The country’s cinema owners will now get time until December 31 this year to apply for loans from the Tk 1,000 crore refinance scheme formed by Bangladesh Bank.

Import load containers have piled up at the Chattogram port as importers did not secure their consignments due to the Eid holidays when factories were closed and vehicular movement was thin.

Anyone who follows the national budget of Bangladesh is familiar with some expressions such as ‘ambitious budget’ and ‘implementation will be challenging”.

The country’s cinema hall owners will now get time until December 31 this year to apply for loans from the Tk 1,000 crore refinance scheme formed by Bangladesh Bank.

RFL Group has set up its second bicycle manufacturing plant with the objective to secure a bigger slice of the Tk 1,800 crore domestic two-wheeler market, which is growing due to rising health consciousness and a quest for convenience in transportation.

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has extended a $200 million long-term credit facility to the Infrastructure Development Company Ltd (Idcol) of Bangladesh for financing infrastructure projects in the country.

Oman Air plans to start running daily flights from Dhaka to serve the growing number of passengers from the country as the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the capital is set to make its new terminal operational, said Sunil V A, regional vice-president of the airline.

The name “Sreemangal” makes the heart tremble, according to a man who came to visit the ever-popular tourist destination to enjoy the Eid holiday with his family.

Maddhapara Granite Mining Company Limited (MGMCL) has halted hard rock production since May 1 due to a lack of the explosives needed to extract the material from underground, according to company officials.

Hotels and resorts in tourist destinations across Bangladesh are enjoying brisk business thanks to the long holiday afforded by most industries in the current festival season centring Eid-ul-Fitr as they look to partially recover pandemic-induced losses.

The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will resume selling soybean oil at Tk 110 a litre to one crore TCB cardholder families from next month, Senior Commerce Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh said yesterday.

Bangladesh’s economy might fail to benefit from the government’s timely rollout of stimulus packages for cottage, small, medium and large industries as banks have lost the zeal to extend loans since interest subsidy was not paid out at the expected pace as initially thought.

The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will resume selling edible oil at Tk 110 a litre to one crore TCB cardholder families in June, Senior Commerce Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh said today.

Untimely loading and unloading of containers has congested Chattogram port, the country’s premier seaport, with container vessels, which remain anchored due to the disruption.

Even Eid-ul-Fitr, typically a boon for remittance inflows, failed to buck the trend of sliding receipts this year.

The Advanced Chemical Industries (ACI) has recently got approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to export its product directly from Bangladesh to the United States of America.

A litre of bottled soybean oil will now be sold at Tk 198, up from Tk 160, and the loose soybean oil at Tk 180 a litre, up from Tk 136.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the ICT Division of the Government of Bangladesh recently reached an agreement to launch a cybersecurity campaign for the youth and children in selected Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

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Entravision MediaDonuts, a Singapore-based online advertising and technology company, has opened an office in Bangladesh as part of effort to continue its expansion in Asia in the second quarter of 2022.