 

Bank Asia has signed an agreement with Pragati Life Insurance to provide group health insurance facilities for its employees.