In only a few years, property solutions provider Bproperty has created a branch of the real estate industry focused on the trade of second hand flats. Mark Nosworthy, CEO of Bproperty, sat with The Daily Star to express his views on the country’s real estate sector and how Bproperty fits into the big picture.

Nestle insisted Sunday that it was not making any profits in Russia after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused the Swiss food giant of doing business as usual.

PepsiCo Foundation, a philanthropic arm of PepsiCo, and Brac have announced the culmination of their project to provide access to safe drinking water to underserved communities in Cox’s Bazar marking World Water Day today.

Unilever Bangladesh organised a Pureit Trade Meet 2022 at Marriott Convention Center in Dhaka on Saturday, participated by over 300 retail partners to celebrate the business success of water purifier brand Pureit.

Pran-RFL Group has started exporting gas stoves to Samoa, a country in the central South Pacific Ocean, with the first consignment being sent out from Rangpur Metal Industries’ factory in Narayanganj recently.  

Mobile financial service provider bKash has been ranked as the top “Employer of Choice” among 53 multinational and local organisations for a second year in a row in a 2021 Campus Track Survey conducted by Nielsen.

Fintech startup CloudWell, also known as PayWell, has recently received a PCI DSS certification for adopting and applying mandatory controls to ensure data security for customers.

Kaan Terzioğlu, group chief executive officer (CEO) of Banglalink’s parent company Veon, is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka today for a four-day visit.

Grameenphone (GP) has postponed the launch of their eSIM service. Initially announced to be launched on March 7, the service is not yet accessible to the public.

Al-Arafah Islami Bank has signed a Tk 500 crore investment agreement with Unique Hotel and Resorts.

American chip-making giant Intel said on Tuesday it planned to invest tens of billions of euros in the European Union, as the continent seeks to reduce its reliance on semiconductors from Asia.

Robi shares shed the most among those of listed companies yesterday as investors reacted sharply to the second largest mobile phone operator announcing a 5 per cent cash dividend for 2021.

Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (Bepza) and Standard Chartered yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance mutual cooperation to attract more investment for the export processing zones.

The government and other related agencies should keep business leaders in the fold when working to protect consumer rights and launching drives against unscrupulous businesspeople, said Md Jashim Uddin, president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI).

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) and the Bangladesh Business Council, Dubai have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in a bid to expand business opportunities.

The Bangladesh Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (Bapi) has urged the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to exempt tax deductions at source on various promotional and other expenses from fiscal year 2022-23 to encourage the export of medicine and increase the competitive capacity of the industry in the international market.

Akij Particle Board Mills, a subsidiary of Akij Group, won Bangladesh Innovation Award-2022 in the category of “Best Innovation-Product Development” and “Best Innovation-SDG Inclusion” for the product ‘Akij Lacquer Grade Board’.

Bangladesh  still tops the South Asia region in terms of women’s leadership in listed companies, according to a new study of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).

Society’s heightened awareness of maintaining hygiene in the pandemic’s aftermath has come to reflect in profits of Reckitt Benckiser Bangladesh, so much so that it announced 1,650 per cent cash dividend for shareholders last year, the highest among listed companies.

Syed Nasim Manzur, managing director of Apex Footwear Ltd, has been elected as the new president of the Leathergoods and Footwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association of Bangladesh (LFMEAB).