The profit decline follows the bank’s performance in 2024, when it plummeted 83% year on year

Planning adviser calls for an end to fragmented social safety net schemes

IRD suspends assistant commissioner of taxes for alleged bribery

Startup Bangladesh Limited, the sole government-owned venture capital company under the ICT Division, has appointed Nurul Hai as its new managing director (MD).

Stocks closed higher for the second day in a row yesterday, with the main index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) reaching the highest level in nearly a year.

Prime Bank Investment CEO tells The Daily Star

Over 90 DSE stocks now trade below face value due to company failures

Audit fees for banks set by FRC for the first time

Bangladesh's banking sector faces a Tk 1.71 lakh crore capital shortfall

An 11-member delegation from ICC Bangladesh, led by President Mahbubur Rahman, has left for Melbourne, Australia, to attend the 14th World Chambers Congress (WCC) from 2-4 September 2025.

Haor fishery resources are under threat due to the excessive use of pesticides and herbicides in agriculture, said Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter...She made the remarks as the chief guest at a view-exchange meeting with registered fishermen from the Itna, Mithamin, and

Since 2022, the BTRC has been citing 15 Mbps as the standard 4G download speed

Key focus areas include geopolitical shifts, clean energy transitions, digital leadership, life sciences, workforce evolution and resilience in global trade

The DSEX gained 75.72 points to 5,593.66 by 12:56 pm

Future CEOs should combine financial prudence with tech and data

Says Banglalink CEO in an interview with The Daily Star

Bangladesh could secure an additional $2 billion in export orders, largely shifted from India and China, as it benefits from lower tariffs in the US market compared with the two largest Asian economies, said Zahid Hussain, former lead economist of the World Bank’s Dhaka office, yesterday.

Prices of some patented medicines may rise by 10 to 30 times as Bangladesh will no longer enjoy a waiver from complying with intellectual property rights after its graduation from a Least Developed Country (LDC) to a developing country, said a noted economist yesterday.

Despite handling more containers, Chattogram port's ranking declines

Private sector employers have voiced concern over proposed changes to labour law that would allow a trade union to be formed if 20 workers agree, instead of the current requirement of 20 percent of a factory’s workforce.