A majority of US Federal Reserve policymakers indicated that interest rate hikes could be needed if inflation continued to run persistently above the central bank’s two-percent target, minutes of their last meeting released on Wednesday showed.

The law minister yesterday promised to address four key issues in Commercial Courts Act 2026 that continue to drive away foreign investors.

Sweet summer mangoes have reached markets in different parts of the country, while exports to multiple countries have also begun, raising hopes for higher foreign earnings and stronger demand in international markets.

We often see discrimination only when it becomes loud, ugly, and reportable. But most discrimination in Bangladesh does not arrive with a microphone

Sacrificial animal sales are running ahead of last year’s pace in Pabna and Sirajganj, with medium-sized cows, weighing three to six maunds, clearing fastest.

The government should focus on reforms and higher productivity to restore economic growth and financial stability instead of relying on demand side expansion and populist measures, economists said yesterday.

The stock market regulator fined directors and top officials of two companies -- Khan Brothers PP Woven Bag Industries and Genex Infosys -- around Tk 1.5 crore for breaching securities rules.

The government is likely to reduce the advance income tax (AIT) on imported primary and industrial raw materials in the upcoming budget in a move aimed at easing cost pressures on businesses and consumers.

Ginger prices have nearly doubled in a matter of weeks ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, as importers left up to 11 lakh kg of the spice stranded for as long as a month at Chattogram port.

BSEC imposed the fines at a meeting chaired by its chairman today

Official inauguration of mango exports was held today, although shipments had already started two days earlier

Bangladesh needs a new round of productivity-enhancing reforms to restore high and sustainable growth, as macroeconomic stabilisation alone will not suffice

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is on course to miss its annual revenue target for the current fiscal year, extending its run of shortfalls to a tenth straight year.

Private sector credit growth fell to 4.72 percent -- a record low -- in March, marking another month of slowdown.

The government is likely to reintroduce a provision allowing the legalisation of undisclosed income through investment in selected sectors in the national budget for the next fiscal year.

Major banking scandals, market manipulation, and financial misreporting have created severe capital shortages in banks and the private sector, Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said yesterday.

The US dollar hit a six-week high on Wednesday as investors came to terms with the possible need ‌for higher interest rates to tackle inflation resulting from the Iran war.

As Bangladesh prepares to graduate from least developed country (LDC) status, the country needs to modernise its intellectual property (IP) laws to attract more foreign investment, especially from the United States, and strengthen confidence among global businesses, a US diplomat said yesterday.

Sunshine Outdoor (BD) Co Ltd, a British Virgin Islands- and Hong Kong-based company, will invest $15 million to establish a tent and camping products manufacturing facility at the Bepza Economic Zone in Mirsharai, Chattogram.

Bangladesh and Morocco are considering a free trade agreement (FTA) to deepen bilateral trade and economic engagement.