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Associated Oxygen to issue Tk 250cr bond to expand

Associated Oxygen Limited has decided to issue a convertible bond worth Tk 250 crore for its business expansion.
6 November 2022, 10:22 AM

Unsold potatoes from last year: Farmers, traders counting losses

Md Shafiqul Islam, a potato trader in Dinajpur, kept around 2,000 bags of potatoes in cold storage this year in hopes of recovering his losses from the previous season.
6 November 2022, 03:30 AM

RFL makes foray into Tk600cr spray paint market

RFL Group yesterday launched Rainbow Spray Paint to grab a pie of the Tk 600 crore local market and cut the country’s import dependency for the product.   
6 November 2022, 03:20 AM

Bicycle exports on the decline

Bicycle exports from Bangladesh declined year-on-year in the first four months of the current fiscal year apparently for shrinking demand in Europe propagated by the war-induced cost-of-living crisis.
6 November 2022, 03:00 AM

Pubali Bank to get $50m loan from British lender

Pubali Bank Ltd is going to get a fund of $50 million from the British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, to lend to climate-related projects and boost climate mitigation activities across Bangladesh.  
6 November 2022, 02:50 AM

CMSMEs bear the brunt of load-shedding

Industries outside Dhaka, especially cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises (CMSMEs), are suffering the most from load-shedding due to the lower capacity of the Rural Electrification Board (REB), said the chief of the country’s apex trade body.
6 November 2022, 02:40 AM

Savers on the receiving end again

The Bangladesh Bank has decided to withdraw the interest rate floor on retail term deposits which had been set by banks equivalent to the average inflation rate of the immediate past three months, said bankers.
6 November 2022, 02:20 AM

BB eases cap on lending interest after 31 months

The Bangladesh Bank has decided to raise the interest rate on consumer loans to 12 per cent from 9 per cent after economists have long called for the withdrawal of the cap on all loans to contain inflation. 
6 November 2022, 02:10 AM

GPH launches high-grade steel rebar

GPH Ispat Limited, a steel manufacturer in Bangladesh, yesterday launched its high-grade steel rebar product, which will be used in the country’s mega construction projects.
5 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Confidence Infrastructure in Tk 32cr deal

Confidence Infrastructure and China’s Hong Xiang New Geo-Material Company have signed a Tk 32 crore agreement with Bangladesh Water Development Board to implement a project on protecting parts of the Jamuna river’s banks from erosion. 
5 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Users failing to access Nagad app

The users of Nagad yesterday said they failed to get access to their account through the app of the mobile financial service provider.
5 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Project success sharing to boost skills: Industries Minister

Experiences of projects implemented successfully should be shared to give a boost to effective management skills which will contribute to the economy’s growth, said Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun yesterday. 
5 November 2022, 18:00 PM

StanChart Digital Trade Counter wins award

A Digital Trade Counter (DTC) of Standard Chartered Bangladesh has recently been accorded a “Digital Experience of the Year-Banking” award at Asian Experience Awards 2022 by magazine Asian Business Review. 
5 November 2022, 18:00 PM

India allows sugar exports of 6m tonnes

India will allow the export of 6 million tonnes of sugar in 2022/23, in line with market expectations, as the country’s production is set to jump to a record high for the second straight year, the government said in on Saturday.
5 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Govt working to stop manipulators: Munshi

A section of unscrupulous traders has been trying to make the basic commodity market unstable by creating a syndicate after the international prices of essentials went up, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said yesterday.
5 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Govt working to stop commodity market manipulators: Munshi

A section of unscrupulous traders has been trying to make the basic commodity market unstable by creating a syndicate when the international prices of essentials went up, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said today.
5 November 2022, 14:35 PM

Users failing to get access to Nagad app accounts

The users of mobile financial service provider Nagad today said they failed to get access to their Nagad account through the app.
5 November 2022, 14:08 PM

Barishal people facing mobile internet disruption since 10am

Mobile phone users in Barishal City Corporation have claimed that they are facing disruption in getting internet services since 10am today where a rally of Bangladesh Nationalist Party kicked off at 11am.
5 November 2022, 13:46 PM

Rainbow Paints launches spray paint for Tk 600 crore local market

RFL Group today launched Rainbow Spray Paint to grab a pie of the Tk 600 crore local market and cut the country’s import dependency for the product.
5 November 2022, 13:25 PM

Stocks rebound amidst liquidity surge

Bangladesh’s bourses finished the week on a rebounding mode amidst a surge in the liquidity flow from investors. 
4 November 2022, 03:20 AM