Business

By Matiar Chowdhury:   The Bangladesh Caterers Association (BCA) has shortlisted 48 restaurants from across the United Kingdom for its prestigious Restaurant of the Year 2026 competition, following a rigorous selection process involving hundreds of entries. The winners will be announced at the 19th BCA Awards ceremony on November 1, 2026, at the five-star Park Plaza Westminster Bridge Hotel in ...

Five flights involving Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia have been cancelled following the closure of Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport after a Houthi attack on October 10. The airport is scheduled to remain closed until 3am Bangladesh time on October 12. Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) public relations official Kausar confirmed the cancellations. The affected flights are Saudia SV804/805 and ...

AAUB organises training on outcome-based education to strengthen academic excellence Aviation and Aerospace University, Bangladesh (AAUB), through its Department of Aviation Operation Management (AVOM), organised a day-long training programme on Outcome-Based Education (OBE) to strengthen curriculum development, assessment practices and academic quality assurance. Titled “Training on Outcome-Based Education (OBE): Curriculum, Assessment and Continuous Quality Improvement,” the programme was held at ...

Tax cuts for big banks have deprived the UK government of £6bn in revenues, according to campaigners, who are calling on the chancellor, John Healey, to increase taxes and force lenders to pay their “fair share” in the budget. Calculations by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), which represents unions with more than 5.3 million members across England and Wales, shows ...

The sixth edition of the weekly ‘Super Sale Car Bazar’ began at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) in Dhaka on Friday, offering buyers and sellers a platform to trade a range of vehicles. The marketplace opened at 11:00am and will remain open until 8:00pm. Launched on 4 September, the event has received encouraging responses from buyers and sellers over ...

Standard Chartered is exploring the sale of its Wealth and Retail Banking (WRB) business in Bangladesh as the international lender moves to sharpen its focus on corporate and investment banking, particularly cross-border trade, capital flows and infrastructure financing. The bank said on Thursday that the proposed sale would have no immediate impact on retail customers or employees, with operations continuing ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a $100 million loan to the Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) to expand access to safe, affordable and disaster-resilient housing for around 40,000 low- and middle-income families in Bangladesh. The financing will be provided under the Inclusive Affordable Housing Finance Project, which will place special emphasis on housing security for women and people living ...

The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has increased the price of jet fuel for both domestic and international flights, with the new rates taking effect from midnight on Wednesday. Under the revised rates, jet fuel for domestic flights will cost Tk 182.71 per litre, up from Tk 165.65 in September. For international flights, the price has been raised to $1.1882 ...

All Q-Cash services have been fully restored at around 30 banks after remaining suspended for two days, the Q-Cash operator IT Consultants PLC (ITC) and several participating commercial banks confirmed on Tuesday night. In a notice posted on social media, ITC said all services under the Q-Cash network were now operating normally, allowing customers to resume transactions as usual. Bank ...

The government is set to sign an agreement with European aerospace giant Airbus on Wednesday for the acquisition of 10 aircraft for Biman Bangladesh Airlines, with the delivery schedule expected to be finalised amid efforts to strengthen the national carrier. A signing ceremony titled ‘Spreading Our Wings Together’ will be held at a hotel in the capital to mark the ...