Unilever Consumer Care re-appoints Masud Khan as chairman

X Ceramics Group appoints Najmul Hossain Shanto, a renowned cricketer, as their Chief Brand Officer, marking a strategic move to integrate sports and business. With a longstanding association with BPL spanning over two years, and previous ownership of Sylhet Strikers, the company aims to leverage Shanto's presence to enrich its brand development initiatives.

Professor Md Jonaid Shafiq, a distinguished physician, has been appointed as a director of Meghna Bank, as per a recent press release. Renowned for his expertise in pain medicine, Shafiq founded the pain medicine unit at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. Additionally, he serves as the managing director of Japan Bangladesh Friendship Hospital and Navana Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

IPDC Finance has announced Rizwan Dawood Shams as its new Managing Director (MD), replacing Mominul Islam who resigned in November last year after serving for over a decade. Shams, who had been acting MD since January, joined the institution in 2007 and was promoted to additional MD in April 2021.

EXIM Bank has appointed Md Moidul Islam as Deputy Managing Director, as announced in a press release. Formerly serving as an Additional Managing Director, Islam brings extensive experience to his new role, having joined the bank in 2001.

The stock market regulator has instructed both the Dhaka and Chattogram bourses to freeze shares owned by sponsors and directors of Achia Sea Foods Ltd due to allegations of providing misleading information about their shareholding. The company's shares held by sponsors and directors surged from 30.69% to 46.60% between June 2023 and December without any declared transactions, prompting the Bangladesh

The synthetic leather market is expanding in Bangladesh, with exports showing significant growth. PRAN-RFL is investing TK 30 crore to establish a polyurethane (PU) artificial leather factory, aiming to reduce import dependency. Currently, the country's export earnings from non-leather shoes reached 478.8 million USD in FY 2022-23, growing by 6.5%.