Govt to amend Grameen Bank electoral rules again

The government is set to amend the electoral rules of Grameen Bank for the third time in four years after its previous attempts to elect
3 January 2018

Port users call for lifting vehicle's weight limit

Chittagong port users and importers yesterday called for withdrawal of vehicle's weight limit set by the government on goods
3 January 2018

Forex reserves fall to 1-year low after ACU payments

Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves fell to $32.01 billion yesterday, the lowest since January last year, following the largest ever
3 January 2018

Mosharraf new NBR chairman

The government yesterday appointed former senior secretary Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan as chairman of the National Board of
3 January 2018

Top bankers seek BB support to halt sudden changes in boards

The Association of Bankers, Bangladesh (ABB) yesterday said both management and depositors are now in panic following the sudden changes in ownership of different banks last year.
3 January 2018

Rice imports hit two-decade high

Rice imports scaled a two-decade high in the first half of the fiscal year as private importers rushed to make profit from higher prices
3 January 2018

Dhaka trade fair gets off to a good start

People started to visit the Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) on the second day of the month-long exposition yesterday in a boost to the organisers and the participating companies.
2 January 2018

Over Tk 1,200cr lying unused

The government has failed to use a single penny of Tk 1,257.32 crore or over $150 million furnished by the mobile phone operators to the telecom regulator's social obligation fund in the last six years.
2 January 2018

Loan write-offs soar

Banks wrote off Tk 452 crore in the three months to June last year, up by over 18 times from Tk 24.76 crore in the previous three months.
2 January 2018

Inflation eases in Dec

Inflation came down to 5.83 percent in December, from 5.91 percent a month ago, riding on a decline in non-food prices, according to Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
2 January 2018

Explore new markets, improve quality of products: Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the businessmen to explore new markets and improve quality of
1 January 2018

Bandhan Bank to offer about 119m shares in IPO

Bandhan Bank Ltd will offer about 119.3 million shares under its initial public offering, according to a public filing on Monday.
1 January 2018

Novo Nordisk to continue investing in Bangladesh to fight diabetes

Novo Nordisk will keep investing heavily in Bangladesh in order to raise awareness about diabetes and make high quality products
1 January 2018

SIM re-registration reins in illegal voice calls

Mobile operators in 2016-17 deactivated 15.57 lakh SIM cards allegedly being used for illicit businesses, such as
1 January 2018

Congestion pulls down growth rate to five-year low

Chittagong port handled about 2.56 million twenty-foot equivalent units of import, export and empty containers last year, up 9.36
1 January 2018

Remittance slumps to six-year low

Remittance dropped to a six-year low to $13.53 billion in 2017 as many expatriate Bangladeshis sent money home
1 January 2018

ACC grills ex-MD of AB Bank over money laundering

The Anti Corruption Commission yesterday interrogated AB Bank's former managing director Shamim Ahmed Chaudhury and former
31 December 2017

Bangladesh, China should work together for a better future

China is ready to synergise its 13th Five-Year Plan with Bangladesh's Seventh Five-Year Plan with the view to leveraging the respective
31 December 2017

Single VAT rate foolish: Muhith

Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday termed “foolish” the single VAT rate prescribed by International Monetary Fund, rowing back
31 December 2017

Forex reserves may come under strain

Bangladesh's external sector is set to pass through turbulence in 2018 given the anticipated surge in food import, petroleum price in
31 December 2017