Online grocery platform Chaldal has raised Tk 5 crore in funding from Startup Bangladesh, the first government-backed and flagship venture capital fund. 

Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, a former chief executive officer of Robi Axiata Ltd, has filed a lawsuit against the telecom operator, its board chairman and former group CEO seeking Tk 227 crore in retirement benefits and compensation for ‘wrongful dismissal’. 

Dhaka Stock Exchange Managing Director Tarique Amin Bhuiyan has resigned from his position, said a top official of the prime bourse of Bangladesh today.

Stocks continued to rise for the six consecutive day today as the investors are now expecting a bull run in the days to come.

Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, former managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of Robi Axiata, has filed a suit against the telecom operator, its board chairman and former group CEO seeking Tk 227 crore in retirement benefits and damages for 'wrongful dismissal'.

From tomorrow, stock market trading in Bangladesh will start at 9.30 am, half an hour earlier than the stipulated schedule.

Shares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) rose for the sixth consecutive trading day today.

Turnover on the Dhaka Stock Exchange surged by around 40 per cent to Tk 1,477 crore yesterday thanks to the increased participation of general investors, who were optimistic about a potential bull run.

Big Dipper Textile Mills, which is owned by a Canada-China enterprise, will invest $91.15 million in the Ishwardi Export Processing Zone (IEPZ) to set up a textile factory. 

Bangladesh needs to prepare to grab a bigger slice of the European Union’s export market as China may lose 8 to 10 per cent of its share within the next few years due to global geopolitical changes, an economist said yesterday.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has demanded punitive measures against anyone found manipulating prices in the domestic egg market.

Bangladesh’s cotton consumption may remain unchanged in the year from August 2022 to July 2023 owing to lower-than-expected imports, said the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently.

The government is gearing up to implement a new “Smart Bangladesh” vision by 2041 with the belief that a preceding “Digital Bangladesh” had been realised by 2021.

Most of the listed non-life insurance companies in Bangladesh posted lower profits in the first half of 2022 largely due to a decrease in premium incomes from their marine insurance segment as the country moved to curb imports.  

India’s headline retail inflation may ease below 6 per cent by the fourth quarter of this financial year, bringing an end to the current cycle of rate hikes, analysts said over the weekend.

Bank Asia has organised a workshop on “Trust Fund Management in Payment and Settlement Services” at the Bank Asia Institute for Training and Development (BAITD) at Lalmatia in Dhaka recently. 

Meghna Bank Ltd and KDA School & College, an educational institute established by the Khulna Development Authority (KDA), signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the KDA office in Khulna recently.

Dealers will lose their trade licence if they try to create a fertiliser crisis in the country as there is enough of it in stock to meet the demand until January next year, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said yesterday.

The dealers will lose trade licence if they try to create fertiliser crisis in the country, as Bangladesh has enough stock of it to meet its demand until January next year, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said today.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has urged the government to take punitive measures against the egg price manipulators.