Two private organisations in Bangladesh have taken the initiative to regularly compile a Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) and thereby help gauge the country’s economic situation.

Aqua Paints recently held its “Sales Conference 2024”, styled “Next Billion Promise” in Cox's Bazar.

Haier, one of the top global appliance brands, recently launched a new product line-up in the Bangladeshi market at a partners' meet programme, styled “Forward Together”, at the International Convention City Bashundhara in Dhaka.

A delegation from the Foreign Investors’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), led by its President Zaved Akhtar, recently made a courtesy call on Salman F Rahman, private industry and investment adviser to the prime minister, at his Gulshan office in Dhaka.

Standard Ceramic Industries Ltd, a tableware ceramic manufacturer, reduced losses in the fiscal year 2022-23 as sales dropped

Customs, Excise and VAT Commissionerate of Cumilla celebrated “International Customs Day-2024” with the theme of “Customs engaging traditional and new partners with purpose" at Hotel Elite Palace in Cumilla’s Jhawtala on Friday.

The silver jubilee of the 18th BCS has been celebrated at a hotel in Dhaka, said a press release..A total of 150 officers of 18th BCS in and outside Dhaka participated in this event on January 25, organised by the 18th BCS Forum

The insurance regulator has asked Sonali Life Insurance to explain why the board of directors of the company should not be suspended after failing to provide necessary information to an audit firm appointed by the regulator.

Upay, a mobile financial service (MFS) provider of UCB Fintech Company Ltd, recently rolled out MFS co-branded prepaid cards with United Commercial Bank for the first time in the country.

Runner Automobiles made a profit of Tk 56.76 lakh in the October-December period of the current financial year

The Forum panel taking part in the election of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) yesterday demanded cancellation of the preliminary voter list and publishing a new one as the tax files of 429 voters could not be found.

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.

Nagad Digital Bank plans to launch its commercial operation in July this year by offering branchless banking services to customers across the country, a move that may herald in a new era of banking in Bangladesh.

A delegation from the Bangladesh Association of Publicly Listed Companies (BAPLC), led by its President Rupali Haque Chowdhury, made a courtesy call on Prof Shibli Rubayat Ul Islam, chairman of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC), at the BSEC Bhaban at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in Agargaon recently.

JMI Hospital Requisite Manufacturing Ltd will launch an Apollo-branded clinic in partnership with India’s Apollo

Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) saw its earnings per share (EPS) plunge 26 percent year-on-year to Tk 3.29 in the October-December period of the current fiscal year, according to disclosure on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).

Tarafder Md Ruhul Amin, managing director of Saif Powetec, has been elected as chairman of the standing committee on port and shipping of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) for a two-year term (2024-25).

Md Salim Uddin, chairman of Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation, has been elected as president of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) for a one-year term (2024).

Inner Wheel, an international voluntary organisation for women, recently celebrated its 100 years of operations.

She is the first Bangladeshi as well as the first woman to hold the post. She replaced Ta Duy Tung, who was appointed in 2021