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
17 e-commerce firms fined
The consumer rights watchdog of Bangladesh has fined 17 e-commerce firms for their failure to deliver products as promised and deceiving customers through false advertisements.
16 October 2021
Puja sales pick up
Shopping centres, fashion houses and retail outlets are recording higher sales on the occasion of Durga Puja as worshippers are gearing up to celebrate the biggest religious festival of the Bengali Hindu community.
10 October 2021
Forest dept bends rules
The Bangladesh Forest Department has given undue advantage to a particular company while purchasing four double-cabin pickups and related accessories worth about Tk 2.4 crore for a development project, said a government report.
10 October 2021
Govt targets 5.6pc annual productivity growth
The government has targeted an annual average productivity growth rate of 5.6 per cent for the next 10 years as it is set to begin implementing the Bangladesh National Productivity Master Plan from January next year.
2 October 2021
Big promise, bigger deception
It calls its hefty discount offers tornado, typhoon, kalbaishakhi (Nor’wester), conflagration and Tufan (hurricane) and sells mobile phones, flats, cars and whatnot.
27 September 2021
E-commerce transactions by cards hit five-month low
Appetite for purchases through online platforms using cards declined in July this year from that a month ago, as people have become cautious in placing orders following a series of scams centring e-commerce companies having started to come to light.
23 September 2021
Another e-commerce scam unfolding
Qcoom has suspended its physical operations after hundreds of customers thronged its office in Dhaka, demanding products or refunds amid the e-commerce platform’s failure to make deliveries within the promised dates despite receiving payments in advance.
23 September 2021
E-commerce Industry: Still left to run without reins
E-commerce firmly began to put down roots in Bangladesh back in 2009 and since then has gone on to become a mainstay in the retail landscape.
21 September 2021
Chorus of complaints against rogue e-commerce firms
Lured by hefty discounts at e-commerce platform Eorange, Md Sahedul Islam, a private firm employee with a Tk 15,000 monthly income, borrowed Tk 13 lakh from family members, relatives and colleagues to make advance payments for five motorcycles in May and another three in June.
20 September 2021
Dairy farms sprouting around Dhaka
Many Dhaka residents are well aware about the milkman, known as “goala” in Bangla, who delivers fresh milk to their doorsteps on a daily basis.
18 September 2021
BSCIC to launch e-commerce platform
The Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) is all set to launch an e-commerce platform enabling local entrepreneurs to sell different products in the domestic and global markets.
15 September 2021
Suffering lingers for duped e-commerce customers
Md Nabid Rahman, employed at a private company in Dhaka, made a payment of Tk 12.5 lakh to e-commerce platform Dhamaka in March for two motorcycles and other products which were on offer at hefty discounts.
13 September 2021
Pran-RFL turning plastic waste into new products
Pran-RFL Group, one of the leading conglomerates in Bangladesh, plans to double its plastic recycling capacity to make new products from thrown away items.
12 September 2021
Regulator moves to ensure compliance
The Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) has taken up an initiative to make all industries and factories adopt group insurance, made mandatory in the Bangladesh labour law, against the backdrop of recent tragedies in the industrial sector.
9 September 2021
Consumer complaints rising
Rights violations have compounded sufferings of consumers in Bangladesh, with the number of complaints rising a staggering 61 per cent in the span of a year.
5 September 2021
BSCIC seeks Tk 1,000cr stimulus fund
The Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) has sought a Tk 1,000 crore stimulus package from the government to disburse loans for the development and expansion of the cottage industry and SMEs.
30 August 2021
Jamdani industrial estate: a tale of unmet dreams
Two decades past its establishment, the Jamdani industrial estate is plagued with multifaceted problems and is nowhere near living up to expectations.
29 August 2021
Overhauling Waterway Rescue Operation: ‘Diving’ project drowns in mismanagement
In 2018, Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defense department initiated a three-year project to expand their “diving unit” to reduce the devastating number of deaths from drowning in the country.
28 August 2021
Tourism coming out of woods
Business of hotels and resorts in tourist destinations is rebounding slowly as the Delta Covid-19 variant and dengue have turned customers very cautious over whether they would go on holidays.
26 August 2021
Did you know you could buy a pair of deer for Tk 1.4 lakh?
The National Zoo authorities have earned Tk 32.9 lakh by selling 47 deer this year, the same as the last five years’ total.
17 August 2021