The standoff between top leadership and staff at the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) entered its second day yesterday, following protests triggered by the forced retirement of an executive director over graft allegations on Wednesday.

The largest fashion retail chain in Bangladesh mentioned that the store will feature craft installations, including a four-storey Nakshi Kantha and a clay pottery wall.

The amount was disbursed by the finance division of the finance ministry after revising an earlier decision

The use of the CEO (current charge) title also requires regulatory approval

Inflation declined to 9.32% from January's 9.94%

Delay in resolving the issue will hurt investor confidence, says association

MJL Bangladesh PLC, popularly known as Mobil Bangladesh, has decided to sell a secondhand oil tanker for $22.7 million, the company said yesterday.

Currently, personal loans of up to Tk 5 lakh do not require a tax return, but credit cards do. Since credit cards are also a form of loan product, this policy appears contradictory, AmCham said

Frequent changes in tax policies and high effective tax rates are undermining the business climate and discouraging future investments, businesspeople said yesterday.

Out of the 50,000 tonnes of rice to be bought under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Pakistan, Bangladesh received a total of 26,250 tonnes of white rice.

The activities of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission came to a halt yesterday due to officials’ protest against the forced retirement of Saifur Rahman, an executive director.

Beijing said Tuesday it had filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization against the United States over President Donald Trump’s tariff increases on Chinese goods.

Unilever Consumer Care Ltd yesterday reported a profit drop to its lowest level in three years, affected by factors, including a decline in revenue.

President Donald Trump’s tariffs and the retaliation they attracted will likely weigh on US growth and boost inflation, according to analysts, but, beyond that, uncertainty surrounding the levies threatens to overshadow optimism about his future policies.

The United States, the United Kingdom, and Saudi Arabia were the top sources of remittance inflows to Bangladesh in the first seven months of the 2024-25 fiscal year.

Bangladesh and India began a two-day meeting to review Indian-funded projects, which have been running behind schedule.

Mills and factories that were vandalised, ransacked or set ablaze during and after the July uprising have been struggling to reopen due to financial crises, unavailability of bank loans and their politically exposed owners facing legal consequences.

According to BB data, total remittance inflows from the top 30 countries stood at $15.96 billion during FY25

The Energy and Mineral Resources Division has been authorised to procure LNG worth Tk 754.42 crore at $15.73 per Metric Million British Thermal Units (MMBTU) from M/S Total Engineering Gas and Power Ltd, Switzerland. Another purchase worth Tk 741.95 crore at $15.47 per MMBTU was approved from M/S Singapore Pte Ltd, Singapore.  

He was the founding president of CanCham Bangladesh, established in 2005