business
Young entrepreneurs and the many challenges they face
The challenges in question often vary from industry to industry, yet, these young minds try their best to persevere.
5 June 2025
What it takes to run an online handmade jewellery business as a young entrepreneur
Starting an online handmade jewellery business takes creativity, effort, and persistence.
4 March 2025
Reforms that we need for the MSMEs in Bangladesh
To increase value per MSMEs, we also need to build capacity of the MSME associations.
20 November 2024
How political shifts can make or break business
Local conglomerates have been growing hand in hand with the economy since independence in 1971, but few have managed to navigate the changing tides over the years.
25 October 2024
Transitions, coins, and lenses
Business associations have been subjected to an endless game of masquerade where garlands, pictures and faces changed with the direction of the political wind.
29 August 2024
The silent epidemic of email overload
Email communications are like oxygen in today's corporate governance and business promotions.
31 March 2024
Banks’ CSR spending slumps
Banks’ spending on socially impactful schemes as part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) fell in the second half of 2023, said a central bank report yesterday..During the July-December period of last year, banks spent Tk 353 crore on CSR-related activities, which was 31 percent
28 March 2024
Implement mechanism to identify illegal handsets
Mobile phone makers also demand stability in tax policy
27 March 2024
Looking into the lack of programming courses for Business students
With a foundation in programming, those in the professional field gain crucial insights into the capabilities and constraints of IT systems.
22 February 2024
Square Pharmaceuticals announces Tk 400 crore expansion plan
Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd, the country’s biggest drug maker, has announced today its plan to invest Tk 400 crore for expansion.
The funds would be used for BMRE (Balancing, Modernisation, Rehabilitation and Expansion), and the purchase of capital machinery and land for the future expansion of its business.
23 October 2023
The rise of AI startups
Artificial Intelligence or AI as it’s more commonly known, has been the buzz of the tech world recently. AI has revolutionised the technology ecosphere and disrupted the market with significant brute force. Tech startups have utilised the power of AI to develop innovative ideas that benefit their customers in a number of ways giving them a significant advantage in the market. We will discuss some of the many facets of AI startups and how they affect our present and future.
14 June 2023
Rising dollar price hurts Renata’s profit
Pharmaceutical company Renata Ltd witnessed a 35 per cent year-on-year drop in net profit in the October-December period due to increased price of raw material generated by the dollar crisis.
1 February 2023
After energy, LC opening crisis now cripples businesses
At the beginning of 2022, businesses were upbeat and many of them thought that the worst stemming from the losses induced by the coronavirus pandemic was finally over. That was short-lived.
23 January 2023
Entrepreneur caught selling New Market t-shirts online at 10 times the price
To sell a scam, one must call it a lifestyle.
24 December 2022
Simon & Schuster's owner to let sale to Penguin fall apart, sources say
Bertelsmann will owe Paramount a USD 200 million break-up fee as a result of the transaction falling apart.
21 November 2022
Talent Management in the Post Pandemic World
The book recognises that human capital is the main determinant of organisational performance in modern business and knowledge-based institutional sectors.
20 September 2022
How brands keep getting away with bad marketing
“All PR is good PR” – is not a motto anyone should champion
27 August 2022
Making money out of troubled water!
Out of my 26 years with three global banks, I spent more than half of it in treasury dealing room environment in Dhaka, Mumbai, Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong, London, and New York.
22 August 2022
US dollar more expensive against taka
The US dollar became more costlier yesterday as the local currency depreciated once again in the inter-bank platform.
29 June 2022
Padma Bridge breathes hope into southern farmers
Farmers and traders of agricultural products in Barishal, Jhalakathi and Pirojpur are counting the days until June 25, when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will officially open Padma Bridge, as the resulting increase in connectivity will ensure better prices for their produce.
23 June 2022