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Merchant bankers has sought a central database for companies to store financial reports for authorities as well as regulators concerned to avoid multi-reporting for separate entities.

India’s Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday allowed banks to handle cryptocurrency transactions from exchanges and traders, overturning a ban on such dealings by the central bank.

The government’s revenue earnings from the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) fell 38 per cent year-on-year in eight months in the current fiscal year as trading volume was on the decline.

Bangladesh’s technology start-ups are catching the attention of venture capital (VC) firms, which have put in about $200 million in funding over the last four years, said ICT State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak yesterday

Major international airline Emirates is asking staff to take unpaid leave for up to a month at a time due to the rapidly spreading coronavirus that has led to flight cancellations around the world.

Envoy Textiles will raise a capital worth Tk 870 million issuing cumulative preference shares to expand business and repay high cost debt. 

The Coca-Cola company has taken a plan to invest $200 million in Bangladesh over the next five years. Reinforcing the company’s commitment to Bangladesh, James Quincey, Chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company on his maiden visit to

The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) put forward on Monday a set of recommendations to the government that include development of bond market and infrastructure for the country’s economic development.

Local electronics giant Walton is, arguably, going through a purple patch. For instance, earlier this week, it flagged off shipments of 26,000 air conditioners to India’s Hyundai and also inaugurated its sprawling lift manufacturing plant, both of which are firsts for Bangladesh.

Nokia Chief Executive Rajeev Suri will step down in September and be replaced by Pekka Lundmark, who used to work for the Finnish company and is the current CEO of energy group Fortum, Nokia said on Monday.