The Bangladesh Bank yesterday sought explanations from managing directors of six private banks citing their alleged involvement in taking advantage of the volatility in the foreign exchange market to make a super profit.

Unilever Bangladesh Limited has won the ‘Asia’s Best Employer Brands 2022’ award given by World HRD Congress.

No money changer can now charge over Tk 1.5 against each US dollar while buying and selling the greenback.

Stocks continued to rise for the third consecutive day today while the turnover also maintained an increasing trend.

Today’s Star Explains will shed light on why only US dollar has so much demand and how the American currency become so powerful as a reserve currency.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to readjust fuel prices by withdrawing taxes on petroleum products.

The stock index rose for the second consecutive day today while the turnover also jumped thanks to the increased participation of the investors.

Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority has recently teamed up with a state-owned Chinese company to set up Chinese Economic and Industrial Zone (CEIZ) at Chattogram’s Anwara upazila.

The Bangladesh Bank today ordered banks to set a spread between the buying and selling rate of the US dollar in order to restore stability in the foreign exchange market.

The government today appointed new managing directors (MDs) at three state-run banks – Sonail, Agrani and Rupali.

Non-bank financial institutions in Bangladesh have been allowed to calculate their stock market exposure limit on the basis of the purchasing price of the securities they own instead of their market value.

Transactions through mobile financial services rose by 19.89 per cent year-on-year to Tk 94,293 crore in June.

Around 91 per cent of the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are still unbanked although the government has allocated fund for revitalising the small entrepreneurs from the Covid-19 shocks.

Leading real estate company Building Technology & Ideas (bti) Ltd has recently received AA1 credit rating from the Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh (CRAB).

Digital, social media and OTT platform entrepreneurs and experts demanded industry-friendly regulation so that this new media can harness the potential of the new avenue of economic opportunities.

An appellate division bench of the Supreme Court has ordered to cancel the incumbent executive committee of Dinajpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry and hold a fresh election under an administrative committee within five months.

Owners of private inland container depots (ICDs) has started raising charges for different services specially those run by diesel due to the fuel price hike.

Bangladesh Bank today asked six banks to transfer their treasury heads to human resource departments due to their alleged involvement in destabilising the country’s foreign exchange market.

The customs authority has withdrawn import duties on 43 types of Bhutanese goods to give them better market access to Bangladesh, according to a notification issued by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) recently.

The Mongla Port made a new record on August 7 when a Malaysian ship— MV Malaysia Star—reached the port in Bagerhat with 1,280 reconditioned cars from Japan in a single consignment.