Sheikh Fazle Fahim, managing director of Obsidian Bangladesh Ltd, has been elected as the president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry...

A lack of trust is to blame for the banking sector’s current woes, said noted economist Wahiduddin Mahmud yesterday.An implicit element of trust works in...

US sanctions came into effect Sunday to block Venezuela’s economic lifeline of oil exports, in what Washington hopes will be a major blow in its...

Japanese motorbike manufacturer Yamaha, in partnership with ACI Motors Ltd, yesterday launched two new models of two-wheeler with a view to attracting young riders in...

Rising inequality, increasing effects of natural disasters and high level of bribery and crimes are pushing SDG indicators in the wrong direction and will obstruct...

Nokia as a mobile phone brand has gone down to nowhere now from the by far market leader a decade ago. Motorola, another brand that...

Surging global oil prices will pose a first big challenge to India’s new government, whoever wins an election now under way, especially as domestic prices...

Profits at China’s industrial firms grew in March, rebounding from four months of contraction, adding to optimism the world’s second-largest economy may be starting to...

Bangladesh needs to drastically improve its logistics network to handle the fast growing inbound and outbound cargo and container movement in line with the country’s...

Demolition of the illegally-constructed BGMEA building will take more time as the Rajuk is yet to finalise the contractor for the job.The deadline for submitting...

The central bank has turned down banks’ request to grant them waiver on maintaining statutory liquidity ratio and cash reserve ratio for offshore banking operations...

Ambassadors, presidents of chambers representing French-speaking countries, businesspeople and high-ups of the MIDAS yesterday celebrated the MIDAS becoming the first recipient of a “2019 Francophonie...

Farmers have started harvesting the biggest paddy crop, boro, in various parts of the country but the declining prices of the staple have stoked concerns...

China  is expected to promote a recalibrated version of its Belt and Road initiative at a summit of heads of state this week in Beijing,...

Grameenphone yesterday reported Tk 890 crore in net profit for the first quarter of 2019, up 25.6 percent year-on-year, as the indomitable operator continues to...

Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going to resume direct flights from Dhaka to Delhi from May 13 with ticket prices starting at $300 (Tk 25,200), excluding...

Garment workers are getting 26 percent less in basic pay than what they should have under the new salary structure, according to the Transparency International...

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on Tuesday urged the government to publish the “actual data” based on which the GDP has been assessed.CPD distinguished...

Stocks fell sharply yesterday, in what can be viewed as a strong reaction to the finance minister's comment on Monday that the market's bear run...

Indonesian investors are keen on investing in Bangladesh's energy and power sectors, as they see immense potential in the south Asian country, the envoy of...

In a major move, the central bank yesterday eased the loan classification rules as it continues to engineer to show a lower nonperforming loan figure,...

Outsourcing can transform the service sector in Bangladesh, especially in the areas of health, telecom and finance by way of improving efficiency, cutting costs and...

The Dhaka Stock Exchange's bear run since February is nothing unusual, said Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday, going so far as to blame the...

People can soon get loans from banks by keeping their movable assets with banks as collateral, in a development that will expand the access to...

A Bangladeshi tea brand has gone global with successful business, expanding to the United States and the United Kingdom after several years' of efforts.Teatulia, pronounced...

The aviation market of Bangladesh is growing rapidly and expected to expand at a faster rate in near future, generating interest from European aerospace giant...

Salman F Rahman, private industry and investment adviser to the prime minister, yesterday urged the youth of Bangladesh to prepare themselves to face the challenges...

Summit LNG, a vessel with floating storage and re-gasification unit (FSRU), has arrived in the Bay of Bengal ahead of schedule to supply 500 million...

Bangladesh needs to set a base price for garment items to ensure proper rates from international retailers and brands for all manufacturers and bring an...

The Dhaka Stock Exchange has come up with a set of proposals to rein in sponsors, directors and placement shareholders from dumping their shares as...

Wall Street could soon welcome its first-ever female chief executive after JP Morgan announced that finance boss Marianne Lake will take over running its consumer...

The occupants of the BGMEA complex are dragging their feet in vacating the illegal structure, failing to clear out the building yesterday, which was the...

Chinese e-commerce tycoon Jack Ma has long been an example of how the power of big dreams, strong leadership and sheer elbow grease can create...

The main job of the incoming BGMEA board of directors would be to brighten the image of Bangladesh's garment industry, said Siddiqur Rahman, the outgoing...

Bangladesh has made significant progress in ensuring workplace safety and increasing the wages and capacity of workers but there hasn't been much improvement in their...

Huawei is all set to fight the digital challenges the world would face in the days to come helped by its self-developed chips, ICT devices...

Grameenphone subscribers can brace themselves for higher charges thanks to a set of decisions taken at a telecom division meeting yesterday -- a baffling move...

The condition of one-fifth the Rana Plaza survivors is getting worse six years after the disaster, revealed a study of ActionAid Bangladesh yesterday.Almost half of...

Dhaka stocks sank deeper into the red yesterday, hitting a five-month low and eliciting angry calls for resignation of the stock market watchdog's chief from...

The number of handlooms fell by more than quarter in Bangladesh in the last 15 years, cutting jobs, largely because of the sector's shift towards...

Huawei will bring huge change to the world with its work in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and fifth-generation (5G) network, a top official...

The central bank has moved to form an asset management company to deal with the growing non-performing loans (NPLs) of banks, as part of its...

Esquire Knit slid below its offering price within a day of its stock market debut on April 9 -- in a baffling development for a...

The Supreme Court yesterday extended the tenure of Accord to May 19 in what can be viewed as a small victory for the European retailers'...

Customers' profiles are changing rapidly. According to a report published by the Brookings Institution in September 2018, just over a half of the world population...

The Bangladesh Garment Manufac-turers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has sought more time from courts to relocate its headquarters to Uttara as the new building is...

Revenue collection growth slowed to 7 percent in the July-February period of the current fiscal year -- the lowest in five years -- owing to...

Dhaka is set to get another ride-hailing option by the end of the month named Drivill that promises at least 10 percent lower fares and...

Regent Airways has moved to shave off two aircraft from its fleet as part of its plan to ride out the financial crisis the local...

The proposed hike in gas price will take a heavy toll on the industries which are highly dependent on gas to run their factories, entrepreneurs...