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
Premier Bank paid Iqbal Tk 10cr for unused office spaces
Premier Bank paid Tk 10 crore to HBM Iqbal, the former chairman of the bank, for office space in one of his buildings that the private commercial lender did not use or rent.
8 May 2025, 20:01 PM
Meeting with IMF today to break deadlock
The government and the International Monetary Fund are set to meet again today for another round of negotiations over the release of the fourth and fifth tranches of a $4.7 billion loan programme.
4 May 2025, 18:01 PM
Crown Cement lifts profit by 76% on stronger sales
Crown Cement has posted a rise in profit and revenue for the third quarter of the fiscal year (FY) 2024–25, buoyed by higher sales.
3 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Regulatory reform: A pivotal need for economic agility
For years, local businesses have struggled with an invisible but formidable opponent: a web of outdated, inconsistent, confusing and burdensome regulations. Navigating this bureaucratic maze has often meant facing unpredictable delays, opaque procedures, and uneven enforcement.
3 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Swift action, long-term plans can offset US tariff shock
The US government’s recent announcement to hike the tariff on Bangladeshi goods by an additional 37 percent has already begun affecting the country’s readymade garment (RMG) industry, according to a leading denim exporter.
3 May 2025, 18:00 PM
bKash logged 67% profit growth in 2024
Mobile financial services (MFS) provider bKash posted a rise in profit and revenue in 2024.
3 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Govt to issue Interpol alert against absconding factory owners
The government will issue “Red Notices” through Interpol for businesspeople who fled abroad without paying workers’ dues, Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hussain, adviser to the Ministry of Labour and Employment, said yesterday.
3 May 2025, 18:00 PM
BB eyes rate cut to 7% if inflation slows to 5% by March
The Bangladesh Bank will consider slashing the policy rate to 7 percent by March, provided that rampant inflation, which has hovered above 9 percent for nearly two years, eases to 5 percent by then, Governor Ahsan H Mansur said yesterday.
3 May 2025, 18:00 PM
ICB traces 38 companies with IPO potential
Listing of Grameenphone on the stock exchange in 2009 had a huge impact as thousands of investors flocked to open beneficiary owner accounts to get shares of the high-performing company through the initial public offering (IPO).
3 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Remittance in ten months surpasses FY24 total
Remittance inflows in the first ten months of the current fiscal year have already exceeded the total receipts of FY 2023-24
3 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Rescuing the banking sector
The World Bank recently urged Bangladesh to implement a comprehensive set of reforms to restore confidence in our financial system, which has been weakened by poor governance, political interference and related lending.
26 April 2025, 18:00 PM
HBL focuses on boosting Bangladesh’s regional trade facilitation
In a rapidly evolving South Asian trade landscape, HBL Bangladesh (Habib Bank) is carving out a bold and purposeful role for itself – not as a competitor in traditional banking, but as a connector of economies and an enabler of regional trade.
26 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Delay in polls to hamper investment
Bangladesh may face political uncertainty and sluggish private investment unless the parliamentary election takes place within the promised timeframe, a leading economist warned yesterday.
26 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Is merger of Islamic banks a viable solution?
Ahsan H Mansur stated that the country's Islamic banking sector would be completely restructured as most of the existing Islamic banks are currently in trouble.
26 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Concerns grow over appointing foreign operator
Concerns are increasingly being voiced over the Chattogram port’s largest terminal, New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT), being leased out to a foreign operator, as the interim government furthers the initiative undertaken by the previous Awami League government.
26 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Vehicle sales plunged in 2024
This marked the steepest decline since the Covid-19 pandemic, when roughly 3.8 lakh vehicles were registered with the BRTA
26 April 2025, 18:00 PM
IMF talks end without deal on next loan tranches
Led by Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed, the Bangladesh delegation held a series of meetings with IMF representatives in Washington.
26 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Stocks post weekly 2% fall
Stocks fell last week as concerns over potential corporate tax hikes in the upcoming budget weighed on investor sentiment.
19 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Conflicts of interest in business erode integrity
When we hear the phrase “conflict of interest,” many of us picture shady backroom political deals. But in truth, conflicts of interest are just as rampant in the world of business, especially in Bangladesh’s fast-growing economy, where family ties and personal connections often blur professional lines.
19 April 2025, 18:00 PM
The worst of the economic crisis may be over
As listed companies, especially those in the manufacturing sector, have reported falling profits in recent quarters, business leaders are now turning their attention to how best to navigate 2025 amid global uncertainty, domestic inflation and rising borrowing costs.
19 April 2025, 18:00 PM