The Embassy of the Netherlands in Bangladesh, in collaboration with BGMEA and Bangladesh Apparel Exchange (BAE), organised a Circular Textile Trade Mission matchmaking session at the BGMEA complex in Dhaka on Wednesday...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange on Wednesday downgraded Global Islami Bank PLC to 鈥榋鈥� category from 鈥楢鈥� category due to non-compliance with securities laws...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange on Thursday awarded financial information exchange certification, or FIX certification, to three brokerage houses to help them offer value-added services to their investors...
The state-run Bangladesh Betar will celebrate World Radio Day 2025 with various programmes in Dhaka tomorrow...
The meeting of the management and coordination committee for conducting research on social and behavioural change and capacity building of university teachers was held at the auditorium of University Grants Commission of Bangladesh in Dhaka on Tuesday...
The government is now mulling to impose tax on the use of groundwater for industrial purposes, environment, forest and climate change affairs adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said on Tuesday...
THE government has given emphasis to finding new ways of boosting Sri Lanka鈥檚 economic growth. Among these would be the need to improve the country鈥檚 utilisation of digital technologies. The government has taken pride in the number of Sri Lankan experts it has mobilised to this cause. Dr Hans Wijayasuriya, who made Dialog a household name in Sri Lanka...
The capital market reform task force has proposed that investors having investment of less than Tk 10 lakh in the stock market would not be eligible for margin loans...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange on Monday downgraded four companies to 鈥榋鈥� category due to non-compliance with securities laws...
THE phrase 鈥榯oday鈥檚 children are tomorrow鈥檚 future鈥� rings increasingly hollow in the wake of UNICEF鈥檚 recent report, 鈥楲earning Interrupted: Global Snapshot of Climate-Related School Disruptions in 2024鈥�. Education is a fundamental human right and a cornerstone of national progress, yet the growing frequency of extreme weather events 鈥� intensified by...
Nearly all nations missed a UN deadline Monday to submit new targets for slashing carbon emissions, including major economies under pressure to show leadership following the US retreat on climate change...
The government will use the Climate Change Trust Fund to pay the beneficiaries of the social forestry initiative, forest, environment and climate change adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said on Sunday...
Southeast Bank Limited has announced the issuance of a fully redeemable, non-convertible, unsecured, floating-rate subordinated bond as part of its efforts to enhance the bank鈥檚 Tier-II capital...
Dhaka鈥檚 stock market saw a rise in its indices in the past week after a decline in the previous week, as some investors showed interest in specific sectors, encouraged by better-than-expected earnings reports from several companies...
Bangladesh鈥檚 gross foreign exchange reserves, calculated under International Monetary Fund (IMF) guidelines, have surpassed $20 billion again, driven by strong remittance inflows...
Environment, forest and climate change adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan at a seminar on Wednesday said that the government was working to discourage use of single-use plastic to curb pollution and encouraging safer alternative to save environment...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed three cases against nine people, including former state minister Mannujan Sufian and former Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Shibli Rubayat Ul Islam on charges of corruption...
Russia and Ukraine each said on Wednesday that 150 of their captured soldiers had been returned in the latest prisoner-of-war exchange between the two warring countries...
Walton on Wednesday announced launch of 鈥楢C Exchange Offer鈥� in which customers can buy Walton鈥檚 new air conditioners and get 25 per cent discount in exchange of their used ACs of any brands, said a press release...
THE River Buriganga is faced with a slow death. Various public agencies responsible for containing river pollution have not only failed to perform their duties but also contributed to the problem. The dying condition of the river is concerning given that the environment, forest and climate change adviser has repeatedly announced their commitment to protecting...
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has asked the Dhaka Stock Exchange to investigate an unusual surge in share prices of Khulna Printing and Packaging Limited...
Dhaka stocks saw a decline in its indices in the past week, after rising in the previous week, as investors mostly chose to remain on the sidelines amid the ongoing earning declarations...
The United Nations World Food Programme and the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief called for urgent enhancements to combat climate change in Bangladesh.
The US dollar rate for remittances has risen again by 50 basis points, reaching Tk聽122.5...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange witnessed a downturn for the fourth consecutive day, with key indices continuing to fall throughout the trading session on Wednesday...
Home ministry has cancelled passports of nine individuals, including Professor Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam, former chairman of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission, and former commissioner Sheikh Shamsuddin.
Dhaka stocks saw a rise in its indices in the past week, after dropping for consecutive two weeks, as a section of investors bought beaten down scrips with hope for short term gains after the recent market correction, as well as fundamentally good shares...
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg announced Thursday that his foundation will step in to fund the UN climate change body after president Donald Trump declared the United States would withdraw from the Paris Agreement for the second time.
The Dhaka Stock Exchange and Chattogram Stock Exchange closed lower on Thursday with major indices declining as most traded companies saw share prices falling...
Muggers allegedly stabbed two money-changers and looted Tk 1 crore worth of foreign currencies in capital鈥檚 Gulshan area on Tuesday night...
