Small agricultural machines tailored for Bangladesh’s smallholder farmers could drive a new wave of cost-efficient productivity and rural prosperity, experts said at a seminar yesterday.

Bangladesh Bank (BB) yesterday urged global credit rating agency Fitch to reconsider its outlook on Bangladesh, reasoning that the country’s economy, especially the external sector, was recovering.

Small agricultural machines tailored for Bangladesh’s smallholder farmers could drive a new wave of cost-efficient productivity and rural prosperity, experts said at a seminar yesterday.

The taskforce for capital market reforms has suggested excluding power plants from the list of marginable securities as their nature of having fixed tenures makes them more aligned with bonds..The taskforce submitted its final proposals to the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission

The company made the request as the BSEC’s proposed appointment of nine additional independent non-executive directors to its board remains pending before the High Court of Bangladesh

Narrowing the gender gap is not only a social imperative but also an economic necessity, as changing mindsets and increasing women's participation could boost the country’s GDP, speakers said at a seminar yesterday..“Women’s empowerment remains central to building a prosperous future,” sai

The company’s earnings per share (EPS) stood at Tk 12.73 for January-March 2025

The DSEX dropped 42.67 points to close at 4,952.79.

ADB reaffirmed its commitment to promoting the growth of local industries, the multilateral lender said in a statement today.  

The DSEX lost 11.32 points to stand at 4,984.13 as of 11:12 am.

Heidelberg Materials Bangladesh saw its profit decline in the January-March quarter of 2025 due to lower sales.

Runner Automobiles returned to profit in the third quarter of the fiscal year (FY) 2024-25, buoyed by a rise in revenue from its three-wheeler business.

The Detailed Area Plan (DAP) aims to strike a balance between development and sustainability of Dhaka, according to the Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP), as it says relaxing DAP guidelines to favour real estate interests would cause long-term consequences to the liveability of the megacity.

Regulations in the Detailed Area Plan (DAP) are limiting housing responses to meet Dhaka’s growing accommodation needs, according to realtors, as they argue that current urban policies are doing more harm than good.

The government taskforce on capital market reforms submitted its final recommendations on margin rules yesterday, bringing minimal changes to an initial draft.

Imports of tractors and power tillers have fallen this fiscal year owing to higher prices driven by the depreciation of taka against the US dollar and the discontinuation of government subsidies.

This is the swiftest recommendation from the BTRC for any such licence, according to a BTRC official.

Singer Bangladesh, a listed multinational electronics and home appliance seller, saw a massive year-on-year rise in losses in the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 despite registering higher sales, attributing it mainly to high bank loan and operating costs.

The share of credit disbursement to the livestock and poultry subsectors of the agriculture industry slipped slightly in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (FY), according to a report by Bangladesh Bank.

Touted as a historic overhaul, the move has ignited debate over whether it will drive meaningful reform or merely deepen the layers of bureaucracy, given the NBR's persistent failure to meet its targets.