Ahsan Habib

Bangladesh hould give more focus on small and medium enterprises to materialise its vision of becoming a developed nation by 2041, SME Foundation Chairperson KM Habib Ullah said.

Institutional investors, who were supposed to be cool heads in the sea of jittery retail investors, are selling off more shares than they are buying and in so doing causing a slump.

Three heavyweight stocks Grameenphone, Brac Bank and British American Tobacco Bangladesh led the slump in the last one month

Foreign funds in the Dhaka bourse has been declining for the last six months amid a confidence crisis among the investors stemming

Almost one year has elapsed since a Chinese consortium bought 25 percent stake of the Dhaka Stock Exchange but the strategic

Most stock brokers have been incurring losses for many years owing to low turnover in the market and a lack of product diversity.

Five insurance companies’ stock prices trebled in a space of two months and then came crashing down at a time when leading insurers saw next to no movement, in a stunning case of smash-and-grab by a section of players.

After completing MBA from a private university in 2011, Anis Hossain looked for a decent job for around three years. But he did not succeed.

Every one in four young people in Bangladesh is yet to receive any skills development training although the government has set up training centres for them in every district and at upazila level.

Bangladesh needs a vibrant bond market to meet its huge financing requirement for infrastructure development and further industrialisation, said a noted merchant banker.

Stocks rallied the best in six-and-a-half months yesterday after sinking for more than three weeks. The bounce back was due to the central bank and the capital market regulator teaming up to prop up the flagging market.

Stocks plunged below the 5,000 point-mark yesterday thanks to massive sell-off by both jittery retail and institutional investors.

BANGLADESH should put emphasis on building a strong financial sector in order to ensure macroeconomic stability, increase efficiency and liquidity of markets, draw investment and deepen economic integration, the Asian Development Bank’s Bangladesh chief said.

Net foreign investment in Dhaka Stock Exchange tipped into negative territory for the first time in eight years last fiscal year as

Stock investors are still reeling from Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal’s maiden budget 12 days on, with the Dhaka Stock Exchange losing Tk 13,201 crore since fiscal 2019-20’s budget was passed in the parliament.

Some 15 banks and non-bank financial institutions (NBFI) that have Tk 850 crore stuck with People’s Leasing Financial Services (PLFS) are on edge over the government’s decision to liquidate the ailing NBFI as they stand to lose a large portion of the sums.

The general shareholders of People’s Leasing and Financial Service (PLFS) that is staring at liquidation are likely to lose their entire

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the Bangladesh economy: they make up more than 90 percent of all

Innovation and new ideas are key to establishing a brand and ensuring its sustainable run, said Syed Alamgir, managing director of

Stocks fell yesterday despite the government’s move to soften its harsh proposals for the capital market in the final budget for fiscal