Ahsan Habib

With exports failing to keep up, rising repayments have crossed IMF risk thresholds

According to BB, outstanding bank loans to the government rose 24.45 percent in September

Higher bills for foreign-funded projects due to taka devaluation strain budget, and may force government to borrow again

BB Governor Ahsan H Mansur said in August that nine NBFIs would be shut down

The Bangladesh Bank has rejected Dutch-Bangla Bank’s proposal to purchase a Motijheel building for more than Tk 1,000 crore to use as its corporate headquarters, saying the price was significantly inflated and the deal posed a conflict of interest involving the bank chairman’s family.

As syndicates and rumours shape the market, prices of weak and dormant firms soar while sound performers stay undervalued

BSEC proposes in draft regulations

Says president of DSE Brokers’ Association of Bangladesh

Carpenters at Louhajang upazila in Munshiganj build full wooden homes ready to travel

Shareholders of five shariah-based troubled lenders, which are being merged into a large Islamic bank, lost hundreds of crores as the central bank announced that the shares now carry no value.

Bangladesh spent a record Tk 134,430 crore ($15.7 billion) on interest payments in FY 2024-25

Troubled non-banks are currently unable to finance new businesses, says association chairman

People are buying more again, but high inflation, costly raw material imports and political uncertainty continue to weigh on earnings

High returns from treasury bills lift profits despite rough market

Bangladesh’s fresh foreign loan commitments soared by more than 33 times in the first quarter of the current fiscal year (FY), although the amount still remains well below the borrowing ceiling recently set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Marico Bangladesh Ltd (MBL), a leading consumer goods company, reported over 20 percent year-on-year growth in sales in the first half of its financial year, marking its highest growth in at least 15 years...According to its half-yearly financial statements released today, the li

Robi's profit surged 55 percent year-on-year to Tk 625 crore

Regulators say investors are free to trade bad shares, while analysts urge a market clean-up

CSR spending by multinational lenders was just 0.56% last year, compared with 9% by Islamic banks

Senior bankers say the regulator's move hinders the potential to maximise the wealth of their investors