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
Tension in the hills hits tourism
Empty hotels, unsold fruits at roadside vendors and idle jeeps at stands -- these are the adverse sights in the south-eastern hill districts of Khagrachhari and Rangamati, two popular tourist destinations in Bangladesh, following the recent deadly violence.
3 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Ibn Sina Pharma declares 63% cash dividend
The Ibn Sina Pharmaceutical Industry has announced a 63 percent cash dividend for the financial year that ended on June 30 this year, marking its highest payout in seven years.
3 October 2024, 18:00 PM
BEA rejects ad hoc committee formed by ‘anti-discrimination BEA’
The BEA also urged the 'anti-discrimination BEA' to stop conducting unfair activities
3 October 2024, 15:20 PM
Fashion brands see higher customer footfall ahead of Durga Puja
Fashion brands and retailers are witnessing increased customer footfall ahead of Durga Puja, the biggest annual festival for Hindu community, despite rising prices and political uncertainty.
2 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Why most stock market policies backfired
The stock market regulator formulated a large number of policies, rules and regulations and passed orders in the last 15 years citing the best interests of investors.
2 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Sky Bees to invest Tk 550cr to set up drone factory in Bangladesh
Sky Bees Limited, a newly established company, will today sign an agreement with the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (Bepza) for land to set up an export-oriented unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) production facility.
2 October 2024, 18:00 PM
ADP spending hits 12-year low in Jul-Aug
The implementation rate of the annual development programme (ADP) in the July-August period of the current fiscal year was the lowest in the past 12 years due to cautious spending by the government and work disruptions amidst political turmoil.
2 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Inflation continues to ease in Sept but still around 10%
Bangladesh’s inflation continued to ease for the second consecutive month in September as prices of both food and non-food items cooled off, according to the statistics bureau.
2 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Can AI help mitigate long-pending legal cases?
Bangladesh’s legal system is overwhelmed by a staggering backlog of cases, leaving many people waiting for justice for years, sometimes even decades.
1 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Steel sales slump by about 50% as govt projects come to a halt
The demand for steel in Bangladesh has almost halved over the past two months as most construction works have been halted following the recent political changeover, according to industry people.
1 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Why stock market was overrun by price manipulations
The way that the stock market has been run over the past 15 years under the Sheikh Hasina-led government can be best summarised as facilitative to the manipulation of stock prices.
1 October 2024, 18:00 PM
How 11,000 bhori gold embezzled from Samabaya Bank
Mohiuddin Ahmed Mohi, a former chairman of Bangladesh Samabaya Bank Ltd, embezzled over 11,000 bhori (each bhori is 11.66 grammes) of mortgaged gold from 2,316 customers prior to 2021.
1 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Nine investors fined Tk 428cr for Beximco stock manipulation
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has imposed a fine of Tk 428.52 crore on five firms and four individuals for manipulating prices of Beximco Ltd’s stocks, an unprecedented penalty in the country’s capital market.
1 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Rooppur power plant to receive equipment for radiation monitoring soon
23 units of the monitoring systems have already been shipped from Russia
1 October 2024, 14:17 PM
Freeze bank accounts of Joy, Putul, Bobby: BFIU
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit yesterday directed banks to freeze all accounts belonging to Sheikh Hasina’s children Sajeeb Wazed Joy and Saima Wazed Putul, and Sheikh Rehana’s son Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby.
1 October 2024, 10:16 AM
S Alam took out 86pc of Global Islami Bank’s loans
S Alam Group and its linked companies account for more than 86 percent of the disbursed loans of Global Islami Bank (GIB), one of the six Shariah-based lenders that were controlled by the Chattogram-based business giant.
30 September 2024, 01:00 AM
Per capita foreign debt more than doubles in eight years
Per capita foreign debt of Bangladesh more than doubled in the last eight years, according to official data, as economists attribute the hike to unplanned foreign-funded projects and corruption, ultimately ballooning the liability on low-income people, including the extremely poor.
28 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Renata’s profit rises 55% to Tk 362cr
Renata PLC reported higher revenue and profit in fiscal year 2023-24 primarily due to higher exports and lower finance costs.
28 September 2024, 18:00 PM
22 factories closed in Ashulia amid fresh labour unrest
Protests erupted once again in the Ashulia industrial area yesterday as readymade garment workers now demand withdrawal of cases filed against them over recent vandalism and an increase in the monthly minimum wage up to Tk 22,000 from current Tk 12,500.
28 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Loan restructuring and recovery
Classified loans in the banking sector have exceeded Tk 211,000 crore. Various agencies are talking of almost Tk 400,000 crores of stressed assets in the banking sector, almost 25 percent of the total loans.
28 September 2024, 18:00 PM