Gas supply improves, but industries still struggle
18 August 2026
Bangladesh’s gas supply situation has improved from the severe shortages seen last week, but industries are yet to see a meaningful recovery as a larger share of the limited supply is now being diverted to power plants.
18 August 2026
Why Bangladesh, a global top producer, still imports fish
18 August 2026
By most measures, Bangladesh is one of the planet’s great fish-producing nations. It ranks second in the world for fish caught in rivers, lakes and wetlands, and fifth for farmed fish production, according to a June 2026 report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
18 August 2026
LNG supply worsens, chokes power output
14 August 2026
The gas crisis, which is in its fourth week, took a turn for the worse after Summit’s floating LNG terminal ran out of gas around 5:00pm yesterday.
14 August 2026
Health costs far exceed cigarette tax revenue
12 August 2026
Smokers increasingly switch to cheaper brands
12 August 2026
Extreme heat costs workers Tk 77,000cr a year: study
12 August 2026
A recent study, titled “No escaping the heat: Health and economic impacts of heat stress on informal workers in urban Bangladesh”, found that workers exposed to extreme heat outdoors lose an average of 23.7 working days a year.
12 August 2026
Fertiliser stocks drop below safe levels
10 August 2026
Reserves of some key fertilisers have fallen below safe levels, raising concerns about shortages during the upcoming cropping season amid the US-Israeli war on Iran and China’s ban on fertiliser export.
10 August 2026
Over half of all farmers earn below Tk 34,000 a year: BBS
5 August 2026
Bangladesh’s small-scale farmers, who make up more than half the country’s food producers, earn less than half the reported national average income, according to a new Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics survey published yesterday.
5 August 2026
Gas crisis ripples across economy
4 August 2026
Over 3,000MW of loadshedding recorded yesterday
4 August 2026
Businesses fear ripple effect of Russian invasion of Ukraine
With oil prices hitting above $100 in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, local businesses yesterday feared that the war would have a ripple effect on their domestic and international operations as both countries are major suppliers of agricultural commodities.
24 February 2022
First park for electrical, engineering products nearing completion
The construction of the country’s first industrial park for electrical and light engineering product manufacturers in Munshiganj is set to be complete in June.
20 February 2022
Chemical stores, Plastic factories: Long wait for relocation
The government’s move to relocate hazardous chemical warehouses and plastic factories from the congested neighbourhoods of Old Dhaka remains in limbo, 11 years after the initiative was taken in the aftermath of the Nimtoli inferno.
16 February 2022
Online sales take off ahead of Ekushey Book Fair
Although Amar Ekushey Book Fair-2022 began on Tuesday after being deferred for half-a-month due to the surge of Covid-19 infections, readers have already started purchasing the books published targeting the annual event thanks to online platforms.
16 February 2022
Tea sales picking up, inching towards pre-pandemic level
Tea sales in Bangladesh are inching towards the pre-pandemic level as people shake off Covid-19 jitters to take a sip at their beloved drink outside of their homes where most consumption takes place.
9 February 2022
Single-use plastic: Coastal areas still littered with them
The Department of Environment has failed to comply with a High Court directive that asked it to stop the use of single-use plastic in hotels, motels, and restaurants of coastal areas in two years.
5 February 2022
Alesha Mart sued for unfair discounts
The Bangladesh Competition Commission (BCC) yesterday filed a case against Alesha Mart, an e-commerce company, for creating uneven competition in the market by offering unfair discounts.
31 January 2022
$1.58b FDI in the offing for shipbuilding
The government looks to set up a shipbuilding facility in partnership with foreign investors at the Payra seaport in Patuakhali with an investment of $1.58 billion to cut import dependence for vessels and market ships globally.
24 January 2022
Japan Tobacco accuses BATB of anti-competitive practices
The Bangladesh Competition Commission (BCC) is investigating a complaint of anti-competitive practices filed by Japan Tobacco International (JTI) against British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BATB).
23 January 2022
Competition Commission drafts rules to step up inquiry
The Bangladesh Competition Commission (BCC) has drafted rules to complete inquiries within 15 working days after receiving allegations of anti-competitive practices.
22 January 2022
Cricketer Shakib enters e-commerce
Marred with scams, controversies and uncertainty over the recovery of thousands of crores of embezzled taka, the country’s e-commerce sector has witnessed the appearance of yet another platform led by none other than the poster boy of Bangladesh cricket, Shakib Al Hasan.
22 January 2022
SME Foundation finally making SME database
Some 14 years past being established, state-run SME Foundation is finally planning on creating a database of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), a basic precondition for its functionality which it has been stating as an objective for long.
19 January 2022
Grading restaurants based on standards see little progress in 3 years
Plans to bring the country’s restaurants and bakeries under a grading system according to their standards have seen little progress in three years.
17 January 2022
It took 42 years, but they’re finally out!
Way back in 1960, Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) bought 162 decimals of land from an Indian private company in Nolgola area of Old Dhaka, on the banks of Buriganga near Mitford Hospital.
15 January 2022
Investment, creating jobs: Young Bangladeshis turning to tourism business
Young people in Bangladesh are increasingly joining the country’s largely untapped tourism sector on completion of the tertiary-level education instead of running after government and private jobs.
9 January 2022
Businesses look to brighter 2022
Businesses in Bangladesh hope that 2022 would be better than the previous two years as their optimism grew thanks to the ongoing strong recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
1 January 2022
Three white knights of economy
Agriculture, exports and remittances have been the key pillars of Bangladesh’s economy for much of its history.
30 December 2021
Multiplex theatres grow bigger as investment surges
Twinning plants have clambered up its entrance and covered most of the ground leading to it. Filthy water has made a puddle as well. Had the name had not been there, most of the people, unfamiliar with the place, would consider it as a desolate structure.
27 December 2021
BSCIC wants 214 acres of Sal forest
The Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation is looking to turn 214 acres of Madhupur Sal Forest into an industrial park.
19 December 2021
Fertiliser plenty, yet prices high
Farmers in different districts are buying fertiliser at prices higher than those set by the government even though the authorities insist there is no crisis in the country.
18 December 2021