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
Make tax return submission mandatory for all NID cardholders
Submitting income tax returns could be made mandatory for every national identification (NID) cardholder with a view to expanding the tax net, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said yesterday.
27 May 2023, 18:00 PM
bKash in Kotler’s marketing book
Two case studies of mobile financial service provider bKash have been featured in a local edition of the “Essentials of Modern Marketing”, a marketing book written by professor Dr. Philip Kotler narrating market-specific success stories across the world.
27 May 2023, 18:00 PM
MetLife honours best-performing financial associates
MetLife Bangladesh has recently honoured its best-performing financial associates, unit managers and branch managers.
27 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Low growth, high inflation are top risks for India
India’s economy will grow about 6 per cent this fiscal year with a small increase in private investment, according to a Reuters poll of economists who said lower growth and high inflation were the biggest risks to the outlook.
27 May 2023, 18:00 PM
FBCCI hands over Tk 1cr donation to Bangabazar fire victims
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has handed over a Tk 1 crore cheque that it promised to give to the traders who got affected by the recent fire incident at Bangabazar clothing market in Dhaka.
27 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Handling non-performing loans
Though it is deemed to be much higher in numbers, Bangladesh’s banking sector reportedly has the second-highest ratio of non-performing loans (NPLs) in South Asia, with only Sri Lanka having a greater ratio.
27 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Mercantile Bank puts customers, operational efficiency at heart
Raising the standard of customer service and operational efficiency, beefing up risk management and continuing digital transformation will be at the heart of the strategies of Mercantile Bank Ltd as it looks to power its growth in the coming years, said its top executive.
27 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Continued borrowing from central bank to create inflationary pressure: CPD
The think-tank says in a media briefing on Bangladesh economy
27 May 2023, 06:48 AM
Increase tax on the rich
The Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) yesterday proposed that the government increase tax on the rich while giving relief to lower-middle class people in the country.
26 May 2023, 03:30 AM
Stop under-invoicing in sugar imports
Sugar refiners of the country recently complained that some importers are under-invoicing their shipments of refined sugar in a bid to make more profit from higher prices of the sweetener.
26 May 2023, 03:00 AM
Tax return filing crosses 30 lakh for first time
The number of people who filed tax returns in fiscal year 2022-23 has crossed 30 lakh for the first time.
26 May 2023, 02:30 AM
Why insurance stocks surging in a dull market
Shares of most of the insurance companies rose almost every day in the last one month, becoming an outlier in a market that has been dull for several months due largely to persisting economic uncertainty at home and abroad.
26 May 2023, 02:00 AM
When the fox is the keeper
The tales of the cunning fox deceiving other animals are integral to our childhood. In one of these stories, this mother crocodile leaves her five babies with the clever fox to tutor them.
25 May 2023, 18:00 PM
67% homes still rely on microcredit: study
Almost two-thirds of rural households and cottage, micro and small firms in a survey were found to be mostly dependent on microcredit to avoid hassles of availing conventional bank loans.
25 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Take steps to roll out universal pension scheme
The government should take specific steps through the upcoming national budget for 2022-23 to roll out a universal pension scheme, said an economist.
25 May 2023, 18:00 PM
180 to get CIP status
The government has selected 180 businesspeople to honour them with the commercially important person (CIP) status as part of efforts to recognise their contributions in national export and vital roles played in trade bodies in 2021.
25 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Mobile subscribers grow in April
Mobile subscriber numbers witnessed a slight growth in April, as two of the top operators made gains while the other two lost customers.
25 May 2023, 18:00 PM
NBFIs asked to complete procedures to add PLC suffix
The Bangladesh Bank has directed non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) to complete legal procedures in order to replace their company suffix “Limited” with PLC.
25 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Shipping Corp profit up 23% in third quarter
Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) made a Tk 62.23 crore profit in the third quarter of the current financial year, an increase of more than 23 per cent year-on-year.
25 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Shipping Corporation posts 23% higher profit in Jan-Mar
It made a Tk 62.23 crore profit in the third quarter
25 May 2023, 10:08 AM