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Meghna Bank signs Participation Agreement with BB for Startup Refinance Scheme

Dhaka, Jan. 8 -- Recently, with a view to fostering an innovation-led entrepreneurial ecosystem, Meghna Bank PLC has signed a Participation Agreement with Bangladesh Bank under the Startup Refinance S... Read More


Migration from Bangladesh on rise amid poor govt support

Dhaka, Jan. 8 -- The number of Bangladeshi outbound migrant workers has been on the rise in recent years amidst inadequate budgetary and other technical support from the government for the key remitta... Read More


Forex reserves to stay over $32b even after ACU payments

Dhaka, Jan. 8 -- Bangladesh's treasury won't feel dollar stress even after settling import- payment obligations to the Asian Clearing Union (ACU) member- countries as gross foreign-exchange reserves a... Read More


Listing of 10 blue-chip cos: SoEs commit, MNCs to seek board approvals

Dhaka, Jan. 8 -- Ten state-owned enterprises (SoEs) and multinational companies (MNCs) have agreed in principle to offload a portion of their shares on the stock market, following board-level approval... Read More


Warrants issued against ex-minister Saifuzzaman Chy, 35 others

Dhaka, Jan. 8 -- A Chattogram court has issued arrest warrants against former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury and 35 others in connection with a case involving the embezzlement and laundering of T... Read More


Aviation prospects abound, but fleet proportionately undersized

Dhaka, Jan. 8 -- Bangladesh's state-run airline feels incapacitated to increase flight frequencies and fly to potentially profitable new international destinations, belying rising passenger demand and... Read More


Govt hesitating for long 'in fear of impact' on present operators

Dhaka, Jan. 8 -- The government has long been hesitating to introduce electric bus services in the capital, 'apprehending its impact' on the existing bus operators, which have hardly cooperated to bri... Read More


Bangladesh capital market ends week higher despite lower turnover

Dhaka, Jan. 8 -- Bangladesh's capital market closed the week on Thursday with marginal gains in key indices on both the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), although ove... Read More


Dhaka to seek exemption from US visa bond: Touhid

Dhaka, Jan. 8 -- Bangladesh will pursue diplomatic efforts to seek exemption from the United States' newly imposed visa bond requirement, Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain said today (Thursday), descr... Read More


Shimanto Bank signs participatory agreement with BB for Start-up Refinance Scheme

Dhaka, Jan. 8 -- Shimanto Bank has recently signed a participatory agreement on the Start-up Refinance Scheme of BDT 500 crore with Bangladesh Bank to facilitate start-up CMSMEs. Under this agreement... Read More