At its inception Bangladesh had only a handful of successful corporate leaders and Mahbub Jamil was one of them. I cringe from using the past tense for Jamil Bhai. With his passing we have lost a great leader, mentor and friend.

Businesses from Singapore can invest in Bangladesh’s different sectors, including information technology, pharmaceuticals and hospitality, as the south Asian country offers a wide range of facilities to the foreign investors, trade experts said today.

Bangladesh Bank today extended the deferral support for another six months to settle the import orders of industrial raw materials, agricultural equipment and chemical fertilisers.

The Bangladesh Bank today asked banks to provide freelancers with encashment certificates through mobile financial service (MFS) providers so that they can submit the document at the time of income tax payment.

Singaporean bank DBS today announced that it will be expanding its regional footprint with the establishment of a representative office in Dhaka.

Bangladesh is failing to take full advantage of its export potential because of insufficient logistics infrastructure, said Nihad Kabir, chairperson of the Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD).

Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has eased floor price for the block market, which will allow shares to be traded at 10 per cent lower price than the open market.

The Dhaka Road Transport Owners’ Association has recently announced Jatri Services Ltd as its partner to roll out e-ticketing services for all 5,650 buses operational in Dhaka city.

zDrop, a new e-commerce platform, was launched by Zaynax Group through a ceremony at Hotel Platinum Grand in Dhaka’s Banani on November 9.

Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder today urged the country’s microfinance institutions to reduce loan interest rate for the poor.

Orion Pharma Ltd’s profit more than doubled in the July-September quarter of the ongoing fiscal year of 2022-23.

Square Textiles Ltd saw its profit dip by 17 per cent in the July-September quarter of the financial year 2022-23 owing to higher spending aimed at ensuring energy supply amid the gas and electricity crisis and fuel price hikes.

Robi today announced that it will invest Tk 2.5 crore on the digital start-ups who will make their way to the top of flagship digital entrepreneurship competition r-ventures 3.0.

Bangladesh’s banks have Tk 169,586 crore excess liquidity and there is no liquidity crisis in the country’s banking sector, Bangladesh Bank said in an urgent notice today.

The Middle Eastern countries are going to be major garment export destinations for Bangladesh as the local apparel manufacturers are now receiving a lot of queries from the buyers of the region, said Faruque Hassan, president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).

Bangladesh Bank today said cases of under and over-invoicing of imported and exported items came to its notice during specials audit.

The tax authority has requested the home, cultural affairs and other agencies to ensure payment of source tax from payment of honorarium and other expenses for Bollywood artist Nora Fatehi.

A subsidiary of Energypac Power Generation Ltd (EPGL) has decided to sell its entire stake in an electricity plant.

Bankers in Bangladesh will have 24 government holidays in 2023 apart from the two days in the weekends, according to a circular issued by the Bangladesh Bank today.

The Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) has started issuing health certificates to facilitate export of food products from the country.