The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved the two metro rail projects—Mass Rapid Transport (MRT) Line-1 and MRT Line-5—at a cost of Tk. 93,800 crore. The approval was given at an ECNEC meeting held at the Planning Commission, with Prime Minister Sheikh…

First service jetty of Payra Sea Port, country’s third sea port, started its journey yeaterday. The process of landing goods through this jetty…

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has called upon the entrepreneurs and traders of Bangladesh and the United Kingdom to diversify and boost bilateral trade and investment. He made the call at a trade and business dialogue in London, organised by Bangladesh High Commission on Friday, said a press release…

Country’s capital bourse, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), observed an exceptional session yesterday registering a sharp rise riding on the news of big…

The general point-to-point inflation rate reached 5.54 percentage point in September last from 5.49 percentage point in the previous month. This was revealed yesterday at the ECNEC meeting based-on the monthly consumer price index placed by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). The BBS data showed…

India's biggest private oil refiner Reliance Industries has resumed crude imports from crisis-hit Venezuela, using diesel exports to pay for them under a barter system that the company said yesterday complies with US sanctions.The Mumbai-based company owned by Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani…

Shirin Akhter has recently been appointed as deputy managing director (DMD) of Bangladesh Krishi bank (BKB), the bank said in a press release on Monday.…

Confidence among investors in Germany stabilised in October after recovering from a late summer plunge last month, a survey released yesterday showed, but financial players continue to fear trade conflicts. The Mannheim-based ZEW institute’s monthly barometer of expectations for the coming months…