Khadi Fest 2024 is set to begin on January 19 at the Aloki Convention Centre in the capital’s Tejgaon
Businesspersons, industrialists and entrepreneurs have taken Bangladesh forward but their hard work and contribution were largely unrecognised.
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has described the Bangladesh Business Awards, an initiative of The Daily Star and DHL Express Bangladesh, as an exceptional event.
He could have fulfilled the dream of his student life of becoming a civil engineer or a doctor. He had even prepared for it, retaining both mathematics and biology in his array of subjects for the intermediate level of education.
Although the banking sector in Bangladesh is facing multiple challenges, including an alarming amount of bad loans, Brac Bank has been able to strengthen its financial health by keeping its values at the core of every activity.
Through sheer determination, innovation, and audacity, Syed Manzur Elahi became a name synonymous with the success of Bangladesh’s leather and footwear industry.
Although the jute industry of Bangladesh continues to struggle despite offering an array of eco-friendly products that could diversify the country’s export basket, Mosammat Shirajum Munira has done some remarkable work in this field.
Bangladesh would have to go a long way to raise its logistics sector up to the level of that of comparator countries such as India and Vietnam, said a top industry official.
"Considering public sufferings, the business community leaders will have to find ways to bring prices of essentials to a normal level. Otherwise, you will lose your markets"
She opened the three-day summit as the chief guest at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the capital, organised by the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Shanta Holdings is dedicated to redesigning Dhaka's skyline and transforming Tejgaon, as the new commercial hub of the city to attract more corporates houses who are elevating the country's economy.
Banks can now fix interest rate of their credit cards, Bangladesh Bank (BB) said today after allowing the lenders to charge up to 12 per cent interest on consumer credit.
The central bank today said it is taking necessary measures to gradually move towards a market-based, flexible and unified exchange rate regime by the end of the ongoing fiscal year.
The Bangladesh Bank today raised its domestic credit growth target by 30 basis points to 18.5 per cent for the second half of 2022-23 in order to allow higher government expenditures.
Bangladesh Bank today said it would pursue a cautiously accommodative policy stance in the second half of the current fiscal year to contain inflationary and exchange rate pressures.
Bangladesh Bank today relaxed the lending rate cap for consumer loans, allowing banks to hike it up to 3 percentage points from the current level.
Bangladesh Bank has raised its policy rates by 25 basis points as it unveiled the monetary policy for the second half of the ongoing fiscal year.
Bangladesh Bank is going to unveil the monetary policy for the January-June period of the fiscal year 2022-23 this afternoon and return to the half-yearly policy after discontinuing it for three years.
