Mir Akhter Hossain, one of the country’s biggest construction companies, is going to establish a steel manufacturing plant to meet its own demand for the key raw material in the construction of buildings and infrastructure such as bridges.

Banglalink will make significant investments to transform itself from a traditional telecom operator to a digital one as a part of its effort to adapt to the changing nature of the industry.

Lifestyle retail chain Aarong opened its 24th outlet at Banasree, Rampura in Dhaka on Thursday. 

Pepsi launched its summer campaign “More Fizz More Refreshing Taste” in Bangladesh featuring brand ambassador Salman Khan. 

Walton has launched an energy efficient “Inverna” series air conditioner which received a 5.5 star energy rating certificate from the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution.

Unilever Bangladesh Ltd (UBL) won the award of the “Global Best Employer Brand-2022” in Bangladesh from the World HRD Congress for its efforts in translating and combining vision with action, integrating its HR strategy with business, and cultivating competencies for the future to enable the organisation to be future-fit.

Mutual Trust Bank (MTB) arranged an open loan disbursement programme at Darail Bazar, Gabtoli in Bogura for the marginal Tk 10 account holders.

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the appointment of Khairul Bashar Abu Taher Mohammad, chief executive officer of MTB Capital Ltd, as the new chief regulatory officer of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).

Smart Technologies (BD) Ltd launched a Sony-Smart showroom at Jahir Smart Tower on Begum Rokeya Sharani at Taltola, Agargaon in Dhaka.

Berger Fosroc Ltd, a joint venture of Berger Paints Bangladesh and Fosroc International Ltd, yesterday opened a construction chemicals plant to cater for the growing domestic market for chemicals and cut import dependence.

Wagely, a financial wellness platform, recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with The Daily Star to distribute “The Daily Star Newspaper Gift Cards” to its valued stakeholders.

PrimeAgrim, an artificial intelligence-driven nano financing platform of Prime Bank, won the Bangladesh Innovation Award 2022 given by the Innovation Conclave in Bangladesh for the best innovation in the finance category.

Sandhani Asset Management is bringing a fixed income mutual fund that is the first of its kind in Bangladesh.

In only a few years, property solutions provider Bproperty has created a branch of the real estate industry focused on the trade of second hand flats. Mark Nosworthy, CEO of Bproperty, sat with The Daily Star to express his views on the country’s real estate sector and how Bproperty fits into the big picture.

Nestle insisted Sunday that it was not making any profits in Russia after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused the Swiss food giant of doing business as usual.

PepsiCo Foundation, a philanthropic arm of PepsiCo, and Brac have announced the culmination of their project to provide access to safe drinking water to underserved communities in Cox’s Bazar marking World Water Day today.

Unilever Bangladesh organised a Pureit Trade Meet 2022 at Marriott Convention Center in Dhaka on Saturday, participated by over 300 retail partners to celebrate the business success of water purifier brand Pureit.

Pran-RFL Group has started exporting gas stoves to Samoa, a country in the central South Pacific Ocean, with the first consignment being sent out from Rangpur Metal Industries’ factory in Narayanganj recently.  

Mobile financial service provider bKash has been ranked as the top “Employer of Choice” among 53 multinational and local organisations for a second year in a row in a 2021 Campus Track Survey conducted by Nielsen.

Fintech startup CloudWell, also known as PayWell, has recently received a PCI DSS certification for adopting and applying mandatory controls to ensure data security for customers.