Bangladesh International Arbitration Centre (BIAC) recently elected Muhammad A Rumee Ali as vice-chairman with effect from March 1, 2022.

Walton has formed a panel to ensure welfare and rights of female employees and maintain an environment conducive to promoting women and securing their retention in employment in collaboration with their male peers.

Chevron Bangladesh and Save the Children celebrated their long partnership to promote access and increase basic educational outcomes for marginalised children through Shikhon programme through an event titled “Dissemination Program of SHIKHON Tracer Study and Celebrating 13 Years of Partnership” held at Lakeshore Hotel in Gulshan, Dhaka recently.

Bank Asia celebrated International Women’s Day 2022 at Bank Asia Tower in Dhaka yesterday with the slogan “Let Her Lead”.

Eastern Bank and MasterCard recently launched an “Aqua Women Prepaid Card” at a roundtable on financial inclusion for women’s economic empowerment at the bank’s Dhaka head office yesterday marking International Women’s Day.

Sheltech Brokerage Ltd signed an agreement with ZagTrader PLC, a UAE-based IT company, at Envoy Tower in Dhaka’s Panthapath recently.

City Bank Ltd and Greenland Equities Ltd recently signed a strategic partnership agreement in order to bring more investments into the capital market.

The 36th Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) began in Dhaka yesterday focusing on four areas of regional cooperation, including a sustainable agri-food system.

Strengthening Bangladesh Bank’s independence and autonomy is key to enabling it to strictly enforce the current prudential regulations in the banking sector, said International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Grameenphone recently launched one 4G modem and two routers with prices ranging from Tk 2,650 to Tk 4,499 through a ceremony at GP House in Dhaka.

The money loan court in Chattogram yesterday slapped five owners of Messers Elias Brothers (MEB) with a five-month jail sentence for defaulting a loan of Tk 185 crore.

TVS Motor Company, an Indian multinational automotive company that manufactures two-wheelers and three-wheelers, launched its feature-rich TVS Raider in the 125cc segment for young customers in Bangladesh.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has appointed Martin Holtmann as the new country manager for Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal.

The German sports company Puma said Saturday it would temporarily shutter its shops in Russia, following other retailers and businesses in suspending their operations after the invasion of Ukraine.

Brac Dairy and Food Project yesterday organised Aarong Dairy Sales Conference 2022 for the company’s sales representatives at International Convention Center, Bashundhara in Dhaka in order to carry out their business activities smoothly.

Pran, an agro-processor of the country and a subsidiary of Pran-RFL Group, has set a target to procure 12,000 tonnes of tomatoes for manufacturing tomato-based products, including sauce and ketchup, for the season.

MI Cement Factory Ltd, a listed company, has changed its name to Crown Cement PLC as part of its business strategy as well as to bring consistency to its brand name.

ACI Motors Ltd, local distributor of Yamaha and a subsidiary of ACI Group, launched the largest Yamaha showroom at the Haque Center in Tejgaon, Dhaka on Tuesday.

Berger Paints Bangladesh Ltd (BPBL) in collaboration with the department of architecture at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) virtually organised the Berger Award Programme for students of Architecture BUET (BASAB) recently.

Profits of Unilever Consumer Care, formerly GlaxoSmithKline Bangladesh, dropped marginally in 2021 compared to the previous year due to the lower income from bank deposits.