Apex launches biodegradable bags amid plastic concerns
Star Business Report
29 August 2026 Business
Maersk wants to invest in Bangladesh’s shipbuilding
Star Business Report
29 August 2026 Business
Customs seize Khulna-bound imported board in Old Dhaka
Star Business Report
29 August 2026 Business
RAK Ceramics resumes one tile line, another remains shut
Star Business Report 
27 August 2026 Business
Import rules open up to spur trade
Star Business Report
25 August 2026 Business
CPD regrets factual error over factory closure data
Star Business Report
25 August 2026 Business
Meghna Bank to raise ৳400 crore through subordinated bond
Star Business Report
25 August 2026 Business
Ctg customs house begins destroying 126 containers of expired goods
Star Business Report, Chattogram
25 August 2026 Business

DSE starts compensating deceived investors

8,581 investors will get Tk 25 crore
11 December 2023

ADB gives $400 million to support climate priorities in Bangladesh

This is the first subprogram of the indicative $700 million Climate-Resilient Inclusive Development Programme
11 December 2023

Md Mohiuddin Ahmed, new BTRC chairman

He will hold the position until May 29 of 2025
11 December 2023

Provati Insurance enters securities trading business

The listed non-life insurer buys 52% stakes of HAC Securities
11 December 2023

Govt ponders running industries on LPG

The government has formed a panel to frame a policy by identifying the potentials and challenges of use of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in the industrial sector.
11 December 2023

Highest VAT depositor nine firms honoured

Three each from manufacturing, trading and services sectors
10 December 2023

Renata all set to enter Australian pharma market

Levonorgestrel 1.5mg, a contraceptive pill, will be the inaugural product
10 December 2023

139 campaigns get Digital Marketing Award 2023

An initiative of Bangladesh Brand Forum, Digital Marketing Award 2023, was presented by Meghna Group of Industries, in association with The Daily Star. 
10 December 2023
9 December 2023

ASM Mohiuddin Monem again becomes Cumilla’s top taxpayer

It is Monem's 10th consecutive top taxpayer award from the zone
9 December 2023

Tourism festival begins in Kuakata

A two-day tourism festival organised by the Bangladesh Tourism Board and the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism starts in Kuakata, Patuakhali today.
7 December 2023

Chinese firm to set up $7.6m API factory in Bangladesh

Chinese company to invest $7.6 million to establish factory inside Bepza Economic Zone to manufacture active pharmaceutical ingredients
7 December 2023

Alltex to buy reconditioned textile dyeing, finishing machinery

The board of the company took the decision in its meeting on December 6, Alltex said in a disclosure on the Dhaka Stock Exchange today.
7 December 2023

Musk's Starlink to make entry to Bangladesh

The government has decided to award a licence to Starlink, brainchild of Elon Musk,that could create competition in the internet business in Bngladesh
7 December 2023

Cotton imports to fall, could send yarn output lower

Bangladesh may import a lower volume of cotton in 2023-24 owing to a fall in orders from garments buyers, difficulties in opening LCs
6 December 2023

CPA, RSGT sign agreement on Patenga Container Terminal operation

The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) today inked a concession agreement with the Saudi Arabia's company Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) to operate the newly built Patenga Container Terminal (PCT) on PPP-G2G basis for next 22 years.
6 December 2023

Bangladesh’s leather exports to benefit from CETP upgrade

two tanneries of Apex and Bay Leather to set up their own effluent treatment plants and other companies are waiting for permission
6 December 2023

Transcom chief Shahnaz Rahman among top taxpayers again

Once again, Transcom Group Chairman Shahnaz Rahman has been named one of the 76 highest taxpayers in the country
5 December 2023

Political unrest puts steel millers in a bind

construction activities in Bangladesh usually peak during the dry season from November to March, steel millers are concerned about the reduced demand for 60-grade mild steel (MS) rods
5 December 2023

Land transfer tax cut in some areas

The government has cut the land transfer tax in certain areas of Dhaka and Chattogram districts in order to make it affordable, encourage the registration of property transfers and increase revenue collection.
4 December 2023