The committee tasked with formulating a white paper on Bangladesh’s economy will assess the extent of corruption in the country and identify the reasons behind it, according to Debapriya Bhattacharya, a distinguished fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).

Reconstituting the board of directors of ailing banks is the first step towards bringing good governance and discipline to the banking sector, according to Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur.

Flash floods across parts of the country, the lingering effects of recent nationwide political upheaval, and persistent inflationary pressure have prevented business activities from getting back on track, according to businesspeople.

The bank has also got new faces in the top tier

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) decided to freeze the beneficiary owner’s (BO) accounts of 20 investors linked with several former ministers and former members of parliament

BB forms new five-member board for Exim, keeping three shareholder directors unchanged

The 12-member panel held its first meeting today, the next one on Sep 3

The rating agency expects India's economy to expand 7.2% in 2024 from 6.8% previously

The banks have to disburse Tk 38,000 crore in FY25, a target 8.75% higher year-on-year

The DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), rose 29 points, or 0.51 percent, to 5,786 until 12.40 pm

The global IT outage on July 19 serves as a stark reminder of our vulnerability to technological failures

In the first seven months of this year, local governments have issued only 45.5% of their 3.9 trillion yuan special debt quota

Gold prices fell on Wednesday under pressure from a stronger dollar and uncertainty ahead of a key US inflation report that could provide more clarity about the Federal Reserve’s September policy meeting.

DC Industry (Bangladesh) Company Ltd signed an agreement with Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (Bepza) yesterday to set up a bag and wallet manufacturing facility in Bepza Economic Zone at Mirsharai, Chattogram with an investment of $5.36 million.

The government will purchase 90,000 tonnes of urea fertiliser and 20,000 tonnes of red lentils under four proposals approved by an advisory committee on public purchase in its first meeting yesterday since the interim government took to office.

More than 50 years ago, the invention of silicon-based microprocessors catalysed the progress of automated instruction-led activities in industries. Gradually, that led to the adoption of computers in business, which was later followed by technology-led business transformations. What we see today as enterprise resource planning (ERP) system implementations and upgrades to cloud-based ERP systems in organisations – including those in Bangladesh – have been built on technological inventions like microprocessors and algorithms.

Hundreds of rows of gleaming panels blanket swathes of scrubby sand at sunset in a remote northern Chinese desert -- once the biggest solar farm in the world.

The government yesterday formed a 12-member committee led by Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, a distinguished fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), to prepare a white paper on the state of Bangladesh’s economy.

Foreign loan disbursements for development projects in Bangladesh fell nearly 12 percent year-on-year last July, doing little to ease pressure on foreign exchange reserves.

Local production of handsets saw a significant increase in the first half of the year, but manufacturers continue to face challenges due to reduced demand for high-end smartphones.