Women in Bangladesh prefer Uber mainly for safety aspects and easy access, according to a report. 

Shamim Ahmed has been re-elected as president of the Bangladesh Plastic Goods Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BPGMEA) for a one-year term (2022-23).

The Regional Agricultural Research Centre of the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (Bari) in Jashore arranged a field day on Bari-invented hybrid summer tomato at Balrampur village of Bagharpara upazila on Saturday.

A former bureaucrat joined Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (Bida) as its new executive chairman yesterday for a three-year term. 

Fu-Wang Ceramic Industries, a listed ceramics maker with foreign and local shareholders, will invest Tk 650 crore to expand its tiles production capacity by about 15,000 square metres per day, according to a disclosure on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) yesterday.

The board of directors of export-oriented Envoy Textiles has been temporarily reconstituted until the disposal of a case filed by Abdus Salam Murshedy, former managing director and one of the founders of the company, along with some other directors, as per a High Court order issued last month.

In 2011, state-owned Telephone Shilpa Sangstha (TSS) made Bangladesh proud by assembling the country’s first laptop, showing promises to deliver the device at an affordable price and help the government to implement its digitalisation agenda.   

Social Marketing Company (SMC) has appointed Toslim Uddin Khan as its new acting managing director and chief executive officer.

Brac Bank and Technical Training Centre (TTC) Bogura recently signed an agreement enabling the centre’s students to pay admission and other fees through the bank’s agent banking channel. 

One Bank has achieved an International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) certificate from UK-based inspection company Intertek on fulfilling standards requirements for information security management systems. 

NCC Bank has re-elected its chairman, Md Abul Bashar, for the next one year and elected a vice-chairman, Sohela Hossain. 

Two Bangladeshi mountaineers, Salehin Arshady and Imran Khan, are set to attempt to climb a series of peaks in the western part of the great Himalayas.

World’s largest coffee-chain Starbucks has named Indian-origin Laxman Narasimhan as its next chief executive officer.

Standard Chartered and Channel i have jointly announced two new categories for this year’s “Standard Chartered - Channel i Agrow Award 2022” aimed at identifying and rewarding visionaries and innovators in the agriculture sector. 

Bakery products maker Olympic Industries has decided to invest about Tk 28 crore as it looks to expand the business even though economic indicators are forecasting a gloomy outlook. 

Nahee Aluminum Composite Panel Ltd has decided to invest Tk 27 crore under a project to manufacture five types of products.   

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has launched its 2022 APAC Community Accelerator Programme to help community leaders on Facebook advance their skills and utilise digital tools to deepen their impact. 

Asiatic Laboratories has got the approval to raise Tk 95 crore through an initial public offering (IPO) from the stock market.

The government could have reduced fuel prices by more than Tk 5 per litre, said Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) President Md Jashim Uddin yesterday. 

Sonali Paper & Board Mills Ltd has begun the commercial operation of a new product line to produce aluminium foil paper boxes.