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Dhaka, Thursday


28 November 2024


Robi shares locked in 50% upper circuit on debut

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 stock

16:44 24 December 2020

Revenue collections fall 73% short of Jul-Nov target

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 target

16:11 24 December 2020

Cabinet approves of urea export to Nepal

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

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.

Md Tofazzel

02:10 24 December 2020

Shwapno-CMP organise ‘Shop with Cop’ for street children

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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 2020

22:13 23 December 2020

Covid-19: 30 deaths, 1,367 cases recorded in last 24hrs

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

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 inaugurates 144th branch in Chandpur’s Kachua

Jamuna Bank Limited has recently inaugurated its 144th branch in Chandpur’s Kachua with modern banking services

21:30 23 December 2020

Pen makers hit hardest by coronavirus

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 pandemic

21:05 23 December 2020

Women traders’ role must figure in national trade policies: CUTS International

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
Turkey supports Rohingya repatriation, lauds Bangladesh’s efforts

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