Ahsan Habib

Stock markets remain skittish ahead of the unveiling of a national budget as the government’s annual financial plan in recent years has mostly lacked incentives needed to shore up investors’ confidence.

Seeing GBB Power was on a rising streak in the later half of 2017, Motahar Hossain decided to put most of his money in the stock in January 2018 -- anticipating a handsome cash dividend.

Stock investors have urged the government to widen the tax exemption limit on dividend earnings by four times considering the sluggish market for a long time.

Most of the listed pharmaceuticals companies posted higher profits in the first three quarters of the fiscal year on the back of better sales at home and abroad. Thirty-one medicine makers are listed with the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). Of them, 27 published data for the July to March period of 2018-19.

One year has passed by since the Chinese consortium agreed to come on board as a strategic partner of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) but investors are still waiting for the two Chinese bourses to deliver on their promises. One of the big promises made by the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) and Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE)

Two companies, namely Krishibid Seed and Annex Suites, are set to raise Tk 25 crore from the stock market through the newly

The market size of tissue paper has more than doubled within a decade in Bangladesh courtesy of urbanisation, growing per capita

The Dhaka Stock Exchange has come up with a set of proposals to rein in sponsors, directors and placement shareholders from dumping their shares as it battles to stem the tide of negativity surrounding the bourse.

Stocks that rose abnormally at the beginning of the year upon speculation were the ones to crash and burn in the ongoing downtrend

Esquire Knit slid below its offering price within a day of its stock market debut on April 9 -- in a baffling development for a new stock, which typically experience high demand amongst general investors.

This year's post-election scenario in the stock market does not match with the previous four times thanks to a lack of confidence

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has set up an online complaint cell to allow investors to file complaints with ease and get result.

Bangladesh lags far behind its peers in the use of farm machinery despite having huge potential as agriculture remains an important

The stockmarket regulator's decision to allow Ring Shine Textiles to raise Tk 150 crore has come under fire from analysts, who termed it an ill-thought-out step given the performance of such companies thus far.

The Dhaka Stock Exchange saw Tk 8,856 crore -- or 2.10 percent -- wiped off its market capitalisation in the last two months as

Small- and medium-sized enterprises continue to complain about not getting access to bank credit but the banks' loan disbursement data paints a different picture.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC), formed in 2016, is yet to be fully functional as the regulations that will govern the accountings, earning reports and disclosure of companies have not been formulated yet.

The stock market ended the week in the negative territory amid fears of a liquidity crisis in the banking sector, analysts said yesterday.

The share of Agrani advanced 114.2 percent to Tk 37.7 while Eastern gained 103.25 percent to Tk 56.3.

Investors holding shares of C&A Textile and Tung Hai Knitting may find themselves in a difficult situation as the firms have not made any