Metro, Teesta, tax reform top govt’s 5yr plan
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The government has announced a five-year strategic framework outlining reforms and infrastructure projects.
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Govt sets five-year plan to clean up banking sector
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The government has set out a five-year plan to clean up the banking sector, with a focus on recovering bad loans, tightening supervision, improving governance and restoring depositor confidence.
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Economy shows fragile gains
19 August 2026
When the BNP government took office in February, several key economic indicators were flashing red.
19 August 2026
The bridge that never came to be
17 August 2026
Khaleque Bhuiyan still remembers the day the piling equipment arrived at Payrakunj, seven kilometres from Patuakhali town, a spot where a bridge over the Payra river was finally meant to rise.
17 August 2026
Foreign investment in stocks keeps falling
17 August 2026
Policy uncertainty keeps overseas investors wary of Bangladesh stocks, although floor prices and other market restrictions have been removed
17 August 2026
Patuakhali pins hopes on EPZ for jobs, industrialisation
16 August 2026
A total of 306 plots will be created in the EPZ and divided into three categories
16 August 2026
Family card: A cushion for those struggling to get by
9 August 2026
On a low-lying island in Patuakhali, 32-year-old Tanjila Begum’s husband works irregularly as a day labourer in nearby watermelon fields, where seasonal tidal surges often destroy crops and wipe out daily earnings.
9 August 2026
Business Plus / Money talks: Now the machines are listening
1 August 2026
Artificial intelligence is helping banks and financial institutions understand customers, manage risks and make faster decisions
1 August 2026
Keya Cosmetics share weighed down by sponsors' selloffs
Four sponsors of Keya Cosmetics, a company listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange, have sold off 19.42 crore shares to pay off their
2 May 2018
Chinese party may get nod today
A Chinese consortium, comprising the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and the Shanghai Stock Exchange, is likely to win approval from the members of the Dhaka Stock Exchange to become the strategic partner of the bourse.
29 April 2018
Mutual funds pique investors in March
The closed-end mutual fund units saw their turnover double last month upon expectation of better dividends for the year ending on June.
22 April 2018
Dividend worry creeps in
The number of listed companies offering cash dividend in 2017 declined from a year earlier, indicating a greater number of firms are
19 April 2018
Financial literacy changes lives of rural women
Just a year ago Razia Sultana doubted her ability to start a business to supplement the income of her family in Comilla's Mainamoti.
16 April 2018
Beximco's shares soar upon rumour
Beximco Limited's share price soared nearly 40 percent in 10 working days upon rumours that the business giant has struck up a partnership with the Bangabandhu-1 satellite that is scheduled for launch on May 4.
15 April 2018
Directors' disregard
Some 219 directors of 78 listed companies have failed to hold the requisite minimum 2 percent shares of their companies and yet no actions were taken against them in the last seven years.
15 April 2018
Directors' disregard
Some 219 directors of 78 listed companies have failed to hold the requisite minimum 2 percent shares of their companies and yet no actions were taken against them in the last seven years.
15 April 2018
Foreign funds soar in Dhaka stocks
Net foreign investment in the premier bourse more than trebled in March as overseas investors were tempted by the slump in the
4 April 2018
Shuttered companies still trading on DSE
Five companies listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange have been out of production for a long time but their shares are still allowed to trade on the
31 March 2018
CSE sees lowest turnover in 10yrs
The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw its lowest turnover in 10 years yesterday because of poor performance of traders.
28 March 2018
Listed ceramic makers’ profit leapt in 2017
Listed ceramic companies saw higher growth in profit last year owing to an increase in demand from the real estate sector and export markets.
27 March 2018
ICB plans to issue Tk 2,500cr bond
The Investment Corporation of Bangladesh, which is one of the largest investors in the capital market, plans to issue a long-term bond of Tk 2,500 crore to prop up jittery stocks.
21 March 2018
Drug makers’ profits soar
Most listed pharmaceuticals companies saw their profits swell in 2017, thanks to higher expense on healthcare.
18 March 2018
BSEC offers recipe to boost market
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has come up with a proposal to steady the jittery capital
14 March 2018
Mutual fund penetration abysmally low
Bangladesh has among the lowest mutual fund investment in the world, offering a vast untapped opportunity for
13 March 2018
Betting, brokers behind the scene
Kay & Que, listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange as a Z category share, rose a staggering 293 percent in 2017.
10 March 2018
Stock brokers to get new rules on minimum capital
Full-fledged stock brokers and merchant banks will have to maintain a minimum capital of Tk 15 crore and Tk 35 crore respectively if
8 March 2018
Chinese party withdraws most conditions
A Chinese consortium that got go-ahead to be a strategic investor of Dhaka Stock Exchange has withdrawn most of
7 March 2018
10 companies not paying dividends for a decade
Ten companies listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange have failed to announce any dividend for at least 10 years in a row largely because
6 March 2018