Apex launches biodegradable bags amid plastic concerns
29 August 2026
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Maersk wants to invest in Bangladesh’s shipbuilding
29 August 2026
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Customs seize Khulna-bound imported board in Old Dhaka
29 August 2026
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Business
Ecolet to invest $15.91 million in Bepza Economic Zone for LED manufacturing
27 August 2026
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Business
RAK Ceramics resumes one tile line, another remains shut
27 August 2026
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Business
Import rules open up to spur trade
25 August 2026
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Business
CPD regrets factual error over factory closure data
25 August 2026
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Business
Meghna Bank to raise ৳400 crore through subordinated bond
25 August 2026
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Business
Ctg customs house begins destroying 126 containers of expired goods
25 August 2026
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Business
Economy shows signs of gradual stabilisation, but structural challenges persist: MCCI
25 August 2026
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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
Single point mooring transports 60,000 tonnes diesel in 35 hours
Earlier, it would take 10 days
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