Bangladesh imports over 1.17 lakh tonnes of US wheat so far this fiscal year

A ship carrying around 61,000 tonnes of wheat from the US has arrived at the outer berth of Chattogram Port
3 November 2025

Dhaka stocks extend losses in morning trade

The DSEX dropped 7.76 points to 5,108.12 by 12:18 pm
3 November 2025

The best dollar debasement trade is to do nothing

Debasement – the deliberate devaluation of the currency unit in terms of real goods and services to render debts less onerous – is as old as money itself. Nicolas Oresme, Europe’s first serious monetary theorist, devoted his 1360 “Treatise on Money” to inveighing against medieval sovereigns’ addiction to the evil practice: “Can any words be too strong to express how unjust, how detestable it is, especially in a prince, to reduce the weight without altering the mark?”
2 November 2025

Gold price slips 1%

Gold prices fell by 1 percent on Friday, weighed down by uncertainty over another US Federal Reserve interest rate cut this year, but the metal remained poised for a third straight monthly gain.
2 November 2025

How to earn big by drying mangoes once destined to rot

Dehydration cuts mango spoilage, boosts profits
2 November 2025

Remittance rises 7% in October, but growth slows

Bangladesh has been witnessing a growing trend in remittance inflows since December last year
2 November 2025

Govt to amend import policy to facilitate exports

CA office reports significant progress in trade and investment reforms
2 November 2025

Telcos can sell phones on instalments by locking all SIMs

The initiative is set to be effective from January 1
2 November 2025

Private sector credit appetite wanes further

Credit growth drops to its lowest in at least four years
2 November 2025

Current uncertainties diverting Bangladesh’s RMG orders: exporters

Bangladesh Garment Buying House Association (BGBA) organises seminar on current challenges in RMG
2 November 2025

BTRC to seek clarification on Starlink's bandwidth export bid

The internet regulator has decided to seek further clarification on Starlink Services Bangladesh Ltd’s bid to export unfiltered bandwidth from Bangladesh through local internet service providers before taking a decision on granting permission to the company..When bandwidth is filtered, it
2 November 2025

Most operators still in testing phase to launch interoperability service

Only Islami Bank, MTB and Premier activated both incoming, outgoing transactions
2 November 2025
2 November 2025

Remittance rises 7% in October

Expatriates sent home $2.56 billion in October
2 November 2025

Kohinoor Chemical profit up 33% in Jul-Sep

Its diluted net operating cash flow per share declined
2 November 2025

Abdur Rahim Khan, new FBCCI administrator

He replaced Md Hafizur Rahman
2 November 2025

Berger Paints raises investment plan for new Mirsarai factory

It will now invest Tk 980 crore, up from the previously declared Tk 813 crore
2 November 2025

The future of retail banking

Retail banking in Bangladesh is entering a moment of reckoning. With the Bangladesh Bank (BB) preparing to issue digital banking licences, and with more organised mobile financial services, AI and platform technology becoming mainstream, it is no longer enough for a bank to be a place where peop
1 November 2025

Weak NBFIs seek Tk 3,100cr to turn around

Troubled non-banks are currently unable to finance new businesses, says association chairman
1 November 2025

Steel demand weak for three years

BigMint projects a turnaround in FY27
1 November 2025