Mobile financial service (MFS) provider bKash organised an annual seminar in Dhaka recently to boost the skills of employees engaged in anti-money laundering and combating financing of terrorism (AML&CFT) activities..The two-day long seminar brought together employees from the AML&CFT depa

The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) urged Chinese investors to come and explore the golden opportunity to invest in Bangladesh..Major General Abul Kalam Mohammad Ziaur Rahman, executive chairman of Bepza, made the request at a seminar in Ningbo, China yesterday, accord

Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills Limited (BSRM) declared a 35 percent cash dividend for the financial year 2023-2024..The announcement came at the company’s 62nd annual general meeting (AGM) held virtually yesterday, according to a press release..Alihussain Akberali, chairman of the

SME Foundation has signed a three-year partnership agreement with Visa to support cottage, micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (CMSMEs) in Bangladesh..Anwar Hossain Chowdhury, managing director of the foundation, and Sabbir Ahmed, country manager for Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan at V

The Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture changed its name to “SAF Bangladesh” recently..The company organised an event at a hotel in Dhaka where Mohammad Moshiur Rahman, chairman of the organisation, launched the new logo and name of the company, said a press release..Asif

Unilever Bangladesh Limited (UBL), a leading fast-moving consumer goods company, staged the grand finale of the 15th edition of its flagship business competition, styled “BizMaestros”, in Dhaka recently..A team from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) at the University of Dhaka,

There are 1.22 crore economic enterprises across the country, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)..Among them, 76 lakh are business establishments and 46 lakh are economic units, the national statistics agency found during the primary mapping ‍and listing work for the co

Walton received orders worth around Tk 350 crore from various local and foreign companies at the “Advanced Technology Solution-ATS Expo 2024”, the country’s sole industrial expo organised by tech-giant Walton..SM Mahbubul Alam, managing director of Walton Hi-Tech Industries, provided the d

Moynul Islam, vice-chairman of Monno Ceramic Industries, was selected as the acting president of the Bangladesh Ceramic Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BCMEA) yesterday..The election was held during the 51st board meeting of BCMEA at a hotel in the capital, the association said in

Prime Bank Investment Limited (PBIL) was awarded the “Excellence in Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory – Bangladesh” by Boston Brand Research & Media (BBRM), a globally recognised consulting and media organisation, at the Global Brand Frontier Awards 2024..Supported by renowned institutions s

The Foreign Investors’ Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) will collaborate with the government to attract international investors and expand business opportunities in the country, its President Zaved Akhtar said at a programme yesterday..He made the remarks during FICCI’s 61st annual g

AK Khan & Company Ltd, a Chittagong-based business conglomerate, has appointed Asif Bhuiyan as its new group chief executive officer (CEO)..Before joining AK Khan & Company, Khan held several leadership roles in leading multinationals like LafargeHolcim, Unilever and British American Tobac

Kazi Wahidul Alam, editor of the Bangladesh Monitor, and Masud Hussain, managing director of Bengal Tours Ltd, were elected as president and secretary respectively of the newly launched Bangladesh Travel and Tourism Council (BTTC)..The election took place at the first general meeting of th

The Bangladesh Bank has asked lenders in the country to provide detailed information on all the loans and liabilities of companies operated by Thermax Group..The banks have been asked to provide the information by Wednesday. There are more than a dozen companies under the group that produc

The British High Commission Dhaka and UNFPA Bangladesh, along with key implementing partners, celebrated the successful completion of the £65 million Better Health in Bangladesh (BHB) programme at an event held at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel recently

Customers of bKash have opened over 3.2 million deposit pension schemes (DPS) with four commercial banks and a non-bank financial institution—IDLC Finance, Mutual Trust Bank, Dhaka Bank, City Bank and BRAC Bank—through the mobile financial service (MFS) provider’s app in a span of just three yea

The 3rd International Conference on “Japan–Bangladesh Research and Practice (JBRP 2024)” organised by the Network of Bangladeshi Researchers in Japan (NBRJ) was held recently on the virtual platform..The conference brought together approximately 75 researchers, academics, and professionals

The Infrastructure Development Company (Idcol), a state-owned financial institution in Bangladesh, paid a cash dividend of Tk 50 crore to the government for the financial year of 2023..Md Shahriar Kader Siddiky, secretary to the Economic Relations Division and chairman of Idcol, handed ove

Alliance Finance PLC recently organised a workshop on “Sustainable Finance Strategy and Sustainability Plan” for its employees at the company’s head office in the capital’s Gulshan..Morshed Millat, a faculty member of the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management and former director of the s

Mostary Zaman retired as principal of Fazlul Huq Mohila College, Dhaka