Advertising agency Expressions recently celebrated 30 years of operations. 

Suzuki Motor Corp will invest 4.5 trillion yen ($34.8 billion) through fiscal 2030 in research, development and capital spending to make battery electric vehicles (EVs), it said recently.

Tea production in Bangladesh decreased by nearly 3 per cent year-on-year in 2022.

Bangladeshi conglomerates counted Tk 65,000 crore in losses in the last one year because of the fall of the local currency against the US dollar, which made loans costlier amid global economic volatility, a noted economist said today.

The government has launched special programme for the deputy commissioners (DCs), under which they will have to submit innovative ideas to build smart district as part of building a smart Bangladesh.

The key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) fell slightly today, snapping a five-day gain.

The banking sector should go through holistic reforms to strengthen the country’s financial base in order to become an upper middle-income nation by 2031, Asian Development Bank’s Country Director Edimon Ginting said.

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has revised upward its forecast regarding Bangladesh’s rice production in the marketing year (MY) 2022-23 beginning from last May.

A draft of the new digital commerce law has drawn mixed reactions from industry people and customers alike as some believe a legal framework is necessary to prevent fraud while others opined that it would lead to increased bureaucracy in the emerging sector.

Production costs in the ceramics industry of Bangladesh will rise by up to 15 per cent due to a recent hike in the price of gas, which adds to the list of crises threatening the sector’s overall growth, according to manufacturers.

Sugar prices edged up in the wholesale market of Bangladesh within days after refiners declared that they would sell the sweetener at higher prices from the first day of February.    

Like other sectors, the paint industry in Bangladesh is in troubled waters as the US dollar crunch has made it difficult for manufacturers to import raw materials in line with their demand. 

The three-day “Indo-Bangladesh Agri Mechanisation Summit” kicked off at International Convention City Bashundhara in Dhaka on Friday.

Grasshopper Group of Companies (GGC), a diversified business group in Bangladesh, has brought fire-resistant glass to the local market.   

The government has formed a 29-member committee to ensure an efficient transportation of goods and services and the overall development of the logistics sector in Bangladesh.

Bproperty, a real estate solutions provider in Bangladesh, has announced that it will merge with Australian-based Digital Classifieds Group (DCG).

Trade-based money laundering (TBML) is a silent killer that is undermining the very foundations of Bangladesh’s economic growth. As an emerging economy and, more so, an expanding trading nation that is going through LDC graduation, Bangladesh is particularly vulnerable to TBML. This illicit activity is weakening financial institutions, eroding foreign currency reserves, and undermining international trade, leaving the country’s economy in shambles and stakeholders in despair.

Export-import activities between Bangladesh and India through the Hili land port in Dinajpur resumed yesterday after a two-day holiday on the occasion of India’s Republic Day.

Brac Bank has launched a premium banking service styled “Borenno” for clients in the small and medium enterprise (SME) industry.

Standard Bank Limited (SBL) has been awarded “gold rank” for its sustainability report by the Asia Sustainability Reporting Rating-2022’.