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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
Business
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
Business
Lockdown takes a toll on jackfruit traders
An age-old “Kathaler Haat”, or jackfruit market, in Brahmanbazar area of Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila is seeing poor sales this year as recent restrictions on public movement aimed at containing the spread of Covid-19 have kept buyers at bay.
26 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Improve competitiveness for smooth LDC graduation
Local businesses need to become more competitive at the international level so that Bangladesh can enjoy a smooth graduation from the UN’s group of least developed countries (LDCs) in 2026, speakers said at a webinar yesterday.
26 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Shoe-makers’ profits hammered by Covid
Profits of listed shoe-makers of Bangladesh dropped in 2020 despite the drastic fall in the price of rawhides as the sales of the finished products crashed because of the economic slump caused by the pandemic.
26 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Lockdown: Traders at Sylhet fruit market facing loss due to lack of buyers
Traders at Sylhet’s wholesale Kadamtali Fruit Market have been incurring losses during the ongoing “strict lockdown” due to lack of buyers.
26 July 2021, 09:50 AM
Cross-border trade resumes after Eid holidays
Cross-border trade through the Hili and Radhikapur land ports in Dinajpur and Sonahat land port in Kurigram resumed yesterday, marking the end of Eid-ul-Azha celebrations.
25 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Over 90.93 lakh cattle sacrificed during Eid-ul-Azha: ministry
Out of 1.19 crore animals prepared for the Eid-ul-Azha, 90,93,242 cattle were sacrificed across the country this year, according to the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock.
24 July 2021, 09:39 AM
Bangladesh’s economic recovery will continue this fiscal year: ADB
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) in its Asian Development Outlook Supplement of July said Bangladesh's economic recovery will continue amid the second wave of Covid-19 much like the previous fiscal year, depending on exports and remittances.
23 July 2021, 10:58 AM
Rawhide traded at lower prices than govt's fixed rate
Rawhide is being traded at lower prices than the government's fixed rate.
22 July 2021, 17:52 PM
Incurring loss, cattle traders leaving Dhaka with animals
Mohammad Azgar Ali was excited when he came to Dhupkhola cattle market in Dhaka with his 16 bulls -- hoping to make good profit like last year. But that excitement dissipated as he had to incur loss when selling most of the animals and some remain unsold.
21 July 2021, 05:54 AM
Wage workers in double whammy
Wage labourers in Bangladesh passed a gruelling year as their income growth dropped to a six-year low in the last fiscal year, whereas living expenses went up amid rising inflation, official figures showed.
19 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Mango exports still too low: experts
Mango exports nearly tripled in fiscal 2020-21 compared to the year before, but the quantities shipped are still too low considering the total annual production.
18 July 2021, 18:00 PM
June inflation highest in 8 months
Inflation spurted to 5.64 per cent in June, the highest in eight months, reflecting the disruptions faced by the supply chain and the rise in the cost of living, official figures showed yesterday.
18 July 2021, 18:00 PM
A fleeting respite for shop owners
Malls and markets have been registering large gatherings of Eid shoppers since reopening on July 15, providing a much-needed respite to stores to make some sales in a season marked by a depressed business.
18 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Cattle train receives lukewarm response
A “cattle train” service rolled out by Bangladesh Railway seems to have fallen flat as just a single locomotive carrying 200 sacrificial animals for Eid-ul-Azha began its journey to Dhaka on Saturday.
18 July 2021, 18:00 PM
National Housing Finance gets new MD
The National Housing Finance and Investments yesterday witnessed the appointment of a new managing director for three years.
17 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Farmers in a pickle with unsold cattle: Blame pandemic for low demand
Ever since the beginning of July, Abul Hossain, a livestock farmer based in the southwestern district of Bagerhat, has been patiently waiting for buyers for the three bulls he reared over the past three years.
17 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Trade thru Hili port suspended this week
Cross-border trade through the Hili land port in Dinajpur’s Hakimpur upazila will remain suspended for a week from July 18 to July 24 marking Eid-ul-Azha, one of the main two religious festivals for Muslims.
17 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Lockdown leaves scars on vegetable growers
Vegetable farmers in Rangpur and Dinajpur incurred huge losses amid the lockdown when they were finding it difficult to send crops to Dhaka and other parts of the country as truck operators were demanding high fares on different grounds.
14 July 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Keep agro-processing units open during next lockdown’
The country’s agro-processors yesterday urged the government to allow their factories to remain open during the 14-day countrywide lockdown starting from July 23.
14 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Govt plans compliance platforms like Accord, Alliance: Salman
The government is planning to form inspection and remediation platforms like Accord and Alliance to strengthen workplace safety in industrial units which produce goods for the domestic markets, said Salman F Rahman, adviser to the prime minister on private industries and investment.
13 July 2021, 18:00 PM