E-commerce entrepreneurs today urged the government to provide them with bank loans by taking into account their digital business identification (DBID) in place of trade licences.

Remittance inflow may rebound significantly in Bangladesh in 2022-23 fiscal year as increased number of people flew abroad for jobs, Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Fazle Kabir said today.

The Bangladesh Bank will declare tomorrow its monetary policy statement (MPS) for fiscal 2022-23.

The telecom regulator has banned Grameenphone from selling new SIMs for the country’s top mobile network operator’s failure to provide quality service.

The telecom regulator has banned Grameenphone from selling new SIMs for the country’s top mobile network operator’s failure to provide quality service.

Bangladesh has enough salt in stock to meet the leather sector’s demand in the next three months, a peak season for rawhide collection centring the Eid-ul-Azha, a top salt trader said today.

A 2006 model Range Rover attracted the highest bid of Tk 53 lakh at the Chattogram Custom House’s attempt to auction off 108 cars.

Bangladeshi company Texas Clothing Ltd is going to establish a garments factory in Uttara Export Processing Zone (EPZ) in the northwest district Nilphamari by investing $8.5 million.

Bangladesh Bank and Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) today launched a pilot project called “Smart Bangladesh Smart Haat” to facilitate digital payment in cattle markets.

Businesses today called for arranging low-cost fund just like the Export Development Fund for the jute sector, which will provide entrepreneurs with loans at 2 per cent interest.

The exchange rate of the taka stood at Tk 93.45 per dollar on Tuesday in contrast to Tk 92.95 on Monday.

SMEVAI Technologies Ltd organised a roundtable titled “Demystifying bank financing for MSMEs in Bangladesh: role of private sector intervention” on the occasion of the International MSME Day in Dhaka on June 27.

The chairmen of non-bank financial institutions along with the heads of executive, audit and risk management committees who hold directorships of associated subsidiaries or foundations will be able to continue to serve in the latter positions until December this year.

The borrowers of non-bank financial institutions will enjoy a flexible loan repayment facility up to December this year.

The new national budget has proposed raising allocation for water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), but the WASH budget is still not enough to ensure safe sanitation and build environment and capacity, experts said today.

Shares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) rose marginally for the second consecutive day today.

The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has recently saved a severely damaged oceangoing ship, victim of an accident mid sea, which could have caused loss of export cargoes worth Tk 800 crore and block the whole channel for future navigation.

The national seminar on promoting responsible digital practices was held at the Westin Dhaka recently.

The Bangladesh Bank today asked non-bank financial institutions to form ‘complaint cell’ at their head offices and branches to resolve the complaints of clients.

World Bank Group President David Malpass thinks it might take years to get prices back under control as the US and other economies face inflation rates not seen in decades.