Breaking / Stocks drop as fresh trade news awaited, oil down on Iran hopes

News that Beijing was suspending some non-tariff countermeasures on US entities for 90 days following the superpowers' weekend truce did little to inject much more enthusiasm
15 May 2025, 05:12 AM Business
Trump: India has offered US a trade deal with no tariffs
The United States is India's largest trading partner, with bilateral trade totalling some $129 billion in 2024
15 May 2025, 08:14 AM Business
Akij Resource plans to launch digital bank
The company will soon apply to introduce “Munafa Digital Bank”
23 October 2025, 13:27 PM Business
ILO ratification demands labour reforms in Bangladesh
The rights groups welcome the move as a long-overdue response to workers’ demands
23 October 2025, 12:59 PM Business
Cheque dishonour case: Evaly’s Rassel, Shamima get 1-yr jail in Ctg
On September 16, 2021, Rassel and Shamima were arrested from their Mohammadpur residence in the capital in a case filed over fraud and embezzlement
2 June 2024, 14:25 PM Business
Tk 127 crore owed to customers: DNCRP forms body to facilitate refunds
The platforms had offered hefty discounts to lure unsuspecting customers to make advance payments of thousands of crores of taka
19 May 2024, 14:16 PM Business

OpenAI hits $500 billion valuation: report

OpenAI has reached a $500 billion valuation after current and former employees sold approximately $6.6 billion worth of shares, according to a recent Reuters report citing a source familiar with the matter. The deal represents a significant increase from the company’s previous $300 billion valuation.
2 October 2025, 05:29 AM Tech & Startup
A tech-based startup for student transport in Bangladesh
22 September 2025, 10:59 AM Tech & Startup
Five new registration services added to Bida OSS
14 September 2025, 18:00 PM Business

Change fatigue – the silent killer

It’s crazy out there -- probably the simplest way of manifesting the existing business environment. Rapid technological advancement, increasing geopolitical tensions, mounting competition and shifting market dynamics are some of the critical factors contributing to this extremely challenging situation often summarised as VUCA -- an acronym for volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity.
16 February 2025, 18:00 PM

US tariffs loom large in South Korea’s ‘steel city’

Smoke billows from chimneys as factories churn in South Korea’s steelmaking heartland, now under threat from Washington’s swingeing new tariffs on the port city’s largest export.
16 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Built by expat brothers, rural factories send shoes abroad

In search of a better future, Md Selim and Hasanuzzaman Hassan migrated to the US roughly over three decades ago. The brothers eventually found success in construction business there but could not ignore the urge for contributing to their homeland. 
16 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Apparel exports to Europe, US post robust growth

Bangladesh’s apparel shipments to key export markets—Europe and the US—posted robust growth in the first seven months of the current fiscal year of 2024-25.
16 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Can Starlink’s entry be another turning point?

Two of the greatest minds in Bangladesh -- Dr Muhammad Yunus and Iqbal Quadir -- came together for an unconventional idea: providing mobile phones, then exorbitantly priced status symbols for the urban elite, to poor rural women in the mid-90s.
16 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Foreign firms to be hired to recover laundered money

A meeting between BFIU and managing directors of the banks made the decision
16 February 2025, 18:00 PM

No more extension of tax return deadline: NBR

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) will no longer defer the deadline for submitting income tax returns, which was extended three times from its initial date in November last year.
16 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Credit card transactions rose 15% in December

Credit card transactions increased significantly at home and abroad in December last year.
16 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh International Plastic Fair 2025 held in Dhaka

The 17th Bangladesh International Plastic Fair 2025 was held at the Bashundhara International Convention City in Dhaka recently.
16 February 2025, 18:00 PM

Prime Bank strikes payroll deal with bKash

Prime Bank PLC recently signed a new payroll agreement with bKash Limited, the largest mobile financial service provider in Bangladesh.
16 February 2025, 14:50 PM

Tax return deadline ends today, no more extension: NBR

As of now, 14.10 lakh taxpayers have filed their returns through the online platform, says NBR Chairman
16 February 2025, 14:14 PM

Stocks remain almost flat

DSEX dropped 2.69 points to close trading
16 February 2025, 09:01 AM

Broadcom, TSMC eye possible Intel deals to split storied chipmaker, WSJ reports

Broadcom and TSMC are not working together, and all of the talks so far are preliminary and largely informal, the Journal added
16 February 2025, 06:43 AM

Trump tariffs fuel US auto anxiety

An additional 10 percent tariff on imports from China -- a major auto parts supplier -- has already been imposed
16 February 2025, 05:10 AM

Dhaka stocks rise in early trading    

DSEX gains 16.08 points as of 10:58 am
16 February 2025, 05:05 AM

REHAB Ctg fair begins today

The four-day REHAB Chattogram Fair 2025 has 42 stalls
13 February 2025, 13:22 PM

Protest at central bank against attack on Nagad administrator

They demand swift arrest of the attackers
13 February 2025, 12:49 PM

Potato farmers block highway, demanding fair price, cut in cold storage fees

They kept the Dinajpur-Panchagarh highway blocked for an hour
13 February 2025, 11:42 AM
13 February 2025, 10:36 AM

Swadesh Islami Life fined Tk 5 lakh for excessive commission expenses

The insurer sought reviewing the fine, the regulator rejected
13 February 2025, 10:06 AM