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Cheap capital, costly scrutiny: Why state-run energy firms shun listing

Dhaka, Jan. 7 -- State-run fuel and energy companies could reduce their dependence on government and foreign funds as well as bank loans by listing on the stock market, but political and bureaucratic ... Read More


Bangladesh Bank & NCC Bank sign agreement to Implement BDT 5b Start-up refinance fund

Dhaka, Jan. 7 -- With the objective of expanding financing in the start-up sector, NCC Bank has signed a participating agreement with Bangladesh Bank. Under this agreement, NCC Bank will be able to d... Read More


9th meeting of Shari'ah Supervisory Committee of DBH held

Dhaka, Jan. 7 -- DBH Finance PLC (DBH), the country's largest housing finance institution and the only NBFI (Non-Banking Financial Institution) with exclusive focus on housing finance, recently held i... Read More


Bangladesh, Uruguay hold first-ever bilateral political consultations

Dhaka, Jan. 7 -- Bangladesh and Uruguay have held their first bilateral political consultations, marking a new chapter in diplomatic engagement between the two countries more than five decades after f... Read More


Experts concerned over depletion of marine fisheries stocks

Dhaka, Jan. 6 -- Bangladesh's deep-sea ecosystem is under mounting pressure from overfishing, aggressive industrial practices and plastic pollution, according to new findings presented to the country'... Read More


Prime Bank signs Payroll Banking agreement with National Life Insurance

Dhaka, Jan. 6 -- Prime Bank PLC has recently entered into a Payroll Banking agreement with National Life Insurance PLC, a trusted provider of multifarious life insurance solutions in Bangladesh, to of... Read More


Ahsan Zaman Chowdhury receives Excellence in Remittance Leadership & Diaspora Banking Award

Dhaka, Jan. 6 -- Ahsan Zaman Chowdhury, Managing Director & CEO of Trust Bank PLC, has received the "Excellence in Remittance Leadership & Diaspora Banking Award" at the NRB Global Convention, jointly... Read More


Trader assaulted during student union election at Jagannath University

Dhaka, Jan. 6 -- A trader has been assaulted at the main gate of Dhaka's Jagannath University during voting in the university's first-ever central students' union election. The incident occurred arou... Read More


Ex-industries Minister Kamal Ahmed admitted to DMCH due to illness

Dhaka, Jan. 6 -- Former industries minister Kamal Ahmed Majumdar (75) was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday after falling ill at Keraniganj Central Jail. He was brought to ... Read More


1.53m voters opt for postal ballots

Dhaka, Jan. 6 -- A total of 15,33,682 voters have registered through the "Postal Vote BD" app to cast their votes by postal ballot in the upcoming 13th Jatiya Sangsad Election and the Referendum. Acc... Read More