StanChart wins Best CSR Bank accolade

Standard Chartered Bangladesh recently won the “Best CSR Bank” in Bangladesh award given by International Finance for innovative community engagement initiatives.
23 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Dhaka Travel Mart on June 2

The 17th edition of Dhaka Travel Mart-2022, a three-day travel and tourism fair, is scheduled to begin on June 2, organised by fortnightly The Bangladesh Monitor with US-Bangla Airlines as the co-sponsor and online travel agency Triplover the title sponsor.
23 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Envoy gets nod for Tk 200cr bonds

Envoy Textiles, one of the leading listed textile makers, has got the nod from the stock market regulator to issue zero coupon bonds of Tk 200 crore.
23 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Alif Industries to issue bonds worth Tk 300cr

Alif Industries has got the approval of the stock market regulator to issue unsecured, floating rate and convertible bonds to raise Tk 300 crore in funds.
23 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Remittance: No need to submit papers to get incentive

Bangladesh Bank yesterday relaxed the rules related to a 2.5 per cent cash bonus offered as an incentive to remitters if they send money home through official channels.
23 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Ghulam M. Alomgir Receives Lifetime Recognition from IEB

The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB), the most prestigious national professional organisation in the country, on its 74th anniversary, felicitated engineering leaders by awarding "Lifetime and Posthumous Awards" who have led and contributed to the IEB time to time.
23 May 2022, 10:38 AM

Hyundai Motor to invest $10b in US

Hyundai Motor Group said on Sunday it would invest an additional $5 billion in the United States by 2025 to strengthen collaboration with US firms in advanced technology.
22 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Brac Bank offers loans for higher education

Brac Bank recently launched “Agami Personal Loan”, a customised product meant to help parents and guardians bear expenses of their children’s higher education.
22 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Apple looks to boost production outside China

Apple Inc has told some of its contract manufacturers that it wants to increase production outside China, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
22 May 2022, 18:00 PM

EPB team visits Walton headquarters

Walton has been achieving great success in exporting domestically finished electronics and electrical goods, said Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) Vice-Chairman AHM Ahsan yesterday.
21 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Hyundai to build $5.5b EV plant in US

South Korean automaker Hyundai will build a $5.5 billion electric vehicle and battery plant in the southern US state of Georgia, its governor announced Friday, as President Joe Biden pursued his trip to Seoul.
21 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Moody’s cuts Ukraine debt rating, outlook negative

Moody’s on Friday cut Ukraine’s debt rating for the second time in three months and lowered the outlook to negative due to the growing risk the Russian invasion will affect the nation’s debt sustainability.
21 May 2022, 18:00 PM

BSEC to probe Safko share price manipulation

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has formed a two-member committee to investigate findings of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) that Md Abul Khayer, a government official, and his associates were involved in a series of transactions to raise the share price of Safko Spinning Mills.
19 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Navana holds economic forum for 10-year strategy

Navana Group recently organised an economic forum as a part of their greater initiative to define Navana Tomorrow, a 10-year strategy development effort for its business units.
18 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Akij signs deal with Bühler Asia for high-tech flour mill

Akij Essentials Ltd has signed an agreement with Swiss multinational plant equipment manufacturer Bühler Asia Private Ltd, Singapore to establish a latest technology flour mill with a 600-tonne daily production capacity located in Narayanganj.
18 May 2022, 18:00 PM

BTRC seizes illegal network interference devices

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has seized dozens of unauthorised network interference devices such as repeaters, jammers and boosters from different markets in Dhaka in recent weeks.
18 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Salvo Chemical’s cornstarch unit ready for production

Salvo Chemical Industry yesterday announced that its cornstarch unit is ready to commence production.
18 May 2022, 07:00 AM

2cr rural people to get access to eye care by 2023

A joint initiative by MetLife Foundation and EssilorLuxottica’s Social Impact Fund will by 2023 help create over 800 entrepreneurs to provide eye care services, such as vision testing, for two crore people in rural areas.
17 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Private sector should engage in disaster risk management

Disasters can be detrimental to supply chains, production and overall business marketing, for which it is imperative to engage the private sector in risk management to mitigate the losses, said speakers at an event yesterday.
17 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Walton announces cashback of up to Tk 20 lakh

Walton announced Digital Campaign Season-15 for the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, following its huge success in the previous seasons.
16 May 2022, 18:00 PM