Standard Chartered Bangladesh has arranged the country’s first-ever green bond for Pran Agro Ltd, a concern of Pran-RFL Group. 

The parliament today passed the Bankers’ Book Evidence Bill 2021, defining the digitally recorded documents as such evidence under the proposed law.

The general council of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) agreed late Friday (November 26) to postpone its imminent ministerial conference after an outbreak of a particularly transmissible strain of the Covid-19 virus, leading several governments to impose travel restrictions that would have prevented many ministers from reaching Geneva.

Chattogram-based steel producer SS Steel is going to invest Tk 20 crore to expand its business in the country.

HMD Global Bangladesh today announced the launch of 'Made in Bangladesh' Nokia smartphones.

The stock market index plunged by more than 50 points in the first two hours of trading today.

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has approved resolution to allow Bangladesh to graduate to the developing county grouping from least developed country (LDC) category 45 years after it was included in the category.

The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) is going to introduce online system for issuance of delivery orders by the shipping agents or freight forwarders against import consignments.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) today honoured 42 top taxpayers of Chattogram division.

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) will not give licence to Bluetooth-enabled motorcycles unless the marketer companies take approval from the telecom regulator.

The government will not increase fertiliser prices at this moment even if its prices rise by four times in the international markets, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said today.

The mobility service provider Uber has expanded the existing safety features of 24x7 Safety Helpline and RideCheck to help make every trip safer.

The index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange experienced a massive fall today because of thin participation of the investors.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) today honoured Latifur Rahman, the founder and former chairman of Transcom Group, and Shahnaz Rahman, the current chairman of the conglomerate, as the top taxpayers for their exemplary tax compliance for the year 2020-21.

The National Board of Revenue today honoured the country's top taxpayers to recognise their compliance and commitment to paying taxes regularly.

Cross-border payments are inefficient, often slow, opaque and expensive. Worldwide businesses did $23.5 trillion cross-border transactions in 2020, which is equivalent to 25 per cent of global GDP. The businesses have also paid bank fees of $120 billion (excluding foreign exchange conversion costs), which amounts to Singapore’s one-third of GDP, said a recent J.P. Morgan analysis.

Default loans in the Bangladesh’s banking sector has gone past Tk 1 lakh crore despite relaxed loan classification policy taken by the central bank.

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has decided to run a special audit on all the financial reports of People’s Leasing and Financial Services (PLFS) in the period of 2013 to 2021.

Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) today approved bonds of AB Bank and NRB Commercial Bank worth Tk 600 crore and Tk 300 respectively.

Olympic Industries—a listed food producer, which owns brands named Energy Plus, Tip, Nutty and Pulse—has announced that it will invest Tk 25.65 crore to expand production of bakery items to meet the growing demand.