BSEC summons Robi top brass to its headquarters today for announcing no dividend
Read More »Tokyo shares open higher
Tokyo stocks opened higher on Tuesday as investors kept a bullish outlook with Japan preparing to start vaccinations against the coronavirus, fuelling hopes for economic normalisation.
Read More »Chinese firm to build plasma fractionation plant in Bangladesh
A Chinese biotechnology firm will start constructing its plant for plasma fractionation in Bangladesh soon. This will be the first biotechnology plant in the country.
Read More »37 apparel makers investing $650m in Bangabandhu Shilpa Nagar
Some 37 local textile and garment manufacturers have started investing in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar (BSMSN) to establish high-end apparel factories.
Read More »RAKUB asked to rectify promotion rule violations
The Bangladesh Bank has instructed the poorly-performing Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank to take corrective measures over violation of rules relating to transfer and promotion of the specialised bank’s employees.
Read More »Government drafts charcoal policy to tap export potential
The government has drafted a policy on charcoal to tap the export potential of the non-traditional item and the efficient use of jute-stalks.
Read More »A contesting panel unsure whether BGMEA polls will be fair
The Swadhinata Parishad candidates were assaulted during the election in 2019, with members with allegiance to the rival platforms snatching away their nomination papers and other documents, alleges its chief
Read More »‘Bangladesh achieves epoch-making success in agriculture’
Bangladesh has achieved an epoch-making success in the agriculture, fishery and livestock sectors to ensure national food security under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the last 12 years.
Read More »MNP has been a damp squib. BTRC is giving another go at making it work.
One of the major reasons behind MNP’s failure to launch is that users stopped receiving text messages after making the switch, a problem that the BTRC hopes to solve by making all third-party SMS vendors connect to a platform that allows seamless routing
Read More »Does Bangladesh have the most complicated LC opening conditions?
On February 4, at a roundtable organised by Eastern Bank, Hideaki Kojima, the country representative of Japan’s largest lender, said Bangladesh has the most complicated letters of credit opening conditions.
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