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State-owned venture capital firm Startup Bangladesh sets sail

The forum condemned the reported threat by the LR Global Asset Management Company against journalist Niaz Mahmud

Bangladesh is set to hold the 10th Developing-8 (D-8) Summit virtually on April 8 aiming to seek more investment and trade from the member states.

On the occasion of the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the Golden Jubilee of Bangladesh, Startup Bangladesh Ltd. launched “ShotoBorshe Shoto Asha” with a plan to invest Tk 100 crore in 50 startups this year. The company announced the first series of …

The majority number of listed mutual funds (MFs) witnessed price appreciation on Monday following investors’ increased participation.

The country’s readymade garment factories will run their operations as usual but the units will have to follow the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association’s health safety protocol strictly amid the recent surge in COVID-19 infection cases, BGMEA president Rubana Huq said.

South Asia’s prospect for an economic rebound is firming up as the area’s growth is set to increase by 7.2 per cent in 2021 and 4.4 per cent in 2022, World Bank said in its twice-a-year-regional update today.

Entrepreneurs with innovative ideas will get up to Tk 1 crore in loan from the Bangladesh Bank’s Tk 500 crore start-up refinance fund against personal guarantee and academic certificate.

The reason for the short life of this newly allocated spectrum is the high population of the country

The pandemic has rolled back years of progress towards equality between men and women, according to a report released Wednesday showing the crisis had added decades to the trajectory towards closing the gender gap.