The Forum panel taking part in the election of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) yesterday demanded cancellation of the preliminary voter list and publishing a new one as the tax files of 429 voters could not be found.

JMI Hospital Requisite Manufacturing Ltd, a leading producer of medical apparatuses in Bangladesh, has partnered with India’s Apollo Health and Lifestyle Ltd to launch a multi-specially clinic in the country.

Nagad Digital Bank plans to launch its commercial operation in July this year by offering branchless banking services to customers across the country, a move that may herald in a new era of banking in Bangladesh.

A delegation from the Bangladesh Association of Publicly Listed Companies (BAPLC), led by its President Rupali Haque Chowdhury, made a courtesy call on Prof Shibli Rubayat Ul Islam, chairman of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC), at the BSEC Bhaban at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in Agargaon recently.

JMI Hospital Requisite Manufacturing Ltd will launch an Apollo-branded clinic in partnership with India’s Apollo

Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) saw its earnings per share (EPS) plunge 26 percent year-on-year to Tk 3.29 in the October-December period of the current fiscal year, according to disclosure on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).

Tarafder Md Ruhul Amin, managing director of Saif Powetec, has been elected as chairman of the standing committee on port and shipping of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) for a two-year term (2024-25).

Md Salim Uddin, chairman of Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation, has been elected as president of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) for a one-year term (2024).

Inner Wheel, an international voluntary organisation for women, recently celebrated its 100 years of operations.

She is the first Bangladeshi as well as the first woman to hold the post. She replaced Ta Duy Tung, who was appointed in 2021

Unique Meghnaghat Power Limited (UMPL) recently got $360 million as the first disbursement of a $463 million loan agreement with foreign lenders for the construction of a combined cycle gas-fired power plant at Sonargaon in Narayanganj.

Pharmaceutical company Incepta organised “Annual Sales Conference 2024” at International Convention City Bashundhara in Dhaka on Saturday.

Floor price should not be reintroduced as its unfriendly to both investors and market, said Saiful Islam, president of DBA

Businesses in Bangladesh keep bowing to corruption as it has unfortunately become the way to do business

MetLife Bangladesh has recently launched a mobile sales app, named “MyLife”, tailored exclusively to agents of the life insurer.

Assure Group, a real estate developer in Bangladesh, stepped into the 18th year of operations in the country’s real estate sector.

Health and beauty care brand Remark and cosmetics brand Herlan has announced Film actor Shakib Khan as its director at a programme held at a hotel in Dhaka.

Ispahani Group, a business conglomerate headquartered in Chattogram, has donated Tk one crore to Chittagong Heart Foundation as part of its corporate social responsibility.

Shwapno, one of the largest retail chains in Bangladesh, has launched a new service, named ‘Diabetic Corner’, to provide more facilities for customers and create mass awareness about diabetes.

Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) has retained its spot as the leading private university in Bangladesh in the AD Scientific Index (ADSI) 2024 in terms of total number of citations of Scopus-indexed publications by faculty members