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

Investors don’t get clear picture as banks barely follow IFRS

Unlike other companies in Bangladesh, banks and non-bank financial institutions have not been fully adhering to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), so the real scenario of the financial sector is hidden from public view.
23 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Govt borrowing from banks rises as unrest hits tax collection

The government’s net borrowing from the banking system rose in the first two and half months of the current fiscal year in the face of falling tax collection and surging foreign debt servicing costs, raising concerns of a crowding out effect on private credit.
23 October 2024, 18:00 PM

India eases rice export curbs further

The Modi-administration withdraws the minimum export price of $490 per tonne on overseas shipments of non-basmati white rice
23 October 2024, 15:25 PM
23 October 2024, 14:51 PM

SMEs hit hard by August floods need govt assistance to survive

Most SMEs lost all of their belongings and now seek government assistance
23 October 2024, 12:33 PM

Square Textiles makes Tk 116 crore profit in FY24

Its board allocates Tk 35 crore for expansion
23 October 2024, 08:20 AM

Singer Bangladesh reports Tk 18.54 crore loss in Q3

Earnings per share plunge 92% in Jan-Sep as operating costs soar
23 October 2024, 07:22 AM

India lifts export tax on parboiled rice

The removal comes amid bumper harvest projections and surplus stock
23 October 2024, 05:45 AM

US remains engine of global growth in latest IMF forecasts

IMF raised its 2024 and 2025 economic growth forecasts for the US - the only developed economy to see its outlook marked up for both years
23 October 2024, 05:08 AM

IMF lowers China 2024 growth forecast, warns property woes 'could worsen'

China's leaders are targeting annual growth of five percent this year -- a goal challenged by weak consumption and a prolonged and debilitating debt crisis in the colossal property sector
23 October 2024, 04:58 AM

Insurance association president resigns for 'health reasons'

He had been serving as president for over a decade, exceeding the limits set by the association's regulations
23 October 2024, 04:28 AM
23 October 2024, 03:05 AM

IMF slashes growth forecast to 4.5 percent

After the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund has now brought down Bangladesh’s growth forecast for this year as political uncertainty, industrial unrest and floods weigh heavily on economic activities.
22 October 2024, 18:09 PM

Spiralling seed prices shock potato farmers

Dhiraj Roy, a farmer from Maljhar village in Biral upazila of Dinajpur, is reconsidering plans to cultivate early varieties of potatoes on his 50-decimal plot of land as the rising cost of seeds and agricultural inputs is straining his limited budget.."Each kilogramme (kg) of Çhalisa varie
22 October 2024, 18:00 PM

BSEC invites Ctg-based good companies to get listed

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has invited fundamentally sound companies in port city Chattogram to get listed on the stock market, according to a press release issued by the regulator on Tuesday..BSEC Chairman Khondoker Rashed Maqsood extended the invitation to c
22 October 2024, 16:06 PM

Gold prices hit new record

Gold price will be Tk 1,41,950 a bhori, the highest in the history of Bangladesh, with effect from tomorrow
22 October 2024, 15:15 PM

Bank accounts of Sikder family members frozen

Transactions in bank accounts of 14 members of the family will remain blocked for 30 days
22 October 2024, 12:59 PM

Bangladesh Bank hikes policy rate to 10% to curb inflation

This is the 11th time since May 2022 the BB hiked the repo rate to make money expensive for banks and tame demand to curb inflation.
22 October 2024, 08:18 AM

Sena Insurance's profit declines 17% in Q3 

Increased expenses weigh on cash flow
22 October 2024, 08:07 AM

Stocks continue upward trend

The DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), advanced 45 points, or 0.87 percent, to 5,218 as of 1:36 pm today, with Tk 218 crore traded
22 October 2024, 07:56 AM