Sajjadur Rahman

The middle-class consumers have another bad news: they will have to pay more to buy a reconditioned car next fiscal year due to a cut in the depreciation rate used to determine the vehicle's value.

When resources are limited, only quality, efficient spending can bring higher and sustainable growth. And this is where Bangladesh

The budget for fiscal 2017-18 comes at a time when the economy is on a 7 percent growth trajectory and witnessing falling inflation.

Islami Bank, the largest and most profitable bank in the country, has plunged into a bout of infighting within just five months of wholesale restructuring of the board of directors and top management.

South African golfer Gary Player once said that the harder one works, the luckier one gets -- and that saying best sums up the

Investors have to be given a fair share of the revenue generated in the economy surrounding an infrastructure project to boost public

Large corporate groups have started investing in tea plantation in recent years, riding on the wave of demand from local consumers --

The International Chamber of Commerce believes in multilateral trade agreements as it deems them to be fair and

The high interest rates on government savings certificates are deterring the development of a much-needed bond market and turning investors into savers in Bangladesh, experts said.

Silversea, a Monaco-based luxury cruise line, will arrive in Bangladesh in the middle of this month with around 100 tourists and the same number of crew members.

The life insurance sector recorded 3.77 percent growth in 2016 even though nearly half of the companies saw their incomes decline.

The central bank has tightened its reporting requirements on capital market activities for banks and its subsidiaries to monitor the market closely.

The year 2016 witnessed an intense competition among banks in terms of rates, but it was a boon for the clients as

Bangladesh ends 2016 with a record-breaking economic growth, thanks to political stability throughout the year. Only a year ago, one could hardly think that 7.11 percent economic growth would be possible in fiscal 2015-16 after political unrest between 2013 and mid-2015. But political stability in 2016 has not only yielded high economic growth but has also given entrepreneurs confidence to do better in the days to come.

Borrowers who became defaulters despite taking a special rescheduling facility in 2013 will not be allowed to

The government should design a policy to avoid the mis-targeting of beneficiaries of the national savings schemes, a top economist

Banks' directors seem to be good borrowers as their loan repayment records are far better than the other groups of borrowers.

Bangladesh has failed to showcase its successes to the western world, said Remy Prud'homme, professor emeritus of the University of Paris.

Only one bank out of the 57 operating here has so far offered incentives to its good borrowers in compliance with a Bangladesh Bank

The concept of serving high-net-worth clients with maximum attention has given rise to a new tier of banking.