A rumour was going on that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) may ask the stockmarket regulator to lift the floor price as a condition of a new $4.5 billion loan, but the lender did not raise the issue in a meeting with the BSEC today.

Apex Foods Limited clocked nearly 200 per cent higher profit in July-September on the back of efficient operation and cost cuts.

Western Marine Shipyard Limited posted losses in the financial year that ended on June 30.

The exchange rate of dollar needs to be freed to make the garment business profitable at this crisis time, said a top leader of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) today.

"Complacency has brought us to the current forex reserve situation,” said Salehuddin Ahmed, former governor of the Bangladesh Bank.

The government should come up with a clear strategy to stop fast depletion of the foreign currency reserves in a bid to save the country from a major crisis, said a noted economist today.

The external factors are not only responsible for Bangladesh’s present economic volatility, rather there are some issues which remained unattended for a long time such as low revenue collection, absence of quality public expenditure and the non-performing loans, said noted economist Debapriya Bhattacharya today.

Bangladesh has barely tapped its potential in the global market for agricultural and agro-processed products as the country does not have an international certification system, according to Md Jashim Uddin, president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI).

The Technical University of Dresden (TUD), a leading German institution, will work to help the local manpower to improve skills in technical garment production in Bangladesh.

The telecom regulator today launched a new benchmarking system to ensure standard voice and internet services for the customers.

Banks in Bangladesh today decided to withdraw service charge on remittances sent home by expatriate Bangladeshis with a view to gearing up the inflow.

Grameenphone said the telecom regulator’s ban on sales of SIM of the leading telecom operator is counterproductive for the nation’s digitalisation agenda and against the principle of customers’ freedom of choice.

Associated Oxygen Limited has decided to issue a convertible bond worth Tk 250 crore for its business expansion.

A section of unscrupulous traders has been trying to make the basic commodity market unstable by creating a syndicate when the international prices of essentials went up, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said today.

The users of mobile financial service provider Nagad today said they failed to get access to their Nagad account through the app.

Mobile phone users in Barishal City Corporation have claimed that they are facing disruption in getting internet services since 10am today where a rally of Bangladesh Nationalist Party kicked off at 11am.

RFL Group today launched Rainbow Spray Paint to grab a pie of the Tk 600 crore local market and cut the country’s import dependency for the product.

Air Astra will start operation in November as the new private Bangladeshi airline received the go-ahead from the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) today.

Turnover at the Dhaka bourse crossed Tk 1,500 crore today after a month as optimistic investors were in a buying mood.

Banglalink’s revenue rose 11.6 per cent year-on-year to Tk 1,379.5 crore in the third quarter of 2022, on the back of data revenue.