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
NBR receives 28.51 lakh tax returns so far
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has received 28.51 lakh tax returns from individual taxpayers until January 1, the final day for filing income and wealth statements for fiscal year 2022-23 without any penalty, officials said yesterday.
3 January 2023, 04:00 AM
Motorcycle sales drop slightly in 2022
Motorcycle sales in Bangladesh did not show any growth but rather shrunk in 2022 as the ongoing economic crises, such as rising inflationary pressure, contributed to an overall decrease in local demand, according to industry insiders.
3 January 2023, 03:15 AM
Inflation falls for 4th month
Although the inflation rate in Bangladesh has maintained a downward trend for the past four months, it is still high enough to affect those living in the middle-income category and below, experts say.
3 January 2023, 03:00 AM
Layoff comes at a huge price
Off-late job cuts, particularly in the major global tech companies, are being piled up. In some cases, the decision of laying off employees was taken so hastily that it not only drew the attention of the media. Policy-makers and people were also concerned.
3 January 2023, 02:45 AM
When fences eat crops
In another financial felony in Bangladesh, UFS Asset Management has embezzled Tk 158 crore in investors’ funds, according to a probe of the stock market regulator.
3 January 2023, 02:30 AM
Rakub gets new DMD
Kazi Abdur Rahman joined Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (Rakub) in the post of deputy managing director (DMD) recently.
3 January 2023, 02:20 AM
StanChart highest taxpayer among banks
Standard Chartered Bank (Bangladesh) has recently been recognised by the National Board of Revenue as the highest taxpayer in the banking category for the assessment year 2021-22.
3 January 2023, 02:20 AM
Private sector credit growth rises
Private sector credit growth rose to 13.97 per cent in November to near the central bank’s target for the ongoing financial year owing to cheaper loans, a development that may stoke inflationary pressures.
3 January 2023, 02:15 AM
Four more Islamic banks take BB emergency loans
Four more shariah-based banks have been found to have taken emergency funds, which are usually taken during extraordinary circumstances, in an attempt at dressing up their balance sheet for last year.
3 January 2023, 02:00 AM
Global economy faces tough times in 2023
For much of the global economy, 2023 is going to be a tough year as the main engines of global growth - the United States, Europe and China - all experience weakening activity, the head of the International Monetary Fund said on Sunday.
2 January 2023, 18:00 PM
NCC Bank inks deal with Millennium Information
NCC Bank recently signed an agreement with Millennium Information Solution for the supply and implementation of “NCC Islamic Banking Solutions” software.
2 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Economy stable
Although Bangladesh stepped into a new year with various economic pressures stemming from global events, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said he was confident that the country would not backtrack but make steady progress from where it was now.
2 January 2023, 05:00 AM
Mung bean cultivation expanding in Patuakhali
Idris Ali, a farmer of Kartikpasha village in Patuakhali’s Dumki upazila, has been cultivating mung beans after harvesting Aman paddy for about 20 years now.
2 January 2023, 05:00 AM
Household Income and Expenditure Survey: Initial results due in March
Data on poverty levels in Bangladesh will be available by the end of March this year as the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) completed its Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES)-2022 last Friday.
2 January 2023, 04:30 AM
Garment of Man-Made Fibre: Ministry for 10% cash incentive on export
The commerce ministry will again write to the finance ministry to provide a 10 per cent cash incentive to garment exporters making goods out of man-made fibres to offset the pandemic’s fallouts and challenges of Bangladesh’s country status graduation.
2 January 2023, 04:00 AM
Ctg port container handling drops in 2022
Annual container handling at the country’s premier sea port of Chattogram decreased 2.54 per cent year-on-year in the just concluded calendar year of 2022 owing to a downward trend in foreign trade.
2 January 2023, 03:30 AM
Pvt sector foreign debt sees first fall since 2020
For the first time since December 2020, private sector borrowing from external sources declined as the appetite among firms eroded for increased borrowing costs.
2 January 2023, 02:30 AM
Remittance flat at $22b despite record worker outflow
Bangladesh received $22.07 billion in remittance in 2022, almost unchanged from a year earlier, although a record number of workers went abroad for jobs in the just-concluding year, Bangladesh Bank data showed yesterday.
2 January 2023, 02:00 AM
BB rolls out Tk 10,000cr export facilitation fund
Bangladesh Bank yesterday rolled out an export facilitation fund of Tk 10,000 crore in order to help exporters gear up their businesses.
1 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Islami Bank to issue Tk 800cr bonds
Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd has received consent from the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) to raise Tk 800 crore by issuing subordinated bonds.
1 January 2023, 18:00 PM