International clothing retailers and brands are still choosing seaways, instead of air, to carry goods from Bangladesh to Europe although the rerouting of ships away from the Red Sea has increased the freight charge by more than 30 percent and added 15 days to the sailing time.

In 2023, Bangladesh's capital market faced a challenging environment characterised by internal constraints and external difficulties. It proved to be a tumultuous year for the stock business marked by unprecedented lows in average turnover and foreign investments, not seen since the collapse in 2010.

A section of lighter vessel operators and cargo agents in Bangladesh are not accepting the interim solution for allocating ships to transport import cargo from Chattogram port via inland waterways, citing preferential treatment in the selection process.

The company's sales dropped 6% in Oct-Dec period, but profit rose by Tk 12.57 crore

FBCCI president meets his counterpart in Dubai Chamber of Commerce in Dubai

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) is striving to be a good development partner to Bangladesh in its journey towards an advanced economy.

BB has included the Chinese yuan in the RTGS system, allowing automated clearing in the currency.

Despite starting off with a strong momentum and goodwill, Teletalk failed to become consistently profitable

Tax collection soared nearly 14 percent in the first half of the fiscal year (FY) 2023-24

In an amusing incident highlighting the generation gap in technology use, a grandmother new to internet was being taught how to use search engines by her grandson. Believing in the importance of politeness, she wrote a stack of thank you notes for internet, grateful for its answers to her questions.

Leaders of the Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) today emphasised enhancing the connectivity between Rajshahi and other parts of Bangladesh in order to boost business and trade activities in the north-western region.

Bangladesh can gain additional garment business worth $489 million by 2027 from virtual markets in the US, EU and Africa

The key index for measuring the overall performance of share prices in the stock market of Bangladesh slipped to a 17-month low today, marking two days of consistent decline, while turnover also fell.

NBR may consider waiving the duty on imported products as recommended by the commerce ministry ahead of the month of Ramadan

Bangladesh will buy 10 planes of the European company Airbus when the country's economy permits, said Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud today

Berger plans to raise Tk 375 crore through rights shares to finance its third factory construction

BB plans to offer more permissions for digital banks in order to pave the way for full-fledged financial services based on a 100 percent branchless banking system

JMI Hospital Requisite Manufacturing Ltd, a leading producer of medical apparatuses in Bangladesh, has partnered with India’s Apollo Health and Lifestyle Ltd to launch a multi-specially clinic in the country.

It took decades for Bangladesh to bring around 10 percent of the adult population under the banking system before the mobile financial service (MFS) accelerated the pace in the past decade.

It will be difficult to significantly reduce inflation this year as further currency devaluation and rationalisation of subsidies are necessary, said Atiur Rahman, a former governor of Bangladesh Bank, yesterday.