Remittance inflow rose 13.6 percent year-on-year to $3.13 billion in April, as expatriates sent more money home ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, the second of the two major Muslim festivals, expected to be observed later this month.

The salt production season in the country usually runs from November to May, with production peaking from April to May due to the intense summer heat

Shipments reach $4b with all top 20 export markets posting positive YoY growth

Bangladesh has opportunities to bridge South and Southeast Asia

The response covers communities in the northeastern haor region of Sylhet Division

She added that past social protection schemes have often suffered from irregularities and corruption

The vast majority of Bangladesh’s workforce remains in marginal conditions, outside the reach of formal labour protections, experts warned yesterday, calling for a shift in policy focus beyond the garment sector.

According to Barvida, around 3 lakh people directly or indirectly employed in the sector now face uncertainty over their livelihoods

FR Khan has stepped down from his executive responsibilities as managing director of Building Technology & Ideas Limited (bti), a real estate company, effective July 1 this year, according to a press release.

Washington still urges Dhaka to strengthen intellectual property enforcement in Bangladesh as Vietnam, India and Pakistan appear in USTR report

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has waived the requirement to maintain provisions against funds of banks and non-bank financial institutions stuck in five merging shariah-based lenders.

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has waived the requirement to maintain provisions against funds of banks and non-bank financial institutions stuck in five merging shariah-based lenders

The association demanded duty cuts for hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles

Warns of inflation, erosion of purchasing power

IPDC Finance PLC has announced a 10 percent dividend for 2025, including 5 percent in cash.

Bata Bangladesh Limited has announced a 248 percent cash dividend for 2025, including 105 percent for the fourth quarter.

Samsung Electronics said Thursday that operating profit soared 750 percent on-year to a record high in the first quarter thanks to strong sales of chips crucial for artificial intelligence, and forecast continued healthy demand in the next three months.

The news was so uplifting that one could almost picture an emergency meeting of the “Chor Samity”, “Dakat Association”, “People Looter Forum” and the esteemed “Bank Looters Welfare Council”. Tea was poured. Samosas arrived. A solemn resolution was passed.

Rice supply is expected to fall this year as farmers cut planting acreage across Asia because of fertiliser shortages and soaring fuel costs ​from the Iran war, with an emerging El Nino also set to squeeze output of the world’s most consumed staple.

The government has selected two Chinese companies to drill three wells at different locations across the country at a cost of Tk 945 crore.