An Indian container ship sets off from West Bengal today to see if it is technically and commercially viable to establish a trade route up...

The Savar Tannery Industrial Estate (STIE) and the tanners are still a long way off from meeting the requirements of the vital Leather Working Group...

Bangladesh needs to invest in research and development and the manufacture of raw materials if it wants to pocket $1 billion from exports in five...

Top management tiers need to consider cultural viewpoints before using the huge amounts of user data being generated daily in the digital space for marketing...

Airlines will have to count 15 percent value added tax (VAT) on aeronautical services provided by the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), according to...

Thai Airways has disclosed that its chairman has resigned as the carrier struggles with financial challenges.The airline said Friday that Ekniti Nitithanprapas resigned as of...

The Supreme Court yesterday gave two more weeks to Grameenphone to inform it how much money the operator can pay to the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory...

The world’s largest smartphone and memory chip maker Samsung Electronics saw net profits slump by more than half in the third quarter, it said Thursday,...

With great hopes, Yih Hang, a Taiwanese shoemaking machinery manufacturer, is participating in the 7th International Leathertech Show at the three-day International Convention City Bashundhara...

The government is set to buy 6 lakh tonnes of aman paddy, the highest in 24 years, from growers this harvesting season as it looks...

Regent Airways has recently offered upto 50 percent discount on its five inter-national and two domestic routes marking its 9th anniversary to be celebrated on...

Stock investors are becoming inactive due to ailing stocks and lack of confidence, so the number of unutilised and zero balance beneficiary owners’ (BO) accounts...

Women entrepreneurs, particularly small ones, continue to remain marginalised when it comes to getting loans from the financial sector despite various initiatives taken over the...

Mobile operators have cut back on compensation for call drops in recent months, in a worrying development for customers.Between August last year and July this...

Cooperation between South and Southeast Asian Muslim nations will immensely benefit the region, including non-Muslim nations, speakers said.They said the cooperation will increase business and...

Stock investors yesterday demanded reforms in the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) by way of changing the top officials for their failure to uphold...

Poor dividends announced by the listed companies and forced sale of shares by merchant bankers are pushing stocks down, adding further woes to the investors...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday Saudi Arabia will invest in downstream oil and gas projects in India as part of a strategic partnership...

Stocks have continued to lose value as the index and prices are falling every day.The DSEX, the benchmark index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, fell 53.42...

Bangladesh will be able to double its export to India in three years if the former can utilise its trade potential in the northeastern Indian...

The National Board of Revenue is likely to cut value added tax on the import of coal for power plants to 5 percent from present...

Chinese shares closed sharply higher Monday as investors piled into stocks linked to blockchain after President Xi Jinping called for China to step up investment...

A modernized land management, streamlined courts, and regulated shadow banking system would hugely benefit Indian economy, visiting World Bank president David Malpass has said in...

Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) will be compelled to apply laws if retailers and manufacturers do not withdraw the turmeric powder that contains high levels...

Consumers will have to bear high prices of onion for one more month until new consignments of the vegetable arrive from Egypt and Turkey and...

Stocks plunged again yesterday after a two-day rising streak, pushing the turnover on the Dhaka Stock Exchange to a five-month low.Turnover dropped 22.37 percent to...

A workshop yesterday focused on technical, business and legal aspects of blockchain technology along with a few promising enterprise usages with emphasis on small and...

Premier Bank Chairman HBM Iqbal yesterday blamed banks’ executives for rising non-performing loans in the industry.He said the branch manager, the credit division and the...

Feed makers yesterday urged the government to withdraw advance tax on the import of raw materials of feed and machinery of the poultry industry, as...

Bangladesh has to create a vibrant corporate bond market immediately if it wants to go to the next level of development, experts said yesterday.Banks get...

The Newspaper Owners’ Association of Bangladesh (Noab) yesterday sought cooperation from the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) in developing the industry...

Turnover at the Dhaka Stock Exchange rose around 19 percent yesterday thanks to higher participation of institutional investors.Market insiders said some well-performing companies declared dividends...

India has assured Bangladesh that it would try to lift the ban on the export of onions after the Maharashtra assembly elections, which took place...

Bangladesh has been failing to export its fruits and vegetables, which are in surplus now, due to a lack of quality and variety sought by...

There is rising risk of contagion in India’s banking sector with many finance companies having lost more than half of their equity value in the...

The French government has abandoned its goal of welcoming 100 million foreign visitors in 2020, blaming the impacts of months of anti-government protests and Britain’s...

Facing off against a plaintiff’s lawyer for the first time about Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder, the company’s Chief Executive Alex Gorsky earlier this month...

Bangladesh has one of the least favourable regulatory environments for farmers although the country is still dependent on the agriculture sector for ensuring food security,...

The government cannot approve trade unionism in industrial sectors because of pressure from influential quarters and workers’ ignorance, former state minister for labour and employment...

The annual weeklong tax fair will begin on November 14 to enable individual taxpayers to congregate and file returns and complete tax procedures all in...

The High Court has decided to pass an order tomorrow on an appeal filed by Robi Axiata seeking an injunction on a move of Bangladesh...

Getting a new landline connection would be free of cost from next week as the government looks to bring users back to wire-connected telephony and...

Omera Petroleum, a subsidiary of Mobil Jamuna Bangladesh, plans to raise Tk 238.43 crore from the stock market to expand its liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)...

China on Monday unexpectedly kept unchanged its new benchmark lending rate, suggesting Beijing is keen to avoid overly loosening monetary policy for fear it may...

An agreement was signed between Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (Bepza) and a Chinese company yesterday for implementing the latter’s plan to invest $2 million...

Asia is expected to grow at 5.0 percent in 2019 and 5.1 percent in 2020, with risks to the projection still skewed downward, an International...

Five state-owned commercial banks have received nearly 80 percent of loan rescheduling applications as defaulters rush to regularise their credits on easy terms under a...

One factory will go into operation at the Mirsarai Economic Zone (MEZ) next month and another five by June next year as the country’s largest...

Junk stocks yesterday soared once again upon speculation, much to the bafflement and frustration of analysts.Five poorly performing companies from the Z category -- Information...

Three digital one-stop platforms -- Eksheba, Ekpay and Ekshop -- to enable people to get different government services and pay utility bills and fees were...