Business

When coronavirus first made its way to Bangladesh, the government initially struggled to convince its mass population to maintain the health and safety rules needed to keep the rogue pathogen at bay.  But gradually, people came around and the government succeeded in bringing the...

Bangladesh is preparing to take an alternative route to strengthen its trade ties with Russia, bypassing the US sanctions on the latter. As part of it, the Bangladesh Bank has taken an initiative to enter into a bilateral swap agreement with the Central Bank...

Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) is planning to issue bonds worth $1 billion or around Tk8.5 thousand crore to strengthen its support to the capital market. The state-owned investment company would mainly utilise the proceeds to lend to the market intermediaries who have been...

Chinese investors find infrastructure crisis, a lack of policy reforms and insecurity as the major stumbling blocks to the implementation of the registered investment proposals – resulting in low foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bangladesh. At a webinar on Monday, they suggested reducing the...

The government has taken steps to ensure supply of 14,000-MW electricity during the upcoming irrigation season. “We have instructed all concerned for completing necessary preparation to ensure supply of 14,000 MW power during the upcoming irrigation season,” State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral...

Marico Bangladesh Limited has been adjudged the winner of the 7th ICSB National Awards for Corporate Governance Excellence, 2019. The Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) honored all the winning corporations through a gala gathering on Saturday at Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden, read...

The global pandemic has changed all aspects of normal living, and ushered in an era where health and wellness are paramount decision drivers for the foreseeable future, especially when it comes to food and beverage choices.The 2021 Pollock Communications and Today’s Dietitian “What’s Trending in Nutrition” survey, with 1,165 registered dietitian...

Startup means that type of business that is mainly technology-based and is targeted for extensive markets and customers. The startup is a project, motive, or company which is conducted with an economic model. In a startup, entrepreneurs have confronted many uncertainty, undecidedness, and failure. Government support...

Bangladesh has joined the hydrogen energy race by setting up of a research centre and a pilot processing plant. The project is part of the government’s larger effort to diversify the country’s energy mix, which is still largely dependent on gas and coal. Hydrogen...

Larsen & Toubro’s (L&T) Power Transmission and Distribution Business has won large transmission line contracts in Bangladesh. According to the contract, the company will be responsible for the design, supply, installation, testing, and commissioning of extra-high-voltage transmission lines on a turnkey basis.