HC bars trade, town association groups from Ctg chamber’s polls
23 October 2025, 15:00 PM
Business
Akij Resource plans to launch digital bank
23 October 2025, 13:27 PM
Business
ILO ratification demands labour reforms in Bangladesh
23 October 2025, 12:59 PM
Business
Summit Power’s profit plunges 88% in FY25
23 October 2025, 10:18 AM
Business
Culture of impunity behind repeated industrial disasters: BILS
23 October 2025, 08:05 AM
Business
Govt moves to boost House Building Corporation’s lending capacity
22 October 2025, 18:42 PM
Business
Interbank dollar price crosses Tk 122 after 2.5 months
22 October 2025, 18:36 PM
Business
Auction full ‘golden spectrum’, lower prices
22 October 2025, 18:35 PM
Business
Foreign banks top profits, trail in social spending
22 October 2025, 18:24 PM
Business
Telcos, ISPs asked to boost fire safety measures
22 October 2025, 15:40 PM
Business
‘High corporate tax for banks, insurers, telcos illogical’
High corporate taxes on banks, non-bank financial institutions, merchant banks, insurance companies and telecommunication companies are not logical as their profit is not high compared to capital, said Shahidul Islam, chief executive officer of VIPB Asset Management Company.
31 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Moody’s cuts ratings for six local banks
US-based global ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service yesterday downgraded the credit rating of six local banks by one notch, a day after it cut the sovereign credit rating for Bangladesh.
31 May 2023, 18:00 PM
FY23: A year of price shocks
Just a year ago, Aminur Rahman, a private sector employee living in Dhaka, could buy a moderate amount of essential goods, including rice, soybean oil, onions, salt and eggs, at Tk 553 from stores in Dhaka city
31 May 2023, 02:00 AM
Guidelines for NBFIs to step up fight against money laundering
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) yesterday issued guidelines for non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing and asked them to draw up separate regulations.
30 May 2023, 18:00 PM
India’s lack of jobs threatens its young
On a hot summer afternoon, 23-year old Nizamudin Abdul Rahim Khan is playing cricket on a muddy, unpaved road in the Rafiq Nagar slum in India’s financial capital, Mumbai.
30 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Buy yarn, fabrics from local mills
Textile millers in Bangladesh yesterday urged woven and knitwear exporters to buy a portion of their required yarn and fabrics from local markets so that they can overcome the current crisis situation and help save the country’s foreign reserve.
30 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Envoy Textiles’ AGM postponed
Export-oriented listed company Envoy Textiles Ltd has indefinitely postponed an annual general meeting scheduled to be held on June 26, when a dividend for shareholders was scheduled to be approved, till a case involving its directors was disposed of.
30 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Policy coordination to yield better budgetary outcomes
Sharper, flexible and timely coordination among fiscal, monetary and trade policies of Bangladesh will yield improved stabilisation outcomes, said Debapriya Bhattacharya, a distinguished fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue.
30 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Contain inflation, be business-friendly
The upcoming budget should target containing inflationary pressure to provide much-needed relief to consumers and be business-friendly to help the business community overcome the crisis stemming from the Russia-Ukraine war, said a number of businessmen and economists yesterday.
30 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Lifting of mandatory fumigation of US cotton to boost trade
The lifting of the rule of mandatory fumigation of US cotton by Bangladesh has created a huge bilateral trade opportunity, said Faruque Hassan, president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).
30 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Grameen Uniqlo shuts down ahead of schedule
Clothing brand Grameen Uniqlo yesterday shut down all their 10 outlets in Bangladesh, including eight in Dhaka, ahead of their June 18 scheduled closure due to “stock unavailability”.
30 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Meheriar M Hasan becomes Brac Bank chairman
Meheriar M Hasan, a nominated director of the Brac Bank Board, has been elected as the chairman of Brac Bank Limited, effective from Tuesday.
30 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Most mobile data users want fixed floor price, fewer packages
Setting a fixed floor price for data, decreasing the number of packages and providing flexible plans that carry forward are priority demands of mobile internet users in Bangladesh, according to a survey.
30 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Saiful joins Shahjalal Islami Bank as DMD
MM Saiful Islam has joined Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJIBL) as a deputy managing director (DMD) on Monday.
30 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Oil price falls 2% on debt deal struggles
Oil fell by nearly 2 per cent on Tuesday as concerns about the US debt ceiling pact cooled the market’s risk-on sentiment and mixed messages from major producers clouded the supply outlook ahead of their meeting this weekend.
30 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Moody's downgrades Bangladesh's credit rating
Its now B1 from the earlier Ba3
30 May 2023, 13:36 PM
Small furniture makers up the creek
Small wooden furniture businesses in Bangladesh are facing a deep financial crisis as the demand for their products has fallen drastically, according to market players.
30 May 2023, 04:00 AM
No way but to unveil a restrained budget
Despite being the last budget before the next general election, the government has little scope to unveil a big spending plan for the next fiscal year owing to limited fiscal space driven by lower-than-expected revenue collection, a noted economist said.
30 May 2023, 03:30 AM
Air travel tax may surge
For the first time, domestic air travellers are likely to face a travel tax while people going abroad on airplanes are expected to pay up to 67 per cent higher taxes from next fiscal year as the government looks to increase revenue collection.
30 May 2023, 03:00 AM
Traditional lenders fall behind Islamic banks in profit growth
Conventional lenders in Bangladesh fell behind shariah-based banks in 2022 in terms of profit growth mainly due to the lower interest rate regime.
30 May 2023, 02:30 AM