Ahsan Habib

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

The sixth instalment of International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) loan programme of $4.7 billion may not arrive by the end of the year, as the donor agency wants to work with the new political government for smooth continuation of reform programmes.

The government is considering providing Tk 1,000 crore to the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) through the revised national budget to mitigate its liquidity crisis and ensure stability in the stock market.

Taxpayers to recapitalise new bank; private shareholders get no recovery

Directors are now transferring shares more often as the NBR recently waived tax on such transfers

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will cancel or redirect around $408 million from projects in Bangladesh this year due to prolonged implementation delays, even as several ADB-funded schemes made progress.

Children of the 1990s can relate to the fact that many of them used to rush to their neighbour’s house to watch their preferred television programmes, as televisions were not available in most homes.

The Bangladesh Bank has decided to merge five struggling Shariah-based banks into a single entity, after their vulnerabilities became starkly visible following the political transition after the ouster of the Awami League-led government last year.

Business must serve people: this was the principle Samson H Chowdhury lived by. He saw no conflict between business and ethics, only the possibility of using both as a force for good.