The government is promoting the cultivation of early varieties of Aman paddy to encourage farmers to sow oilseeds in the meantime and increase their production to cut the country’s high dependence on imports for edible oil.

Sea Pearl Beach Resort & Spa Ltd posted profit in the July-September quarter of 2022.    

Don’t panic! Telecoms are not going anywhere! But technology will certainly be hugely disrupted with the advent of high bandwidth and low-latency satellite internet.  

Security and transparency are the most important factors to attract foreign investment. At the same time, corruption is an obstacle the country should solve to encourage foreign investors to invest here, said Achim Tröster, the German ambassador to Bangladesh.

Development of human resources and more investment are needed to thwart cyber-attacks that have skyrocketed in Bangladesh in recent years, experts said yesterday.

Bank Asia has launched the country’s first women’s ATM booth at Sonakanda in Keraniganj, Dhaka aiming to encourage females’ access to digital transactions and improving financial management.

The Unicef will support garment and knitwear manufacturing factories to provide breastfeeding spaces and breaks, childcare facilities, paid maternity leave, cash benefits, health care, employment protection and a safe work environment to working mothers and pregnant women.

Professional accountants can play an important role in solving the South Asian economic crisis caused by the Ukraine war, dollar shortage, global fuel oil price hike and commodity transportation disruptions, experts said yesterday.

The commerce ministry today suggested the authorities concerned to take measures so that the edible oil is sold in the local markets at prices fixed by the government.

Bangladesh has earned global accolades for making remarkable strides in the areas of workplace safety, environmental sustainability and workers’ rights and welfare in the garment sector, said Faruque Hassan, president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) should facilitate establishing a petrochemical industry in Matarbari-Moheshkhali project area, said Md Jashim Uddin, president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI).

Businesses should be environment-friendly in Bangladesh and they should ensure good governance to build a safer earth, analysts said today.

Professional accountants can play an important role in solving the south Asian economic crisis caused by the Ukraine war, dollar shortage, global fuel oil price hike and commodity transportation disruptions, experts said today.

Banglalink’s parent company Veon Group CEO Kaan Terzioğlu is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka tomorrow for a four-day visit.

The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange returned to the red today after a day’s gain as blue-chip stocks dropped amid the selling pressure of institutional investors.

Financial conditions have tightened as central banks continue to hike interest rates. Amid the highly uncertain global environment risks to financial stability have increased substantially.

The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) fell in the morning session today.

Digital transformation is the process of embedding technologies across businesses to drive fundamental change. Starting a digital transformation journey also requires a new mindset. It is a chance to reimagine how companies do things, often from the ground up. 

Amirul Islam of Burampur village in Lokhmikunda union under Ishwardi upazila could not continue his academic career beyond the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) level due to his father’s death in 1990.

Development spending in Bangladesh rose 36 per cent year-on-year in September despite the government’s efforts to cut expenditures in a bid to save US dollars.