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
NBR chief gets two-year extension
The government yesterday extended by two years the contract keeping Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem as senior secretary and chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), according to a public administration ministry notification.
28 December 2021, 18:00 PM
App for migrant workers getting popular
More than 8.5 lakh people who want to go abroad for jobs have registered with the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) through its Ami Probashi app within six months of its launch.
28 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Pabna farmers turning to vegetable cultivation
Farmers in Pabna are increasingly turning towards vegetable cultivation as other crops offer comparatively lower profits, according to various locals.
26 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Envoy Textiles to raise Tk 168cr
Envoy Textiles Limited plans to issue zero coupon bonds to raise about Tk 168 crore for financing its captive power plant project and pre-pay a portion of the high-cost loan.
26 December 2021, 18:00 PM
FBCCI demands extension, analysts oppose
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) yesterday requested Bangladesh Bank to extend the implementation of the relaxation policy on loan classification until July next year.
26 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Energy price hike pushes up inflation
Consumers in Bangladesh were squeezed further in November as inflation kept rising, driven mainly by non-food inflation as the impacts of last month’s hike of diesel and kerosene prices are taking a hold.
26 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Six banks cut salary costs to safeguard profits
Six listed banks in Bangladesh cut their expenditures for the salaries and allowances of employees amidst the pandemic in 2020 in an apparent attempt to keep their profits unscathed.
26 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Spice lifts incomes for farmers
Spice cultivation has enhanced the incomes of farmers in Nilphamari thanks to their higher yield and elevated prices, helping growers overcome losses they incurred in the previous years by producing traditional crops such as paddy, wheat and jute.
25 December 2021, 18:00 PM
More people opting for home loans
Banks and non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) perceive the potential business of mortgage loans in the housing and real estate sector to be fast growing thanks to an expansion of the affluent class and people’s increasing spending capacity.
25 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Budget outlay to see marginal cut
The budget for the current fiscal year is set to be slashed by 1.6 per cent in the revised one because of lower development expenditure, with the cut being marginal for healthy revenue collection and higher subsidy spending.
25 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Govt’s bank borrowing surges for lower sales of savings tools
Government borrowing from the banking sector has seen a rapid surge this fiscal year mainly due to the lower investment of general people and firms in national savings tools, a development that may crowd out the private sector.
25 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Rejoinder, our reply
On behalf of the board of directors of Delta Life Insurance Company, a director has sent a rejoinder to a report headlined “Irregularities cost Delta Life Insurance Tk 3,687cr” published in The Daily Star on December 5.
23 December 2021, 18:00 PM
How to deal with friends and family loans
Millions of people borrow money from family and friends across the world for reasons ranging from meeting household expenditures to educational and health expenses.
23 December 2021, 18:00 PM
ADB to lend extra $13.5m to modernise irrigation
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday signed agreements with Bangladesh for a $13.5 million in additional project loan to modernise irrigation in the country.
23 December 2021, 18:00 PM
$21b investment proposals since Covid outbreak
Bangladesh has received investment proposals totaling $21.17 billion since the coronavirus pandemic struck the world nearly two years ago, said a top official.
23 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Flats turn dearer for middle class as cost escalates
Though hundreds of housing projects and flats are being exhibited at the REHAB Fair-2021, there is an insignificant percentage of properties for the middle-income groups.
23 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Recovery remains fragile: CPD
The economy is recovering from damages inflicted by the pandemic but the revival remains fragile owing to rising inflation, exchange rate volatility and squeeze in the government’s fiscal space, said the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) yesterday.
23 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Be partners in Bangladesh’s dev journey: PM to Maldivian entrepreneurs
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon both the public and private sectors of the Maldives to be partners in Bangladesh’s development journey for mutual benefits.
23 December 2021, 13:26 PM
$500m cheap loans from WB to improve power supply system
The World Bank yesterday announced that it would provide Bangladesh a concessional loan of $500 million to improve electricity services for about 40 million people in Dhaka and Mymensingh divisions.
22 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Govt to target 7.5pc GDP growth next year
The government plans to raise its economic growth target to 7.5 per cent for the next fiscal year, banking on the recovery of business activities and rising export earnings.
22 December 2021, 18:00 PM