Foreign banks top profits, trail in social spending
CSR spending by multinational lenders was just 0.56% last year, compared with 9% by Islamic banks
22 October 2025, 18:24 PM
BSEC bars mutual fund investment in bank bonds.Will it deprive investors?
Senior bankers say the regulator's move hinders the potential to maximise the wealth of their investors
21 October 2025, 18:41 PM
IMF’s sixth tranche to come after polls
The sixth instalment of International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) loan programme of $4.7 billion may not arrive by the end of the year, as the donor agency wants to work with the new political government for smooth continuation of reform programmes.
21 October 2025, 18:09 PM
Govt plans Tk 1,000cr for ICB to ease liquidity crisis
The government is considering providing Tk 1,000 crore to the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) through the revised national budget to mitigate its liquidity crisis and ensure stability in the stock market.
18 October 2025, 18:41 PM
Analysis / Bank mergers and NBFI windups: What’s in store for shareholders?
Taxpayers to recapitalise new bank; private shareholders get no recovery
11 October 2025, 15:59 PM
Explainer / Why are directors of listed companies transferring shares as 'gift'?
Directors are now transferring shares more often as the NBR recently waived tax on such transfers
7 October 2025, 06:23 AM
ADB to cancel or redirect $408m amid project delays
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will cancel or redirect around $408 million from projects in Bangladesh this year due to prolonged implementation delays, even as several ADB-funded schemes made progress.
2 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Enterprise of the year / Walton’s wind of change
Children of the 1990s can relate to the fact that many of them used to rush to their neighbour’s house to watch their preferred television programmes, as televisions were not available in most homes.
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM
6 reasons stocks may rise in 2019
In 2018 stock market investors lost a good sum due to liquidity crisis, rising nonperforming loans in the banking sector and political
5 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Textile, finance stocks trading below face value
Of the 348 companies listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange, 23 traded below their face value as of yesterday -- an alarming development for the market that is already low on confidence.
3 January 2019, 18:00 PM
POST-POLLS MARKET: Stocks surge 1.5pc on optimism
Dhaka stocks surged yesterday as investors reacted positively to the election outcome.
1 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Political jitters sink stocks
The stockmarket is feeling the pinch of rising political tension centring the upcoming parliamentary election, stakeholders and investors said yesterday.
17 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Investors lose confidence in mutual funds
The extension of closed-end mutual funds' tenure further sapped investors' confidence in the sector, with almost Tk 430 crore lost
10 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Delisting acts as wake-up call for Rahima Food
Rahima Food Corporation has been prompted to return to production following punitive measures taken by the stock exchanges.
3 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Fate of Imam Button, Savar Refractories to be decided after polls
The fate of Imam Button and Savar Refractories will be decided after the national polls, which were found to have no potential to return to profit in a recent probe of the Dhaka bourse.
29 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Most listed firms deprive investors of crucial info
As many as 174 out of the 310 listed companies are withholding price-sensitive information on their websites by not updating them in gross violation of listing regulations.
26 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Benefits yet to reach investors
Frequent gambling, shaky confidence, lower turnover and lack of well-performing companies and new products continue to dog the stock exchanges five years past their demutualisation.
24 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Foreign funds dip in stocks amid political jitters
Foreign investors sold more shares than they bought in Dhaka Stock Exchange last month mainly because of political tension ahead of
19 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Stocks slide piles huge losses on GQ Ball Pen
The falling stock market has taken a heavy toll on GQ Ball Pen, which has lost a significant amount of its investment in other
17 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Not all brokers jumping at tax waiver
Some 21 percent of the stockbrokers do not want to invest the amount they got from the Chinese consortium in the stock market, preferring instead to pay the 15 percent capital gains tax.
10 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Earnings of listed NBFIs sink
Almost 64 percent of the listed non-bank financial institutions (NBFI) witnessed huge drops in their earnings in the first nine months
7 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Stocks bleed upon fear of political tension
Stock market investors continue to dread political tension centring on the upcoming national election and in the process bleed money,
5 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Most listed banks' profits tumble in Q3
As many as 60 percent of the banks listed on the stock exchanges have seen their profits tumble in the third quarter of the year
3 November 2018, 18:00 PM
United Airways shareholders in distress
Over 95 percent shareholders of the once top private airline United Airways are in great anxiety because of the nose-diving share price and no tangible signs of resumption of services two and a half years on.
27 October 2018, 18:00 PM
NBR devises ways for tax waiver on capital gains
Stock brokers of the Dhaka Stock Exchange will have to invest the money they will get from the share sell-off to the Chinese
20 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Listed firms barely explain earnings swing
Most listed companies do not explain if their quarterly earnings see any significant rise or fall in their periodical reports in a breach of
15 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Blue chips sink, junk stocks go wild
The majority of the high-quality stocks in the Dhaka Stock Exchange sank recently as their usual holders have largely become inactive because of concerns over political uncertainty centring the next national election.
13 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Junk stocks still rising despite DSE caution
Prices of junk stocks are still rising despite Dhaka bourse's several attempts to discourage investors to pour money into the shares which may get delisted for their poor performance in the last five years.
2 October 2018, 18:00 PM