The commerce ministry has asked Evaly to stop selling gift cards on discount to promote the company’s products, said a senior official of the ministry today.

Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) posted a 213 per cent increase in profit to Tk 225.75 crore in the financial year of 2021-22.

October's export earnings declined by 7.85 per cent year-on-year to $4.35 billion because of slowdown in shipment of goods stemmed from the high inflation in the European countries, the main export destination for Bangladesh.

The visiting team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today wanted to know how prepared Bangladesh is for the country's graduation to a developing nation in 2026.

Industrial estates under the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) aim to facilitate cottage, micro, small and medium businesses by providing them a safe place to operate along with all the required services.

Bangladesh’s rice production may decline in marketing year (MY) 2022-23, which began in May, as severe floods damaged pre-monsoon crop Aus in the north and northeastern regions during planting, said a USDA report released on Monday. 

Plummy Fashions, a Narayanganj-based export-oriented knitwear factory, used to spend Tk 65,000 per month on diesel even two months ago. But the same factory now has to consume one month’s worth of fuel in a single day owing to rolling blackouts. 

The government should stop fund wastage in the energy sector and eventually phase out subsidies, which have created pressure on the public coffer, according to economists and entrepreneurs.

Despite a surge in the outflow of migrant workers, remittances to Bangladesh declined 7.4 per cent year-on-year to $1.52 billion in October, an unpromising development that may deepen the volatility in the economy. 

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday revoked for a second time an order which had stipulated that investors could buy shares only against funds already present in beneficiary owners’ accounts. 

A total of 68 projects of different companies and individuals won accolades at a BASIS National ICT Awards 2022 in recognition of their innovative products and services in the country’s information technology sector. 

Unique Hotel & Resorts Limited’s profit rose 142 per cent year-on-year to Tk 94.21 crore in the financial year that ended on June 30. 

Japanese agricultural machinery manufacturer Yanmar will establish a display centre in Bangladesh in collaboration with ACI Motors to showcase its latest harvesters, tractors, transplanters and seeding machines. 

Marico Bangladesh Limited reported an 8.4 per cent year-on-year higher profit in the July-September quarter. 

A delegation of India’s leading steel manufacturer Tata Steel Ltd visited the factory of GPH Ispat at Sitakunda upazila in Chattogram yesterday.

British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company Ltd clocked Tk 1,324.08 crore in profit in January-September on the back of higher sales. 

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday launched its “tax service month” campaign to help taxpayers file their tax returns timely for fiscal year 2022-23. 

Bangladesh plans to start commercial export of mangoes to Japan and European countries from 2023, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said today.

Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) Bill, 2022 was placed in parliament today keeping a provision of two years jail and fine worth of Tk 50,000 for providing false information for borrowing money from the corporation.

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission today revoked for a second time an order which had stipulated that investors could buy shares only against funds already present in beneficiary owners’ accounts.