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
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
Job growth in manufacturing plunges: BBS survey
Despite double-digit growth in manufacturing output, job growth has slowed down in Bangladesh alarmingly, which may raise unemployment and prevent the economy from benefitting from the abundance of working age population, official figures showed.
30 April 2022, 18:00 PM
10 years of AMA Muhith as finance minister
10 years of AMA Muhith as finance minister
30 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Mid-career crisis
After my 2002 performance review, I got the best performance rating. But my increment was negligible.
28 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Auto repair shops see customer influx
Automobile service providers are passing busy days as people are approaching them to repair their vehicles before travelling back homes or to other destinations to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with their loved ones.
28 April 2022, 18:00 PM
AC top-selling home appliance this Eid
Air conditioner is the top-selling home appliance in Bangladesh this Eid-ul-Fitr as consumers look to beat rising temperatures.
28 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Food, energy price shocks could last for years: WB
The war in Ukraine has dealt a major shock to commodity markets, altering global patterns of trade, production, and consumption in ways that will keep prices at historically high levels through the end of 2024, according to the World Bank’s latest Commodity Markets Outlook report.
27 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Raise working capital limit
The Bangladesh Bank yesterday asked banks to raise the working capital limit as the financial strength of many businesses has weakened because of the prices increase in the global market.
27 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Sleeping bags turning into major export item
Bangladesh is becoming a major manufacturer of sleeping bags as China is losing its market share because of worker shortage and higher cost of production.
27 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Customs to remain open during Eid holidays
The customs offices will remain open on a limited scale during the Eid and weekly holidays beginning from April 29 to May 4 to ensure smooth operation of export and import activities at the ports, said the National Board of Revenue yeserday.
27 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Ukraine war: GDP growth target to be revised if needed
Bangladesh’s growth target will be revised if the situation of the Ukraine-Russia war worsens, said Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday.
27 April 2022, 18:00 PM
How well does your bank know you?
We are the BTV generation whose only choice of TV series or programmes were the ones the channel aired. We had no option of flipping channels and we would rather enjoy whatever came our way.
27 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Sunamganj-Meghalaya border haat reopens
The border haat between Bangladesh and India along the Sunamganj-Meghalaya frontier reopened yesterday after remaining closed for two years.
26 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Private credit growth rises 11.3pc in March
Private sector credit growth in Bangladesh accelerated to 11.29 per cent in March, the highest in three years, spurred by high commodity imports ahead of Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest sales season for domestic market-oriented businesses.
26 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Most factories yet to clear Eid bonuses
Nearly 57 per cent industrial and manufacturing units in Bangladesh did not pay Eid bonuses to their workers as of yesterday, missing the deadline set by the government.
26 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Ha-Meem Group eyes $1b exports by 2024
Ha-Meem Group, one of the top textile and garment manufacturers in Bangladesh, is eyeing massive expansion to export $1 billion worth of apparel items by 2024, said its owner.
25 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Pabna traders yet to get expected Eid sales
After enduring two years of coronavirus-induced losses, shopkeepers in Pabna were eying good sales in the ongoing month of Ramadan as people buy all types of goods as part of the Eid-ul-Fitr festival.
25 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Up to 500cc motorbikes can be made locally
The government has granted permission to manufacturers to produce bikes up to 500cc engine capacity, a move that is expected to give a huge boost to the motorcycle industry in Bangladesh and provide the scope to bike lovers to ride higher engine two-wheelers.
25 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Govt looking for new edible oil sources
The commerce ministry is going to recommend that the National Board of Revenue (NBR) reduce the import duty on canola, sunflower and olive oil to 10 per cent from the existing 32 per cent.
25 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Default loan rescheduling falls to 7-year low
Rescheduling of default loans fell to a seven-year low in 2021, riding on a moratorium extended by the Bangladesh Bank to protect borrowers from the economic shocks arising from the coronavirus pandemic.
25 April 2022, 18:00 PM
Bengal Cement to be used in elevated expressway
Bengal Cement recently signed an agreement with the company building the first elevated expressway in Dhaka to supply cement for the project.
24 April 2022, 18:00 PM