As temperatures fall and winter cold lingers longer than usual, geysers are once again emerging as a seasonal essential, with demand rising sharply across urban and semi-urban areas of Bangladesh.

Former prime minister Khaleda Zia made a significant contribution to building the institutional foundation of Bangladesh’s capital market by introducing supportive policies and establishing regulatory bodies, according to market leaders.

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has instructed banks to credit inward remittances to beneficiaries’ accounts on the same day or the next business day in order to reduce delays and improve efficiency in cross-border payment processing.

The garment exporters, textile millers and senior officials of the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) could not reach a consensus on a proposal to impose a 20 percent safeguard duty on yarn imports, pushing the issue to the commerce ministry for a final decision.

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) purchased $617 million from commercial banks in the first seven days of January as part of its ongoing intervention in the foreign exchange market.

Improved corporate culture at listed companies can help reduce the practice of making profit through insider trading, experts said yesterday.

Bangladesh has made notable progress in digital payments, yet it remains largely cash-dependent due to constraints, including limited interoperability, infrastructure gaps, cybersecurity risks, and low digital literacy, said the Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh (PRI) yesterday.

The comment came during a meeting between leaders of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and Uruguayan Ambassador to Bangladesh Alberto Guani at the association office in Dhaka.

AkijBashir Group has officially entered Bangladesh’s electrical wire and cable industry with the launch of its new brand, AkijBashir Cables, introducing the country’s first three-layer insulated electrical wire..The announcement was made at a formal ceremony at the Bangladesh-China Friends

Garment makers discuss bilateral trade with the Uruguayan ambassador in Dhaka

The global lender issued a statement today

Ahsan Habib, professor of financial accounting at Massey University in New Zealand, discussed insider trading profitability

Licensed money changers will now be allowed to charge a maximum of Tk 300 for passport endorsement for outgoing Bangladeshi passengers, regardless of how much foreign currency is sold, according to a circular issued by the central bank yesterday.

Unilever, Nestlé, Novartis, Syngenta, Synovia are among those companies

Robi confirmed the decision in a statement to The Daily Star yesterday

From now on, taxpayers can apply for refunds online through their monthly VAT returns submitted via the platform

Import resumes amid lower prices and trade-balancing push

To decide the way forward, Trade and Tariff Commission is meeting today with spinners, garment makers and knitwear manufacturers

A cold wave sweeping through several districts and divisions across Bangladesh has put standing crops, horticulture, and livestock at significant risk, prompting authorities to issue urgent advisories for farmers in the worst-affected areas.

Bangladesh’s economy might have regained pace in December, signalling a slightly faster pace of economic expansion, supported mainly by continued growth in agriculture, manufacturing and services, according to the Bangladesh Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI).