DHAKA: Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Saturday (May 13) said that the budget figure of the upcoming fiscal year 2017-18 will be of Tk. 4,08000 thousand crores. The minister informed this at a pre-budget discussion with Economic Reporters’ Forum held at Bangladesh

DHAKA: Ispahani Agro Ltd was crowned the 5th HSBC and The Daily Star Climate Award in the Green Business category for pioneering in bio-pesticides industry to protect the environment, farmers and crops from indiscriminate use of chemical pesticides.  HSBC and The Daily Star jointly

DHAKA: Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) witnessed loss in share price indices while Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed gain in share price indices on Monday (May 8), the second day of the trading week. DSEX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), shed over 3.94 points or

DHAKA: The government is in the move for initiating a law to set up a one-stop service center where domestic and foreign investors will get 16 services at a time. The draft copy of One-Stop Service Act-2017 was approved in a cabinet meeting led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the

DHAKA: Luna Shamsuddoha, the Trustee and former Vice Chairman of Education, Science, Technology and Cultural Development Trust (ESTCDT), the founding Trust of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) and Chittagong Independent University (CIU); Member, Board of Trustees and the Syndicate

DHAKA: The price of sugar increased by Tk. 13 a kilogram in the retail market in span of a week. The price was Tk. 62 a week ago. Now the price of per kilogram sugar is Tk. 75. It was alleged that the price was hiked by the mill owners in the whole-sell markets in a planned way

DHAKA: The two bourses of the country -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- witnessed loss in share price indices on Sunday (April 30), the first day of the trading week. DSEX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), shed over 58.86 points or 1.06

DHAKA: Finance Minister AMA Muhith and leaders of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry Federation (FBCCI) have exchanged heated words over the new VAT law. The hot talks took place at the 38th meeting of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) held at the

DHAKA: The two bourses of the country -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- witnessed gain in share price indices on Thursday (April 27), the final session of the trading week. DSEX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), acquired over 15.04

DHAKA: The two bourses of the country -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – are witnessing gain in share price indices in the opening hours on Thursday (April 27), the fifth session of the trading week. DSEX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange

DHAKA: The two bourses of the country -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- witnessed gain in share price indices on Wednesday (April 26), the fourth session of the trading week. DSEX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), acquired over 47.90

DHAKA: The two bourses of the country -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – are witnessing gain in share price indices in the opening hours on Wednesday (April 26), the fourth session of the trading week. DSEX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange

DHAKA: The two bourses of the country -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- witnessed gain in share price indices on Tuesday (April 25), the third session of the trading week. DSEX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), acquired over 33.83 points

DHAKA: The two bourses of the country -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- witnessed loss in share price indices on Monday (April 24), the second session of the trading week. DSEX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), shed over 2.61 points or

DHAKA: The two bourses of the country -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – are witnessing mixed trends in share price indices in the opening hours on Monday (April 24), the second session of the trading week. DSEX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock

DHAKA: Actress Shomi Kaiser will run for the director post in the 2017-2019 election of top Business organization Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI).  Shomi Kaiser, a well known television actress, will be running as a candidate from Sammilit Ganatantrik Parishad

DHAKA: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has awarded four winners of an essay competition celebrating its 50th founding anniversary.  Hun Kim, Director General of ADB’s South Asia Department handed over prizes to the winners at ADB’s Bangladesh Resident Mission in Dhaka on 18 April

DHAKA: Bangladesh Bank (BB) has recently appointed Faisal Ahmed as its chief economist in place of Dr. Biru Paksha Paul. Ahmed has served as a senior economic adviser to the Governor of Bangladesh’s central bank since August 2015. Previously, he was the IMF resident representative

DHAKA: Popular bakery brand All Time is supplying 46 products in the market of Bangladesh now. Bread, cream bun, honeycomb, toast and cookies of the brand have got popularity among the people of all classes for maintaining hygiene during production and attractive packaging. PRAN-RFL

DHAKA: The two bourses of the country -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) -- witnessed loss in share price indices on Tuesday (April 18), the third session of the trading week. DSEX, the prime index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), shed over 24.60 points or