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
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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
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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
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Inflation surges to 9.93% in October
In October, food inflation went up by 12.56 percent from 12.37 percent a month earlier, while non-food inflation increased to 8.30 percent from 7.82 percent in September
6 November 2023, 12:46 PM
Betel leaf farmers in Moheshkhali devastated by Cyclone Hamoon
Farmers in the Moheshkhali upazila of Cox’s Bazar, famed for its evergreen betel leaves, were the worst sufferers of Cyclone Hamoon, leaving them staring into the abyss as they wonder how to cover up massive losses.
6 November 2023, 01:00 AM
Regional integration vital for attracting FDI: experts
Improving regional integration, making genuine political commitments and ensuring good governance are key to attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) in South Asia, according to experts.
5 November 2023, 17:59 PM
Feasibility study for first offshore wind power project gets nod
The government has given the nod, in principle, to conduct a detailed feasibility study for establishing the first offshore wind energy plant in Bangladesh.
5 November 2023, 17:59 PM
24,605 complaints filed against 14 insurers in 10 months
More than a dozen life insurance companies settled only 14.09 percent of the 24,605 complaints they received in the first 10 months this year, creating uncertainty about whether policyholders will get back their money, official figures showed.
5 November 2023, 01:30 AM
'Sri Lanka immensely benefitted from Bangladesh’s support'
Sri Lanka has immensely benefited from Saarc countries, particularly Bangladesh and India, from a macroeconomic perspective in recent times, the central bank governor of the Island nation said yesterday.
4 November 2023, 18:05 PM
South Asia not ready for common currency
South Asia is not yet ready for a common currency, said economists from countries in the region at the opening of a two-day 14th South Asia Economic Summit in Sheraton Dhaka yesterday.
4 November 2023, 18:02 PM
How can Bangladesh tackle deglobalisation?
Deglobalisation is a term used to describe how the interconnectedness of the world economy is weakening due to factors such as trade barriers, a rise in nationalism, wars, and disruptive occurrences such as the pandemic.
4 November 2023, 17:59 PM
Sri Lanka immensely benefitted from Bangladesh’s support
Lankan central bank governor says at CPD dialogue
4 November 2023, 07:39 AM
Industrial output halves as consumer demand drops
Industrial production in Bangladesh grew at a slower pace of 8.99 percent in the last fiscal year of 2022-23 as consumer demand dropped amid sustained higher inflation, sluggish export growth and falling imports.
3 November 2023, 04:05 AM
Current account balance turns positive
The country’s current account balance stood in positive territory in the first quarter of the current fiscal year due to a sharp slowdown in imports.
3 November 2023, 03:58 AM
Export plunges to a 26-month low
Exports earnings fell to $3.76 billion in October, the lowest in 26 months, as shipment of apparel items became the last major victim to the falling global demand as consumers tighten belts amid higher inflation.
3 November 2023, 03:54 AM
Do as I say, not as I do
The cherry on top is not always as delicious as it beckons you to believe. Those who look up to their leaders as infallible are often too soon disillusioned by their fallacies, double standard and hypocrisy being the most common of them.
2 November 2023, 17:59 PM
Industrial output halves as consumer demand drops
Industrial production in Bangladesh grew at a slower pace of 8.99 percent in the last fiscal year of 2022-23 as consumer demand dropped amid sustained higher inflation, sluggish export growth and falling imports.
2 November 2023, 17:57 PM
Six sectors enjoyed tax breaks of Tk 33,366cr
Six sectors enjoyed around 40 percent of the direct corporate tax expenditures, meaning tax subsidies in the form of rebates, discounts, exemptions and income tax cuts, in fiscal year 2020-21.
2 November 2023, 17:43 PM
Default by top three borrowers to to hit banks
Resilience in the banking sector will be affected significantly if the top three borrowers default on their loans, as per the financial stability assessment report of the Bangladesh Bank.
2 November 2023, 17:43 PM
Transport cost goes up, impacting price of essential goods
A three-day blockade enforced by major opposition parties and protests of garment workers disrupted the supply chain of daily essentials and sent the cost of transport higher, according to industry people and traders.
2 November 2023, 15:43 PM
Blockade hits vegetable farmers
Vegetable farmers in Bangladesh are among the worst affected by a nationwide blockade that ended yesterday as they were unable to register sufficient sales amid the political unrest.
2 November 2023, 15:40 PM
Relaxed incentive rules send remittance to a four-month high
Migrant workers sent home $1.98 billion in October, a four-month high, as banks stepped up efforts to woo more remittance buoyed by a relaxed central bank rule on incentive, a development that is expected to give some relief to a country reeling under the foreign exchange crisis.
1 November 2023, 20:54 PM
Private credit growth hits 23-month low
Private sector credit growth has slowed in recent months with banks and borrowers adopting a go-slow strategy amidst economic stress and growing apprehensions of a political crisis centring the upcoming parliamentary elections in January.
1 November 2023, 20:54 PM