Irrigation by surface water is steadily expanding in different parts of the country while the use of groundwater is declining thanks to the government’s move to re-excavate canals and build rubber dams.

Import of raw materials used in manufacturing cement has increased in recent months in spite of the items turning pricier. 

Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) is in discussions with SGS Group and Nippon Express Bangladesh to build a technological ecosystem for smart warehousing facilities and intelligent quality control systems for the country’s first commodities exchange, or futures market. 

In 2011, state-owned Telephone Shilpa Sangstha (TSS) made Bangladesh proud by assembling the country’s first laptop, showing promises to deliver the device at an affordable price and help the government to implement its digitalisation agenda.   

Brac Bank and Technical Training Centre (TTC) Bogura recently signed an agreement enabling the centre’s students to pay admission and other fees through the bank’s agent banking channel. 

One Bank has achieved an International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) certificate from UK-based inspection company Intertek on fulfilling standards requirements for information security management systems. 

NCC Bank has re-elected its chairman, Md Abul Bashar, for the next one year and elected a vice-chairman, Sohela Hossain. 

A committee yesterday suggested the government come up with alternatives to cash incentives on export receipts since Bangladesh will not be allowed to support its exporters in the current form after its graduation to a developing country. 

Social Marketing Company (SMC) has appointed Toslim Uddin Khan as its new acting managing director and chief executive officer.

The Bangladesh Business Awards ceremony began today at the Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden in the capital to honour the country's businesses for their exemplary contributions to the economy in 2021.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has sought cooperation from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) to establish lab facilities at land, sea and international airports. 

Necessary steps should be taken to ensure food safety and address challenges in the country’s poultry sector, which is a major source of nutrition for the general people, according to experts at a roundtable on Tuesday.

The Dutch government has teamed up with some Bangladeshi companies to invest 6 million euros to ensure sustainable growth of Bangladesh’s aquaculture sector. 

Rafiqul Islam, a resident of Rajshahi’s Durgapur upazila, is breaking the mould when it comes to mango farming as he cultivates a non-traditional variety of the fruit called Katimon that grows year-round.

The last two trial runs aimed at the transit of Indian goods between Kolkata and north-eastern states of the country using Chattogram port in Bangladesh will take place next week.

Familytex (BD), a listed textile company, lied in its initial public offering (IPO) prospectus by saying that one of its sponsors was a South Korean national in a bid to create a positive impression among general investors, according to a probe.

Merchandise exports posted a whopping 38.09 per cent year-on-year growth in August to bring home $4.67 billion, handing more breathing room to Bangladesh struggling to bring its macroeconomy under control, official figures showed yesterday.

Migrant workers and Bangladeshis living abroad sent more than $2 billion in each of the first two months of the current fiscal year, a promising sign for the economy.

Bangladesh Development Bank and Bank Asia have signed an agreement to provide remittance services as a sub-agent of Western Union. 

Sonali Bank has for a second consecutive time secured first position in implementing annual performance agreements (APA) in fiscal year 2021-22 among state-owned commercial banks of financial institutions division under the Ministry of Finance.