Berger Paints Bangladesh recently launched a product called “Mr. Expert Damp Guard”, saying it protects homes from damages possible from damp conditions. 

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Bangladesh jointly with Bangladesh Bank and National Board of Revenue (NBR) has opened up new opportunities for its clients through enabling online statutory payments (value-added tax (VAT), VAT deduction at source, duty) and paperless trade.

Financial wellness platform wagely recently appointed a new managing director, saying it was to accelerate its expansion in catering to middle and low-income workers in the country. 

The Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) posted a 62.85 per cent year-on-year decline in profit in the first quarter of the current financial year.     

The 10th National Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Fair-2022 will be held from November 24 to December 3 this year with the aim of promoting SME entrepreneurs and expanding their markets through product diversification.

Fu-Wang Ceramic Industries Ltd reported a 32.39 per cent year-on-year decline in profit to Tk 3.13 crore in the last financial year.

Bangladesh’s trade with other countries may suffer as foreign shipping lines are facing difficulties in remitting foreign currencies from the country because of a dollar crisis, speakers said yesterday. 

The 1,600-megawatt Adani Godda Power Plant in India will start exporting half of the electricity to Bangladesh from December 16 this year, according to a report by the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB).

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) is hopeful that the country's share in the global apparel market may reach 8 per cent within this year as international clothing retailers and brands are coming here with new work orders.

Stocks listed with the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) today broke a gaining streak that lasted for two consecutive sessions as falling investor participation led to reduced trade.

The Chattogram Customs House has demanded Tk 5,227 crore as unpaid duties from Bangladesh Oil, Gas & Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla) against 89 consignments of liquefied natural gas (LNG).  

The border haat in Baliamari char under Kurigram’s Rajibpur upazila is set to reopen its doors in the first week of December, ending a roughly two-year hiatus that began with the onset of Covid-19.

Our importers and institutions, those that need to remit various fees and surplus earnings outside the country, are facing challenges with foreign currency (FCY) payments for the last several months.

Eugene Willemsen, chief executive officer of PepsiCo for Asia, Middle East and South Africa, was in Dhaka last week on an official visit. During his stay, he talked to The Daily Star’s Senior Reporter Refayet Ullah Mirdha.

While the queue of people behind open market sale (OMS) trucks of the food ministry continues to remain fairly long, food grain distribution by the ministry was said to have dropped 19 per cent year-on-year in the first four months of the current fiscal year. 

Businesses in Bangladesh went through a tough time in recent months due to a dearer US dollar that pushed up their costs of raw materials and a rocketing fuel bill that contributed to the surge in operating expenses. 

Meghna Bank won the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certificate from British Standards Institution (BSI) on fulfilling standards requirements for Information Security Management Systems.

Mercantile Bank recently signed an agreement with Chattogram Water Supply and Sewerage Authority enabling the bank to collect the water and sewerage bill of Chattogram Wasa through online banking.

The Bangladesh Ceramic Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BCMEA) is organising a three-day expo from November 24 to 26 in a bid to increase the country’s export earnings by creating new markets for locally made ceramic products.

A two-day international leadership summit will begin today in Dhaka to help strengthen economic cooperation within Indian Ocean Rim Association.