Bangladesh

The market capitalisation of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) crossed Tk 5.0 trillion on Thursday, hitting an all-time high following the price appreciation witnessed by the majority number of listed securities. On the day, the market capitalisation of the premier bourse stood at Tk...

If an e-commerce company fails to deliver in time a product that has been paid in advance during order placement, it will have to pay double the product price in penalty. The buyer will be able to recover the fine by filing a case...

Speakers at a programme on Monday said Bangladesh needed a clear-cut regulation on disposal of used cooking oils and developing a system of its recycling. Restaurants and households generate adequate quantities of used cooking oil every day and many again use it for the...

China is top foreign investor in the country's economic zones (EZ) as the number of its formal proposals outstrips 13 other nations. Between fiscal year 2018 and December of 2020, China grabbed more than one-third of the proposals made in the zones, according to...

The government has framed a format on feasibility studies to put an end to a decades-long practice of including projects in the development programme without proper assessment and economic viability in order to get rid of delays and cost-overrun. As there is no specific...

Mahindra and Mahindra Limited, an Indian Agro-machineries manufacturer, will set up an agro-machinery assembling plant in Bangladesh.    The company managing director and CEO, Pawan Kumar Goenka, said this at a virtual conference with agriculture minister Mohammad Abdur Razzaque on Tuesday. The...

On top of the current targets for green banking, the Bangladesh Bank has set new plans for bank loan disbursements in financing green and sustainable projects. The central bank's Sustainable Finance Department (FSD) issued a circular for banks in this regard Tuesday.

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has said SMEs, contributing about 26% to our GDP, are the lifeline of our economy, and the government will provide support to all sectors with export potential, enabling them to be more competitive. The global economic dimension has changed...

Housing sector has set an example in Bangladesh by playing an important role in the national economy for the last 30 years. Top Bangladeshi and Indian businessmen expressed their views at a five-star hotel in the capital's Gulshan on Sunday. The...

Maintaining trade benefits would be one of the major challenges for Bangladesh after completing graduation from the least developed country in 2027, according to foreign secretary Masud Bin Momen. The UN Committee for Development Policy would hold a meeting of experts with Bangladesh tomorrow...