Policy reforms, good governance, and proper monitoring are required to help the country’s financial sector ride out the current crisis and put in place a...

About 200 employees of Sanofi along with their family members and union leaders yesterday urged the French pharmaceuticals giant to discard the plan to sell...

The demand for safety and security equipment -- from smart home systems to modern fire extinguishers -- has not yet gained momentum in Bangladesh, market...

Blacklisted Chinese telecoms equipment giant Huawei is in early-stage talks with some US telecoms companies about licensing its 5G network technology to them, a Huawei...

Construction equipment and materials manufacturers, mainly from India and China, are exploring potential of expanding their business in the Bangladesh market. According to participants of Build...

The food ministry plans to set up 200 paddy silos for about Tk 6,000 crore in order to buy increased amounts of grains from growers...

Women are facing less social and family challenges in doing business in Bangladesh compared to several years ago, an improvement that will buoy up more...

The government should step up its efforts to rein in inequality as its upward trend is posing a serious threat to the country’s ongoing social...

Time is money, for many industrialists and top executives. But given the poor road communication in Bangladesh, inordinate amount of time is wasted on the...

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday began his visit to a number of European countries as Bangladesh is giving much importance to boosting...

As much as half of the world’s work is unpaid.  And most of it is done by women.This imbalance not only robs women of economic...

Credit growth at Indian banks has dropped to its lowest level in nearly two years, the latest Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data shows, as...

The DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange, is refusing to pick up even though the profits of the listed companies continued to...

The domestic market of electrical products and wiring solutions is growing fast thanks to the rapid urbanisation, increased availability of electricity and rising purchasing power...

Inflation edged up five basis points to 5.54 percent in September, the highest in nine months, driven mainly by spiralling prices of food and non-food...

Sanofi is now packing its bags to leave Bangladesh for strategic reasons, said the managing director of its local operations, bringing an end to weeks...

Banglalink has lost the highest number of subscribers to other operators in the last one year as the users changed the carrier using the mobile...

Bangladesh will start digital device export within the next two years, said Zunaid Ahmed Palak, state minister for ICT, as the country looks to brandish...

Worldwide apparel consumption is set to increase by 65 percent by 2030 when the population will go up by 16 percent, creating huge business potential...

Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer were awarded the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for their approach to alleviate global poverty.Fifty-eight-year-old Banerjee...

The Bangladesh economy is forecast to achieve the second highest growth rate this fiscal year in South Asia, the World Bank said in its biennial...

The stock market continued to bleed for the fifth day straight as tension surrounding the regulatory tussles of Grameenphone, the largest company on the Dhaka...

Tax receipts grew only 3.35 percent in the first two months of the fiscal year, leaving a shortfall of Tk 9,317 crore in the National...

Japanese companies overwhelmingly think the nation’s longest postwar expansion is peaking, with two-thirds expecting a tax hike imposed this month by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe...

A pizza-burger hybrid that comes with eight patties and toppings such as meatball, chicken patties along with mozzarella and cheddar cheese made its debut at...

Digital, or financial technology – including mobile  internet access, blockchain, artificial intelligence, and big data – can  make international trade more efficient and support financing...

US President Donald Trump on Friday outlined the first phase of a deal to end a trade war with China and suspended a threatened tariff...

Global stocks rallied Friday as US-China trade negotiations yielded a partial deal, while the British pound surged for a second straight session on signs that...

Banking sector vulnerabilities and uncertain global outlook stand to take the momentum off the economy that looks set to grow at a robust pace in...

Trade deficit narrowed slightly in the first two months of the fiscal year, helped by a decrease in both imports and exports in a sign...

Shares on Dhaka Stock Exchange fell during all the trading days last week, sending the key index to its three-year low of 4,810.21 points.The DSEX,...

Tea production grew 23.62 percent to 52.53 million kilogrammes as of August this year, in an indication that may see the country pull off the...

Product innovations and consumers trends for the coming years in the food and beverage industry are in the central focus for visitors at Anuga in...

Grameenphone and Robi have challenged the legality of the telecom regulator’s show-cause notice on them asking to reply within 30 days why their licences would...

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Md Tazul Islam on Saturday said the country’s GDP growth will be increased by 1 percent once the...

Several fairs under a “26th Build Bangladesh International Expo 2019” will be organised in Dhaka showcasing equipment, technologies and services related to infrastructure development.Cems Bangladesh...

The National Board of Revenue plans to buy 14 container scanners to boost examination of export and import consignments and curb evasion of duties through...

US airlines are scrambling to digest a new 10 percent tariff on European-made Airbus planes that threaten additional havoc in a market already reeling from...

EGENERATION Ltd, one of the leading technology and tech investment companies in Bangladesh, has struck a memorandum of understanding with Highbar Technocrat Ltd, a spin-off...

DESPITE the flurry of trade and political uncertainties hanging over the US economy, the National Retail Federation on Thursday said it expects Americans to continue...

Public housing has played an important role in building a social compact that holds Singapore’s society together.More than 78.7 per cent of resident households in...

INDIA’S central bank on Friday cut interest rates for the fifth time this year, putting them at a near-decade low, while it also slashed its...

Just two years ago, Bangladesh was dependent on imports to meet 95 percent of its demand for motorbikes. But the situation has completely reversed: Today,...

Sanofi has sent out a letter to medical professionals reassuring them that the French pharma giant was not leaving Bangladesh -- a move that its...

Despite sharing a long border, Bangladesh is still a very tiny source for merchandise for India due to a lack of diversification of products and...

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has been emphasising market stability because it otherwise leads to losses for general investors, said Khairul Hossain, chairman...

The net foreign investment on the Dhaka bourse has kept falling for the seventh straight month because of eroding investor confidence and the rising fear...

Building trust is key to successful crowdfunding initiatives, a deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank said yesterday.“Crowdfunding is playing a more and more effective role in...

The government has decided to consider foreign loans as hard-term ones if the grant element is less than 25 percent, down from the 35 percent...

From Kathmandu to Colombo, it’s a kitchen nightmare: Onion prices have gone crazy.That’s because India, the world’s biggest seller of the Asian diet staple, has...