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
Small businesses to face tougher times as VAT threshold lowered
Economists and businesses criticised the timing of the NBR’s decision, as people have been struggling with above-9-percent inflation for nearly two years.
11 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Consensus formed to hold BGMEA election in April: administrator
Updated voter list will be published and election board will be formed within January
11 January 2025, 13:40 PM
Feeling the pulse of local startup ecosystem
From groceries to food and commuting, startups, founded by innovative young people, became popular brands
10 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Interest rate on savings certificates to be raised
The interim government is set to increase the interest rates against various savings certificates to upwards of 12 percent as it looks to provide some relief to the fixed income group squeezed by the elevated inflation.
8 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Eurozone economy ended 2024 in fragile state: PMI
The eurozone economy ended 2024 in a fragile state, according a survey which showed overall activity contracted for a second straight month in December as a modest recovery in the services industry failed to offset a deeper downturn in manufacturing.
6 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Salvaging business and employment
Despite some episodic spikes here and there, the economy of Bangladesh is still struggling, and the government isn’t sure what the top priority should be.
4 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Container handling at private ICDs rose 16% in 2024
Six out of the 21 private inland container depots (ICDs) have come up as the major handlers of export and import-laden containers in the just concluded year of 2024, when business in the ICDs rose 16 percent year-on-year.
4 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Feed prices stay high despite drop in global markets
The price of poultry feed remains high in Bangladesh despite its fall in global markets, said Suman Hawlader, president of the Bangladesh Poultry Association (BPA).
4 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Will VAT hike add to inflationary burden?
The government’s recent move to increase value-added tax (VAT) on 43 goods and services has raised two key questions: will it generate enough revenue to avoid a huge budget deficit and will it further stoke an already high inflation?
4 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Taka loses value vs dollar after 7 months
The local currency taka has officially depreciated against the US dollar after seven months as the central bank recently raised the reference rate for taka-dollar transactions by Tk 2.
4 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Remittance hit all-time high in 2024
Expatriate Bangladeshis sent home a record $26.9 billion, up 23 percent year-on-year, in a development that will bring a huge sigh of relief to policymakers as they endeavour to shore up strained dollar stockpile.
1 January 2025, 18:06 PM
Economy to see muted recovery in 2025
Will smaller rotis at roadside eateries return to their previous regular size next year? Will a Tk 500 note again fill up the shopping bag holding kitchen items? Or, will several lakh graduates, who have been poring over newspaper recruitment advertisements, finally get their jobs in 2025?
31 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Gold set for brightest year since 2010
Gold prices were set to end a record-breaking year on a positive note on Tuesday as robust central bank buying, geopolitical uncertainties and monetary policy easing fuelled the safe-haven metal’s strongest annual performance since 2010.
31 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Thai tourism rebounds strongly, exceeds arrival goals
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) announces that international tourist arrivals have surpassed the target of 35 million visitors in 2024, generating over 1.8 trillion Baht in tourism revenue.
31 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Challenges and priorities for 2025
Macroeconomic management will remain a formidable challenge for Bangladesh in the coming year.
31 December 2024, 18:00 PM
USDA forecasts drop in rice harvest for floods
Rice production in Bangladesh may fall in the current marketing year of 2024-25, which began last May, for a reduction in the acreage of Aman season paddy due to repeated floods.
31 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Revenue collection falls in Nov though business climate improves
Bangladesh’s revenue collection fell in November this year even though the country saw improvement in its business climate that month thanks to the alleviation of political uncertainties stemming from the nationwide mass uprising in July-August.
31 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Mobil Jamuna to expand with oil tanker, land purchase
Mobil Jamuna Lubricants Bangladesh PLC is planning to buy an oil tanker and acquire land to expand its operations.
30 December 2024, 18:00 PM
RBI should loosen its hold on rupee in 2025: economists
India’s central bank will need to rethink its foreign exchange strategy and loosen its hold on the rupee in 2025, economists said, with the currency at its strongest against peers in at least two decades in trade-weighted terms.
30 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Liberalising the foreign exchange regime
Since our independence, 53 years have gone by and the country has already become a quasi-dominant player in the global supply chain. Y
30 December 2024, 18:00 PM