Shareholders of LankaBangla Finance have approved 10 per cent cash dividend for 2021. 

Entrepreneurs in the country are now investing in new sectors where sophistication is a prerequisite, such as medical device manufacturing, said Planning Minister MA Mannan yesterday.

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) yesterday approved Sandhani Asset Management SLIC Fixed Income Fund, an open-ended mutual fund.

Square Pharmaceuticals Kenya EPZ Ltd, a subsidiary of Square Pharmaceuticals, has recently received a go-ahead to start commercial manufacturing in its Kenyan factory.

Pubali Bank reelected Monzurur Rahman as its chairman of the board of directors unanimously at the bank’s 1338th board meeting.

bKash yesterday launched a learning fest called “b.Academy” to make its employees more efficient and future-ready through training and other skill development activities.

Swisscontact Bangladesh recently teamed up with Daraz Bangladesh under a B-Skilful Programme Phase II to promote digital marketing platforms among micro, small, and medium enterprises in leather goods, light engineering, and furniture manufacturing sectors.

MetLife Bangladesh has introduced an online enrolment system for automatic electronic fund transfers (EFT) meant for premium payments.

Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp on Monday said it missed its global production target for April as covid-19 outbreaks and a parts shortage slowed its post-pandemic recovery.

The government is promoting green and inclusive development as a part of its 8th five-year plan and green growth strategy, said Habibun Nahar, deputy minister for the ministry of environment, forest, and climate change in a national seminar.

Habiganj Agro Ltd and Sylvan Technologies Ltd, sister concerns of Pran-RFL Group, won National Productivity and Quality Excellence Award-2020 for enhancing productivity and manufacturing quality products.

The Bangladesh Bank yesterday directed non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) to preserve all documents, either physically or digitally, related to loans, leases or investments until the repayment is complete.

Zarin Daruwala, cluster CEO for India and South Asia at Standard Chartered, had recently come on a four-day official visit to Bangladesh meeting regulators, clients and stakeholders.

LightCastle Partners, one of the growing Bangladesh based management consulting firms, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Savoir Bangladesh recently.

Three teams from Bangladesh were selected as the champion, runners-up and second runner-up winners in HSBC-IBA Business Case Competition 2022. 

For the first time, Navana Ltd-Toyota will launch three new models of two different categories on the same platform on June 4.

Md Anwarul Haque has been elected as chairman of the executive committee of Mercantile Bank Ltd at the bank’s 402nd board meeting in Dhaka recently.

Cement manufacturer Seven Rings Cement recently organised the Dealer Conference 2022 at the Palace Luxury Resort in Habiganj with the slogan ‘We are the Future’.

Thirty stock investors yesterday alleged that Firstlead Securities, a stockbrokerage firm of the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), has sold their shares and swindled funds of Tk 10 crore.

A new television commercial of lemon and lime flavoured non-caffeinated soft drink 7UP was released on Monday as a part of a “Think Fresh” summer campaign featuring brand ambassador Shakib Al Hasan.