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
Cut supply chain costs to keep essentials affordable
Any fuel price hike raises the cost of everyday necessities and agricultural products and affects both food and non-food inflation since it is linked with every part of the value chain.
5 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Software for matching prize bond numbers
The government has developed software to enable owners of prize bonds that cost Tk 100 each to find the result of the draw in a move that is likely to help investors, many of whom do not even check results because of hassle of matching each number from the results.
5 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Sri Lankan firm eyes Agora takeover
Softlogic Holdings PLC is in talks with Agora to acquire the full operation of Bangladesh’s oldest supermarket chain, said the Sri Lankan conglomerate and people familiar with the matter.
5 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Summit Alliance handling cargo at Muktarpur terminal
With pioneering, timely and cost-effective service, Summit Alliance Port Ltd (SAPL) facilitated Bangladesh’s spinning mills and the ready-made garment (RMG) sectors by providing a much-needed alternative logistics solution for their vital industrial raw material, especially break-bulk raw cotton from India.
3 March 2022, 18:00 PM
No more hurdles to population census
After twice rejecting proposals to buy 3.95 lakh tablet computers for the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the government yesterday granted approval to this end so that the statistical agency can conduct the population and housing census which was set to begin three years
3 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Govt to honour 11 individuals, organisations
The textiles and jute ministry plans to honour 11 individuals and organisations for their contribution to increasing production and export of jute and jute products, said a statement from the ministry.
3 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Jack of all trades but master of (none) one
During my childhood, I was quite accustomed to seeing my parents’ unhappy reaction to my somewhat consistent poor performance in school. There was very little I could do to fulfil their wishes as I was too busy mastering skills in sports, namely, football, cricket, badminton, swimming, chess and what not!
3 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Banking on floating market to trade farm products
The Boithakata floating market on the Belua river in Pirojpur has transformed into a major centre for wholesalers as many people directly depend on the century-old market as their primary means of trade.
3 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Govt to buy 30,000 tonnes of fertiliser from Russia
The government is going to purchase 30,000 tonnes of Muriate of Potash (MoP) fertiliser from Russia as the third lot of its contract to buy 2.70 lakh tonnes of the crop production input from the world’s largest fertiliser exporter.
3 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Govt to seek removal of anti-dumping duty on jute
Bangladesh will again urge India to withdraw the anti-dumping duty (ADD) on locally produced jute and jute goods during a commerce secretary-level meeting between Dhaka and New Delhi today.
3 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Insurance sector rebounds strongly
The insurance industry rebounded strongly in 2021 after getting hit by the coronavirus pandemic thanks to the contraction of excessive commission to agents and digitisation of services.
3 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Food inflation for poor twice the official data
Food inflation facing the poor and the marginalised in Bangladesh is more than twice the official figure since the national statistical agency relies on an old base year that does not reflect reality, said the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (Sanem).
3 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Farmers sell wheat spikes to make higher profit
In a worrying trend, a group of farmers in northern districts are selling wheat spikes as cattle feed in order to make a higher profit since they don’t get fair prices for the final produce.
2 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh feels the heat of Ukraine invasion
The far-reaching implications of an ongoing rally in oil prices amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have already descended on Bangladesh as the state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) is losing Tk 19 crore per day.
2 March 2022, 18:00 PM
February exports hit another milestone
Earnings from merchandise shipments continued to soar in February, registering growth of 34.54 per cent year-on-year to reach $4.29 billion on the back of increased garment exports.
2 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Surging imports keep tax collection buoyant
Tax collection continued to remain buoyant supported by increased tariff from surging imports of goods, according to provisional data of the National Board of Revenue (NBR).
2 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Rooppur power plant sees 20pc development budget cut
The government has slashed the development allocation for the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) by around 20 per cent in the revised budget for the current fiscal year.
2 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Cut reliance on customs duty for revenue: ICAB
Bangladesh needs to reduce its dependence on customs duty for revenue as lowering the cost of doing business would help local products and services become more competitive on a global scale, according to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB).
2 March 2022, 18:00 PM
No one immune from the impact of Russia-Ukraine conflict
The economic damage from supply disruptions triggered by the confluence of events around the Russian invasion of Ukraine would be severe in some countries and industries and less so in others depending on the depth and breadth of economic ties,
2 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Oil markets hit multiple milestones
Oil benchmarks are hitting multiple price and spread milestones across several key markets as the fallout from severe sanctions on key exporter Russia sows confusion and panic among global crude oil traders, shipping firms and importers.
2 March 2022, 18:00 PM