The European Central Bank is expected to hold interest rates steady again this week as it waits to see if the inflation spike triggered by the Middle East war will prove temporary or begin to weigh on growth.

Overdue agricultural credit across all scheduled banks reached Tk 22,915 crore in February this year, marking a sharp 123.90 percent increase from Tk 10,234 crore in the same month of 2025.

Import-export activities between Bangladesh and India through the Benapole land port will remain suspended for three consecutive days due to the assembly elections in West Bengal, India.

Times are bad for Bangladesh's farmers. Right when they needed a steady diesel supply to irrigate vast swathes of cropland -- Boro paddies, seasonal vegetables, maize -- the world entered what the head of the International Energy Agency called “the biggest energy security threat in history.”

Talks with Japan ongoing; test run planned before full operation

Global oil price shocks are likely to affect Bangladesh’s economy mainly through higher inflation, a weaker exchange rate, and limited output losses

Japanese consortium led by Sumitomo Corporation will have privilege to choose

At the same time, Khalid Mahmood Khan has been appointed as senior vice president and Kanak Aditya as vice president

No restriction on movement of perishable goods, medical patients

Authority says alert issued after instruction from Police Headquarters

The company has invested $15.16 million in the zone since its establishment and currently employs 2,485 Bangladeshi nationals

Dominage Steel Building Systems (DSBSL) has decided to sell 30 percent of its shares to a buyer group led by Akij Resources.

Garment exporters yesterday urged the government to cut the source tax from 1 percent to between 0.5 and 0.65 percent, citing ongoing difficulties caused by domestic challenges and external pressures.

Beza chief sets 180-day roadmap to break deadlock

The government’s development expenditure has fallen to its lowest level in at least five years in the first nine months of the current fiscal year 2025-26 (FY26).

Bangladesh will not be able to realise its ambition of becoming a trillion-dollar economy by 2034 unless it revives investment, foreign investors and development partners said yesterday.

Google is planning to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic, the artificial intelligence firm confirmed Friday, expanding a long-standing alliance between the two companies.

Bangladesh Bank has appointed an administrator to Aviva Finance Limited to ensure uninterrupted operations of the non-bank financial institution.

Team Six Seven of the Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) emerged champion at the Business Case Competition 2026, jointly organised by HSBC and BRAC University, held at the university’s multipurpose hall in Dhaka yesterday.

The US central bank is widely expected to keep interest rates unchanged at its policy meeting next week, as energy prices stay high and supply chains snarled due to war in the Middle East.