Standard Chartered Bangladesh has signed an agreement with Evercare Hospital Chattogram, enabling its “Priority Grande” clients to avail an annual complimentary executive health check-up package. 

Dhaka stocks dropped yesterday right after a day’s rise while turnover of the bourse rose. 

Eastern Bank has appointed M Khurshed Alam as the new chief risk officer with effect from January 8.

Brac University signed an agreement with Infrastructure Development Company Limited (Idcol) yesterday for a term loan facility.

Bangladesh should establish warm relationships with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to boost trade and investment with them, which would also benefit the north-eastern region of India, according to an expert.

Ahmed Zaker & Co Chartered Accountants has been banned from auditing all listed companies and mutual funds as the accountancy firm did not attend any enquiry hearing of four mutual funds of UFS Asset Management.

The latest gas price hike will increase the cost of production in the country, Khondaker Golam Moazzem, research director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue, told The Daily Star.

Ahmed Zaker & Co Chartered Accountants has been banned from auditing all listed companies and mutual funds as the accountancy firm did not attend any enquiry hearing of four mutual funds of UFS Asset Management.

International Monetary Fund’s Deputy Managing Director Antoinette Monsio Sayeh today expressed her happiness for Padma Bridge during a three-hour visit to the project site.

The farmers in Jashore Sadar upazila are all set to export 20 lakh pieces of cabbage to Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan from the region for the first time.

Stocks on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) dropped today after rising for a day while the turnover of the bourse continued increasing for the last several sessions.

The prospective loan programme of the International Monetary Fund will prime Bangladesh for graduation from the least-developed country bracket and reach middle-income country status by 2031, said the lender’s top official.

The government yesterday gave the go-ahead to a Tk 133 crore scheme to build a multipurpose hydraulic elevator dam to create the scope for irrigation on more than 1,100 hectares of land during the dry season and facilitate eco-tourism.

Stocks in Bangladesh yesterday bounced back after experiencing a mild correction the day before while turnover of the country’s premier bourse crossed Tk 900 crore for the first time in about two-and-a-half months.

Imrana Zaman Chowdhury, an entrepreneur, has been elected as vice-chairman of Meghna Bank.

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has halted the initial public offering (IPO) of Asiatic Laboratories as it reportedly showed a higher value of its assets.

Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has formed three committees to look into the assets of three fund managers: LR Global Bangladesh, Race Asset Management and ICB Asset Management.

The commerce ministry yesterday formed a five-member committee to assess the actual demand for wheat, rice and sugar with a view to sending a revised quota proposal to India to import them from the neighbouring nation.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday requested China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to extend more budget support and ease loan conditions the way the World Bank has done for Bangladesh.

While Bangladesh Bank was seeing various challenges looming over the country’s economy, two ministers yesterday said the condition of the economy was improving.