Robi shares locked in 50% upper circuit on debut
Till 10:30am, a total of 30,000 shares were changed hands at the halted price and there were more than 18 crore buyers waiting to bet on the new stock16:44 24 December 2020
Revenue collections fall 73% short of Jul-Nov target
The revenue collection grew by 3.19 percent year-on-year in November with a short fall of Tk 25,867 crore from the target16:11 24 December 2020
Cabinet approves of urea export to Nepal
The government has approved 50,000 tonnes of urea fertiliser procurement to export to neighbouring country Nepal.
The approval came at a virtual meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Public Procurement on
02:16 24 December 2020
PMO, BUILD form committee for logistics infrastructure development
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) have jointly formed the 7th thematic high-powered committee to propose strategies for logistics infrastructure development in the country.
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02:10 24 December 2020
Shwapno-CMP organise ‘Shop with Cop’ for street children
With this in mind, supershop ‘Shwapno’ took an initiative to fulfil the wishes of more than 50 street children in the port city of Chattogram.01:58 24 December 2020
6 Bangladeshi firms win at SAFA Best Published Annual Reports Award
Among the countries in South Asia, Bangladeshi entities scored top in eight categories of SAFA Best Published Annual Reports Award competition 2019.
The entities are Bank Asia limited, Reliance Insurance limited,
01:35 24 December 2020
Noab leaders meet information minister
The representatives raised the issue of clearance of advertisement dues pending with both the government and private organisations.01:04 24 December 2020
BTRC moves to open local manufacturing of radio equipment
Success of the local mobile handset manufacturing industry has prompted the telecom regulator to allow companies to manufacture and assemble other radio frequency equipment locally.01:03 24 December 2020
Index Agro gets IPO nod
Index Agro Industries Limited — a subsidiary of Index Group of Companies — has received market regulator BSEC’s go-ahead to float an initial public offer (IPO) using book-building method.
The company
00:59 24 December 2020
Encroachment, pollution put Buriganga river in death throes
Buriganga, the lifeline of Dhaka, has been turned into a polluted river. Industrial and domestic wastes are being dumped directly into the river.00:58 24 December 2020
Economy is on the right track, says Kamal
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said Bangladesh`s economy is doing quite well even amid the hardship and uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic globally.00:57 24 December 2020
Committee formed to reopen closed BJMC mills on lease
A nine-member inter-ministerial working committee has been formed to examine and consider the resumption of private management of BJMC's closed mills on lease.
The committee has been formed with the additional
00:46 24 December 2020
PM seeks Turkey’s engagement in Rohingya repatriation
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday called for Turkey’s engagement in sustainable repatriation of the forcefully displaced Rohingyas to their homeland Myanmar.00:42 24 December 2020
Global trade in medical goods rises 16% in Jan-June: WTO
The new paper presents preliminary trade statistics from 97 economies and compares data from January to June 2020 to the same period in 2019. The update includes a special case study on face masks, a heavily traded product which has become the most visible symbol of the fight against the pandemic.23:53 23 December 2020
Honda launches ‘Dream 110’ motorbike for Bangladeshi customers
Dream 110 is well designed with consideration of Bangladeshi people’s average height, road conditions, lower initial cost and running cost. This is the most affordable motorcycle from Honda in Bangladesh with initial price at Tk89,900.23:20 23 December 2020
Stocks rally as investors shrug off 2nd Covid wave fears
Dhaka stocks rallied amid continued volatility on Wednesday as investors shrugged off fears of a new strain of coronavirus that could spread more rapidly.
The market moved between red
23:05 23 December 2020
Berger launches high performance marine, industrial coatings
Berger Paints Bangladesh Limited, the leading paint manufacturer of the country, and Chugoku Marine Paints Limited (CMP) of Japan have teamed up to offer high performance marine coatings and related
22:28 23 December 2020
HSBC Bangladesh ranks 1st in Euromoney Cash Management Survey 2020
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) has been voted the “Market Leader in Bangladesh” for the ninth consecutive year, as well as the “Best for Service” for three years in a row in the Euromoney Cash Management Survey 202022:13 23 December 2020
Covid-19: 30 deaths, 1,367 cases recorded in last 24hrs
Bangladesh recorded 30 more deaths and 1,367 new cases of deadly novel coronavirus from different parts of the country including capital Dhaka in the last 24 hours ending 8:00am on Wednesday.22:10 23 December 2020
4 bus terminals to be built at entrance point of capital Dhaka
Dhaka North and South City Corporations will jointly build four bus terminals at four strategic entrance points of Dhaka in order to reduce traffic jam in the capital and to bring discipline in the public transport sector.22:00 23 December 2020
Jamuna Bank inaugurates 144th branch in Chandpur’s Kachua
Jamuna Bank Limited has recently inaugurated its 144th branch in Chandpur’s Kachua with modern banking services21:30 23 December 2020
Pen makers hit hardest by coronavirus
GQ Ball Pen Industries Ltd—the country’s pioneer manufacturer of ball pens—has witnessed a sharp fall in sales due to the Covid-19 pandemic21:05 23 December 2020
Women traders’ role must figure in national trade policies: CUTS International
Given the huge demand and supply mismatch in border areas of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN), large-scale informal cross-border trade is prevalent and women are mostly engaged with it,
20:51 23 December 2020
Bangladesh a rising star under Hasina’s leadership: Turkish FM
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Wednesday lauded Bangladesh’s progress saying that the country has become a rising star in South Asia under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.20:45 23 December 2020
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