A few days ago, famous Bangladeshi cricketer Tamim Iqbal suffered a major heart attack during a match. Around the same time, Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was attacked in his own residence.

Foreign exchange traders just had their wings clipped by the People’s Bank of China. In the wake of a sharp rally for Asian currencies, they were expecting the country’s central bank to make way for further falls against the dollar when it announced the yuan’s trading band midpoint on Tuesday. The fact that it did not speaks volumes about Beijing’s strategic approach to the ongoing trade war — most of it good.

Bangladesh is stepping up its efforts to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) through sweeping reforms, a more stable macroeconomic environment, and targeted incentives.

The Chief Adviser’s Office has recently formed an eight-member committee to assess the proposed merger of several investment-related agencies under the single umbrella of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (Bida).

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked four state-run banks to submit a work plan for the next three years to improve their financial health, which had turned fragile during the Awami League-led government’s regime due to political interference and irregularities.

Many potato farmers across Bangladesh are incurring losses this season despite a bumper harvest and the highest exports in three years, as a steep drop in domestic prices has left them unable to recover even their production costs.

22-carat gold will cost Tk 174,948 a bhori from tomorrow

She acknowledged the Chinese state footprint was unlikely to shrink much in the near term

Finance adviser led the Bangladesh delegation at ADB’s annual meeting in Milan on May 5

The DSEX lost 12.94 points to close at 4,951.72

Oil also staged a comeback after tanking on news of an output hike by key producers

These talks follow discussions held during the 2025 IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington late April

The structural issue had become a significant point of contention for the artificial intelligence (AI) pioneer, with major investors pushing for the change to better secure their returns.

The DSEX gained 13.91 points to stand at 4,978.58 as of 11:14 am

Leading cement manufacturer Premier Cement Mills PLC's profit fell by a massive 87 percent year-on-year to Tk 3.28 crore in the third quarter of the 2024-25 fiscal year due to higher raw material and finance costs.

Monno Ceramic's profit increased 102 times in the third quarter of the 2024-25 fiscal year, thanks to a rise in revenue and other income.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has committed to providing €350 million in loans to support renewable energy projects in Bangladesh, with the European Union contributing an additional €45 million in grants.

RAK Ceramics (Bangladesh) Ltd, one of the leading ceramics manufacturers in the country, fell into losses in the first quarter of the financial year 2025 due to higher raw material and manufacturing costs.

Southeast Bank has sent its managing director, Nuruddin Md Sadeque Hossain, on three months’ forced leave, effective from Monday.

Cash-strapped Maldives has signed a deal with a Dubai-based company to establish an $8.8 billion investment zone aimed at diversifying the tourism hotspot into a “financial freezone”, the government said Monday.