NBR seeks to raise taxes on dividend income
14 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Market analysts say this sends the wrong signal as the government tries to revive the capital market
14 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Plan to curb inflation riddled with holes
12 June 2026, 00:00 AM
The proposed budget has set a target of bringing inflation down to 7.5 percent in the next fiscal year from the current 9.42 percent, but economists say the finance minister has not outlined a clear plan for achieving that goal.
12 June 2026, 00:00 AM
GDP growth achievable, but investment needs a boost
11 June 2026, 22:39 PM
Despite low GDP growth over the past three consecutive years, the government is targeting 6.5 percent growth for the next fiscal year in the proposed budget, based on the democratisation of the economy and encouraging private sector investment to boost growth, two economists said today
11 June 2026, 22:39 PM
Bangladesh’s revenue-to-GDP ratio just above Sudan, Yemen
10 June 2026, 00:00 AM
There are at least half a dozen reasons why the government’s revenue compared with the size of the economy has remained low for such a long time
10 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Audit of bank donations 2015-24 / Tk 1,243cr flowed to PM’s fund, entities linked to Hasina
9 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Contributions were allegedly made under pressure during Nazrul Islam Mazumder’s leadership at BAB
9 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Inflation hits 16-month high, further spike feared
8 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Food costs drove May inflation higher; fuel price adjustment to push more in June, experts warn
8 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Why GP profits dropped but Robi posted gain in 2025
8 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Grameenphone, the country’s top telecom operator, saw both turnover and profit decline in 2025, while rival Robi Axiata recorded growth on both counts.
8 June 2026, 00:00 AM
NCC Bank eyes digital push, higher SME growth
7 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Says Managing Director and CEO M Shamsul Arefin
7 June 2026, 00:00 AM
BSEC orders firms to report on lending to sister concerns
The stock market regulator has asked all listed companies to inform it whether they are lending to their associated and sister companies at the expense of general investors, in another bold step from the new top brass.
18 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Banks dive into Treasury bills, bonds as interest income falls
Listed banks increased their investment in government and corporate bonds, securities and stocks in the second quarter of 2020 to offset the loss in interest income caused by the ceiling on lending rates.
17 August 2020, 18:00 PM
AB Bank puts Aman Feed’s factory and land on sale for failure to pay loans
AB Bank has put the factory of Aman Feed and its collateral on sale for its failure to pay Tk 268.40 crore in loans and interest within the sanctioned timeframe of July.
15 August 2020, 18:00 PM
ACI Motors lands Tk 126cr in foreign investment
ACI Motors is set to secure an equity-based foreign investment of Tk 126 crore from two companies as it landed its first foreign investment.
15 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Bourse revving up to fire on all cylinders
The stock market has started to bounce back despite the ongoing pandemic thanks mainly to investors’ growing confidence in the new leadership at the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) as they took some measures to restore discipline.
12 August 2020, 18:00 PM
State firms call for guidelines on how to set the value for share money deposit
Listed firms have called upon the regulators to introduce guidelines on how to set the share value that the companies have to issue against share money deposit.
11 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Pragati Insurance’s financial reports fall foul of watchdog rules
Anomalies in preparing financial reports of listed companies are not rare in Bangladesh and the authorities have tracked down yet another case.
9 August 2020, 18:00 PM
BSEC has a grand plan to crack down on junk stocks
The new governing body of the stock market regulator, it seems, is earnest in its efforts to straighten out the bourse that has long been a playground for rogue players.
8 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Interest rate cap, pandemic battered City’s fortunes in 2020
City Bank’s profit tumbled 42 per cent in the first half of 2020 due to the new interest rate regime and disruption in business caused by the pandemic.
6 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Runner Auto bringing KTM motorcycles to Bangladesh
The famed off-road motorcycles of KTM would soon be available in Bangladesh thanks to Runner Automobiles, which yesterday announced an agreement with Bajaj Auto that part-owns the Austrian bike brand to become its authorised distributor.
6 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Walton, a local household name, now wants the world to take to its products
It will take no less than a year from hereon for normalcy to return to businesses that have been devastated in the past four months following the novel coronavirus outbreak, said SM Ashraful Alam, managing director of Walton Hi-tech Industries.
6 August 2020, 18:00 PM
The stunning fall from grace of Keya Cosmetics, a once beloved brand
Keya Cosmetics becomes a textbook case of how a high-flying company falls from grace in fits and starts.
6 August 2020, 18:00 PM
SS Steel to acquire Saleh Steel
SS Steel, a newly listed company, plans to acquire Saleh Steel Industries with the view to staking a larger claim on the Tk 55,000 crore-industry, in yet another indication of the impending recovery of the Bangladesh economy from the fallout of the global coronavirus pandemic.
4 August 2020, 17:11 PM
No surprises as banks’ profits plummet in the second quarter
The expected happened. Banks’ profits were supposed to take a massive hit in the second quarter of 2020, and that took place.
30 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Market raises toast to expansionary monetary policy
Stock investors yesterday welcomed the expansionary monetary policy unveiled by the central bank, hoping it would rejuvenate the battered economy and persuade institutional investors to pour money into the capital market.
29 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Bata Shoe sinks into losses for the first time in its 58-year stay in Bangladesh
Footwear giant Bata Shoe has incurred losses for the first time in Bangladesh as it missed the country’s main shopping season after people’s income was wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic.
28 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Reckitt Benckiser profits off people’s heightened hygiene habits amid pandemic
Reckitt Benckiser Bangladesh witnessed robust growth in sales and profits in the pandemic-ravaged first half of 2020 on the back of higher sales of hygiene products.
27 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Real trouble brews for real estate, subsectors
The real estate sector and its subsectors are struggling to maintain their growth due to the economic slowdown induced by the coronavirus pandemic, exemplified by a slump in earnings by most of the listed companies connected to construction.
26 July 2020, 18:00 PM
BATBC stands tall when most make steep fall
British American Tobacco’s profit grew a whopping 69 per cent in the second quarter of 2020 on the back of lower operating costs whereas most companies bled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
23 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Govt move to use surplus funds of state-run firms to spook stock investors: analysts
The government’s decision to use the surplus funds of state-run companies, including listed ones, is eroding investor confidence as the move will reduce profits of the companies, according to market analysts.
21 July 2020, 18:00 PM