Bangladesh

Dhaka bourse closed the week setting a milestone in market capital capitalisation riding on investors' enthusiastic participation in large cap sectors. Following the price appreciation witnessed by majority number of listed securities, the market capitalisation on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) hit a fresh...

ফাইন্যান্সিয়াল রিপোর্টিং কাউন্সিলের (এফআরসি) নির্দেশনা মানছে না শেয়ারবাজারে তালিকাভুক্ত ও রাষ্ট্রায়ত্ত কোম্পানি পাওয়ার গ্রিড কোম্পানি। ফলে গ্রাহকদের কাছ থেকে ২৯১ কোটি টাকার পাওনা আদায় নিয়ে শঙ্কা প্রকাশ করেছেন কোম্পানিটির নিরীক্ষক। পাওয়ার গ্রিডের ২০২০ সালের ৩০ জুন সমাপ্ত হিসাব বছরের আর্থিক হিসাব নিরীক্ষার নিরীক্ষক এমন মন্তব্য করেছেন। ঢাকা...

Though the year of 2020 started with a lot of optimism, all those changed with the onset of Coronavirus pandemic. Things turned grim due to the spread of the deadly virus into every aspect of lives. It has also had a massive negative impact on the global...

Bangladesh has been lauded as one of the frontline nations to implement the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by achieving several targets ahead of time. Inspired by this success, the country set a vision to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within 2030. Prior to the pandemic, Bangladesh...

The trains for Bangladesh's first metro rail are ready in Japan and may arrive here shortly. The authorities are, in fact, hopeful of bringing the trains next month – if the Covid-19 situation improves by then. Meanwhile, the Uttara-Agargaon part of...

iFarmer, a Bangladeshi agritech startup that connects farmers with investors, has closed a six-figure investment from Falcon Network, a Dubai based investor, and Accelerating Asia, an early-stage venture capital fund, announced the startup today. Fahad Ifaz, Co-Founder and CEO, iFarmer said, "We are super...

A large real estate company, Royal Homes, has built a residential project named Royal City in the South Surma area of Sylhet. But, business at the firm has come to a standstill since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Buyers are not paying the installments of the...

Two decades ago, it was just a component of Multimode. Today, Lal Teer is a giant brand in the seed market. Growing with the agro sector over the years, Lal Teer now has at least 200 varieties of vegetable and paddy seeds in its innovation portfolio.

Over a dozen listed firms have so far failed to make their annual financial statements public, thereby keeping the shareholders as well as the new investors in the dark. Besides, the failure to comply with the stock market regulator's directive to timely submit the...

Stocks ended higher on Monday after high volatility despite the news of uncertainty regarding coronavirus vaccine import amid India’s ban on vaccine export for a few months. After a big jump in the first session the year, DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka...