HC bars trade, town association groups from Ctg chamber’s polls
23 October 2025, 15:00 PM
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Akij Resource plans to launch digital bank
23 October 2025, 13:27 PM
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ILO ratification demands labour reforms in Bangladesh
23 October 2025, 12:59 PM
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Summit Power’s profit plunges 88% in FY25
23 October 2025, 10:18 AM
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Culture of impunity behind repeated industrial disasters: BILS
23 October 2025, 08:05 AM
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Govt moves to boost House Building Corporation’s lending capacity
22 October 2025, 18:42 PM
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Interbank dollar price crosses Tk 122 after 2.5 months
22 October 2025, 18:36 PM
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Auction full ‘golden spectrum’, lower prices
22 October 2025, 18:35 PM
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Foreign banks top profits, trail in social spending
22 October 2025, 18:24 PM
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Telcos, ISPs asked to boost fire safety measures
22 October 2025, 15:40 PM
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Send remittance through formal channels
High-ups of the government and the top commercial bankers yesterday urged expatriate Bangladeshis to send their money through legal channels instead of using hundi, an illegal cross-border money transfer network.
12 May 2022, 18:00 PM
8 companies sued for market manipulation
The Bangladesh Competition Commission filed cases against eight edible oil companies on Wednesday for manipulating the key cooking ingredient’s local production and supply.
12 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Labour law to be amended by this year
The government has formed two committees which will bring amendments to the labour law by December 31 this year, said a top government official yesterday.
12 May 2022, 18:00 PM
3 Bangladeshis on list of 100 Global Tech’s Changemakers
Sonia Bashir Kabir, Afeef Zaman and Morin Talukder, three Bangladeshi tech and start-up entrepreneurs, have been named in the Rest of World’s (RoW) 100 Global Tech’s Changemakers’ list for their contribution to the technology sector amidst challenges.
12 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh 7th highest remittance recipient: World Bank
Bangladesh has retained its position as the recipient of the seventh highest amount of money transferred by migrant workers among 10 top recipient nations in 2021.
12 May 2022, 18:00 PM
TallyKhata selected for Visa Accelerator Programme
Digital payment service provider Visa has selected digital payments start-up TallyKhata from Bangladesh for the 2022 cohort of its Visa Accelerator Programme in the Asia Pacific.
11 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Domino’s Pizza: Indian master franchisee buys unit of Bangladesh
Jubilant FoodWorks, the master franchisee of Domino’s Pizza in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal, has fully acquired Jubilant Golden Harvest Ltd, the franchisee of Domino’s Pizza in Bangladesh.
11 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Offer roadmap for post-LDC challenges
The government should unveil a roadmap in the upcoming budget to deal with the challenges that the country might face following its graduation from the group of the least-developed countries (LDCs), said Monzur Hossain, research director of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS).
11 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Litchi production to hit record high
Litchi cultivation is on the rise in Pabna, where the seasonal fruit now plays a vital role in agro-economics as farmers in the district are likely to get record production due to the favourable weather conditions in early summer.
11 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Edible oil crisis: Blame game continues
Companies, wholesalers and retailers are blaming each other for the disappearance of edible oil from the market ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.
11 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Fresh spike in onion price irks consumers
Onion prices shot up in Bangladesh after the plant quarantine office of the agriculture ministry stopped issuing import permits for the popular cooking ingredient in a bid to protect the interest of local growers.
11 May 2022, 18:00 PM
No foreign trips for govt officials, implementation of import-based projects
To ease pressure on foreign exchange reserves, the government has decided to stop foreign trips of its officials and postponed implementation of less important projects that require imports.
11 May 2022, 09:05 AM
Bangladesh to remain RMG hotspot in future, buyers say
Bangladesh will remain as the preferred sourcing destination for readymade garment (RMG) items well into the future as the country has substantially improved production facilities and on compliance with regulations over the last few years, said international clothing retailers and brands yesterday.
10 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Prosperity without clarity
The growth estimate for fiscal 2021-22 appears directionally consistent with the high-frequency growth indicators such as exports, imports, private credit and revenue collections.
10 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Salt production hits 61-year high
Salt production reached a 61-year high this fiscal year thanks to the conducive environment, allowing farmers to eye more profit amid good market prices.
10 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Keep in mind Ukraine war, new Covid wave
The government should make budgetary allocation for the fiscal year of 2022-23 to deal with the impacts of the ongoing Russian-Ukraine crisis and the possibility of the emergence of another wave of coronavirus, said a noted economist.
10 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Single point mooring: Project cost goes up for 3rd time
The government yesterday revised the budget for the Installation of Single Point Mooring (SPM) with the Double Line Project for the third time, increasing it by more than 8.5 per cent.
10 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Teesta shoal farmers fall on hard times for crop damages
Dhiren Chandra Barman, a 60-year-old farmer in Char Rajour in Lalmonirhat sadar upazila, nowadays passes sleepless nights after his paddy crop, on which he relies to feed his six-member family, was completely damaged because of an unseasonal flood.
10 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Inequality contradicts ‘high’ per capita income
“Per capita income is the income that is not seen by mass people but built on a few people.”
10 May 2022, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh Bank toughens stance against luxury imports
In the face of falling foreign exchange reserves, Bangladesh Bank yesterday instructed banks to take up to 75 per cent of import payments in advance from businesses to open letters of credit (LCs) for luxury and non-essential goods.
10 May 2022, 18:00 PM