Some 92 Bangladeshi workers left Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for Korea today through chartered flights operated by a Korean air company as the government of the East Asian nation resumed receiving foreign workers.

Bangladesh is gradually getting ready to cater garment work orders worth up to $8 billion a month as the local apparel manufacturers are receiving more work orders from the international retailers and brands, a top leader of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) said today.

Consumers will have to pay higher to buy soybean and palm oil from Saturday as refiners decided to increase prices by up to Tk 8 per litre on the ground of increasing import costs.

The Dhaka stocks dropped in the first session of today's trading as investors went for booking profits.

LankaBangla Securities has retained its position as the top broker in 2021 in the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE).

The Dhaka stocks maintained the rising trend of the last two days in the first half of today's trading.

Remittance slightly increased in the just concluded year after experiencing a falling trend in the last couple of months.

Export earnings made another record as it grew 48.27 per cent year-on-year to hit $4.90 billion in December 2021 thanks to a strong rebound in apparel shipment.

The government should ensure proper implementation of the national chemical guideline for the local textile and garment industry to boost exports, experts said today.

The HSBC has been recognised as the ‘best cash management bank’ at the CorporateTreasurer Awards 2021.

The stocks maintained an upward trend in the first two hours of trading today.

Kabir Ahmed has been re-elected as the president of the Bangladesh Freight Forwarders Association (BAFFA) for two years until 2023.

Bangladesh’s premier seaport in Chattogram handled record number of containers in 2021 and also posted over 13 per cent year-on-year growth in container handling.

Leading mobile financial service provider bKash has won the Best Brand award for the third time in a row that was given depending on the results of a consumer survey conducted by the Bangladesh Brand Forum (BBF).

Bangladesh should follow its own model to ensure the economic development, eminent economist Wahiduddin Mahmud said today.

The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) dropped today in the first two hours after rising for two consecutive days.

The Centre for Policy Dialogue today said the government should reduce diesel prices in order to cut crop cultivation and transportation costs to curb spike in production cost.

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) will approve application of any company’s initial public offering within two weeks if it submits papers properly, top officials of the commission said yesterday.

Rizwan Rahman, managing director of ETBL Securities & Exchange Ltd, has been re-elected as the president of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) for 2022.

The Dhaka stocks have so far maintained a rising trend today as general investors are hoping to see a better scenerio in the days to come.