The government is working to form new bodies to boost trade and enhance competitiveness in the post-LDC era, said a member of the LDC graduation committees.

Dhaka Bank said its earnings rose in the first quarter of the financial year 2025 due to increased operating income.

Meet Imran Bhai. His last vacation was during the 2018 hartal. He thinks “OOO” means “Only On Outlook,” not “Out of Office.” His hobbies include forwarding work emails to himself at 2:00 AM and replying to “Happy Birthday” messages with a Gantt chart. Imran Bhai isn’t alone; he is the unofficial president of Bangladesh’s ever-growing workaholic club.

Cattle traders and farmers who rear livestock in anticipation of Eid-ul-Azha are disappointed over this year’s sales so far, as demand is low with barely a week to go before the festival.

In order to provide relief to small savers, the government is likely to increase the excise duty exemption threshold for bank deposits in the upcoming budget for fiscal year 2025-26.

About 69 percent of low-income people view the value-added tax (VAT) on essential items as excessive, according to a survey, with most seeing it as a significant financial burden.

Bangladesh’s repayment of foreign loans surged in the first 10 months while the inflow of loans from bilateral and multilateral lenders continued to fall, according to provisional data from the Economic Relations Division (ERD) released yesterday.

Readymade garment factories enlisted under the Better Work Bangladesh (BWB) programme undergo fewer social audits compared to non-BWB units, resulting in significant savings in both time and costs..Babylon Group, which operates four garment factories, both knit and woven, previously faced

Order also given to run banking activities until 10 pm in the branches

The country paid $3.5 billion in debt during the July-April period of FY25

Monzur Hossain, a member of the General Economics Division, said at the launch of a book by Rushidan Islam Rahman, former research director of BIDS

Bangladesh Bank issued a notice in this regard today

The seven-year instrument will be issued through private placement

The bank made Tk 127.83 crore profit last year

The DSEX gained 22.51 points to close at 4,637.92

Yunus is currently in Japan on a four-day visit to attend the 30th Nikkei Forum

However, Nvidia Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress warned in an earnings call that export constraints are expected to cost the AI chip titan about $8 billion in the current quarter.

The DSEX gained 7.94 points to 4,623.34 as of 12:06 pm

Bangladesh Bank has recently discovered through a probe that the joint director of its Rajshahi office, who has been serving the central bank for 12 years under the name of Md Abdul Waresh Ansary, is actually an imposter.

Starlink is steadily consolidating its presence in Bangladesh through a series of partnership agreements with local companies, with deals spanning ground station development, colocation and data centre services, core site hosting, transmission, and international internet gateway (IIG) facilities.