Public projects must use local tiles, lifts: Ecnec
23 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Economy
Bicycle exporters look beyond recovery to post-LDC challenges
23 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Economy
BTRC tightens drive tests to improve network checks
23 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Economy
What a $50m panda bond could buy Bangladesh
23 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Column
India’s domestic workers go online as instant services boom
23 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Economy
BSEC, IMF discuss green bond market development
23 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Economy
Online platform planned for ship recycling approvals
23 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Economy
FSRU glitch cuts gas supply by 17%
23 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Economy
Banks urge BB to exclude SME loans from spread cap
23 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Economy
Textile mills want refinancing scheme, RMG uninterrupted gas
23 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Economy
Onion prices start to fall after govt allows imports
Retailers in Dhaka and Chattogram said onion prices have dropped by Tk 25-Tk 30 per kg
9 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Govt gives green light to 12 solar power plants
The power ministry will buy electricity from these plants at an estimated cost of around Tk 40,000 crore
9 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Banking in the 2030s
Banking is going through a rapid global transformation unlike anything seen before. Large international banks are shifting from retail banking to wealth management.
9 December 2025, 18:00 PM
EU launches antitrust probe into Google’s data use for AI
The EU announced Tuesday it had opened a probe to assess whether Google breached antitrust rules by using content put online by media and other publishers to train and provide AI services without appropriate compensation.
9 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Pakistan secures further $1.2b loan from IMF
Pakistan on Tuesday welcomed the release of a further $1.2 billion in loans from the International Monetary Fund to help its economic recovery and reforms programme, calling it evidence of “hard work” undertaken after two years of financial crisis.
9 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Bitcoin’s 2025 rollercoaster may end on a low
With a series of record highs and crushing sell-offs, 2025 has been a rollercoaster ride for bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, which is at risk of ending the year with its first annual decline since 2022.
9 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh Bank tightens rules on incentive bonuses for bankers
The central bank issued a circular in this regard
9 December 2025, 15:13 PM
BACCO to launch new training project to upskill freelancers
Sixty freelancers will be trained under the 10-day programme
9 December 2025, 14:18 PM
NBR may extend VAT exemption on metro rail tickets
The exemption is scheduled to end at the end of this year
9 December 2025, 13:06 PM
BTRC pledges easier import, faster vendor enlistment for mobile handset traders
A meeting was held between the Mobile Business Community Bangladesh and the BTRC today
9 December 2025, 11:55 AM
Chinese firm Wing Tai Garments to invest $10.32 million in Bepza EZ
It will establish an RMG factory
9 December 2025, 10:50 AM
BB buys $2.51 billion from banks so far in FY26
Latest purchase of $202 million took place today
9 December 2025, 10:45 AM
NBR targets 100,000 new businesses as VAT week begins tomorrow
Presently, Bangladesh has 6.44 lakh VAT-registered entities
9 December 2025, 08:23 AM
61% women in agro-industries face abuse
BIDS study finds supervisors behind majority of the cases
8 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Extortion at Chattogram port Tk 2-2.5 crore daily, adviser says
Extortion occurs at every corner of Chattogram port, according to Labour Adviser Brig Gen (retired) M Sakhawat Hussain, who estimates the daily amount at Tk 2 crore to Tk 2.5 crore.
8 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Brazil becomes Bangladesh’s top cotton supplier, surpassing India
India was the second-largest supplier with 1.4 million bales, followed by Benin
8 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Economy at a critical point despite some stability
The GED noted that the second half of FY25 showed rebounding economic activity
8 December 2025, 18:00 PM
NEIR to boost local high-end mobile production, curb grey market
Says industry owners
8 December 2025, 15:40 PM
How Netflix won Hollywood's biggest prize
Netflix announced on Friday it had reached a deal to buy Warner Bros Discovery's for $72 billion
8 December 2025, 13:55 PM
Over 100 crore worth of betel nut stranded at Benapole
Over 150 trucks have remained stuck at the port for two months
8 December 2025, 13:35 PM