Graduating from the least developed country (LDC) category will be a challenge for Bangladesh and there are many debates surrounding it, but the country has to graduate by 2026, Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed said yesterday.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday proposed the establishment of a dedicated microcredit bank based on the social business model.

Mutual Trust Bank PLC reported higher profits in the first quarter of 2025 as its operating profit rose.

Jamuna Bank PLC reported higher profits in the first quarter of the 2025 financial year.

He says this at a discussion organised by the International Business Forum of Bangladesh

The Transparency International Bangladesh says about the new ordinance to abolish the NBR

No additional service fee or charge can be collected beyond this amount

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The DSEX gained 39.44 points before closing at 4,820.46

Bangladesh must build an ongoing feedback loop with actual global investors—those managing billions in emerging and frontier market mandates

Only international passenger services, export operations, and budget-related activities were exempted from the strike

Bhattacharya said that increasing tariffs in the name of reciprocity often ends up hurting end consumers

Vietnam has the fourth-largest trade surplus among all US trading partners, worth $123.5 billion last year

The DSEX gained 15.9 points to 4,796.95 as of 11:32 am

Gold prices dropped to their lowest in more than a month on Thursday as investors waited for a key US inflation print for cues into the Federal Reserve’s policy path, while thawing US-China trade tensions dented the bullion’s appeal.

The World Bank has approved $270 million in financing to help Bangladesh recover from the flooding last year and strengthen its resilience to future climate-related disasters.

Pubali Bank PLC saw its earnings increase in the first quarter of the financial year 2025.

Bata Shoe Company (Bangladesh) Ltd’s profit doubled in the first quarter of 2025, driven by higher sales and revenue growth.

If you place a frog in cold water and gradually heat it, the frog won’t react; it just adjusts, thinking “I can handle this”. But as the temperature keeps rising, it reaches a point where the frog realises it must escape. Sadly, by then, it’s too weak to jump. It didn’t die from the heat; it died from not acting in time. That’s the “Boiling Frog Syndrome”.

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that India had offered a trade deal that proposed “no tariffs” for American goods, while expressing his dissatisfaction with Apple’s plans to invest in India.