Shahjalal Islami Bank yesterday awarded scholarships to 500 meritorious students from around the country who are financially insolvent. 

Mobile financial service provider bKash signed an agreement with Banglalink recently over livestreaming FIFA World Cup matches.  

Most of the 1.16 crore people capable of paying income taxes in Bangladesh have remained out of the tax net of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), according to a senior official of the tax administration yesterday.  

The government needs to create a special fund to help information technology companies falling under the small and medium enterprise (SME) category hire fresh graduates and ease a manpower shortage, experts said yesterday. 

Entrepreneurs sold products worth Tk 12.15 crore and bagged orders for goods involving Tk 19.36 crore at the 10th National Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Fair that ended yesterday.

Gold is going to be traded at the highest price in Bangladesh after the Bangladesh Jewellers' Association (Bajus) decided to hike prices by 4 per cent, or Tk 3,033, per bhori today.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) will organise “Bangladesh Business Summit 2023” in Dhaka in March next year to celebrate the country’s 50th anniversary of independence.

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) today awarded 25 listed and non-listed entities in 16 sectors for their best presented financial statements and audit reports.

Most of the 1.16 crore people capable of paying income taxes in Bangladesh have remained out of the tax net of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), according to a senior official of the tax administration today.  

Planning Minister MA Mannan today said there is no dollar crisis in the country, only a deficit; the economy will be completely normal by March-April next year.

With a $21-billion inward remittance anticipated, Bangladesh is likely to be the seventh highest recipient of remittance globally this year, said the World Bank’s latest report.

The growth of apparel shipments from Bangladesh to the European Union (EU) not only surpassed that of China, but also all other major suppliers in the world between January and August this year, according to the latest data from Eurostat. 

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has rejected Bay Leasing & Investment Limited’s plan to award 5 per cent stock dividend for the year that ended on December 31 of 2021.    

Dhaka Insurance Limited reported a 10.22 per cent year-on-year decline in profit at Tk 2.81 crore in the third quarter of 2022.

Infrastructural inadequacies, such as potholes, are the biggest concern for businesses based in industrial estates of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC), according to 67 per cent of the entrepreneurs with factories inside BSCIC areas across the country.

Confidence Cement Ltd’s profit declined by 27.28 per cent year-on-year to Tk 13.14 crore in the July-September quarter of 2022 driven by lower sales, a higher raw material price, and the exchange rate volatility.

Remittance flow went up slightly in November but it still hovered around lower-than-expected $1.5 billion that Bangladesh received in the previous two months, official figures showed yesterday.  

Things that immediately come to mind when someone thinks of Khulna are the world’s one of the largest mangrove forests Sundarbans and delicious shrimps. But the southwestern city is also home to food dishes prepared with piper chaba, locally known as chui jhal, whose popularity is growing rapidly.

The interest rate cap for businesses is not coming off anytime soon, said Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder yesterday.

Bangladesh Krishi Bank recently appointed a new deputy managing director.