Govt eyes AI-powered analytics to safeguard essential commodity supply: minister
14 MIN(s) ago
Business
S&P revises Bangladesh outlook to negative on rising economic risks
9 hour(s) ago
Business
Loans under court stay jump eightfold in three years
28 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Business
Construction of China industrial zone begins
28 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Economy
Islamic, 4th-gen banks buckle under NPL, liquidity crises
28 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Economy
Four pillars to drive NBR’s VAT target for FY27
28 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Economy
Restructuring the energy sector for sustained progress
28 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Economy
US energy cushion faces new stress test as Middle East risks rise again
28 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Economy
Corporate-focused lending leaves SMEs short of credit
28 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Economy
Biman resumes Dhaka-Narita flights after year-long suspension
28 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Economy
Dhaka Int'l Trade Fair to begin on Jan 1
The 29th edition of the DITF will take place at Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Centre in Purbachal
26 September 2024, 15:33 PM
34,000 tax returns filed online in 2 weeks
The portal reopened on September 9
26 September 2024, 15:13 PM
Taskforce on economic strategy to prepare short-term plans
KAS Murshid, chair of the Taskforce on Economic Strategy Redesign, says in its first meeting today
26 September 2024, 14:53 PM
Panel formed to investigate share discrepancy in Rahima Food Corporation
The three-member panel formed by the BSEC was asked to submit report in 15 days
26 September 2024, 12:39 PM
Indian potato import through Hili resumes after a break of 77 days
Two trucks brought in 47 tonnes of potatoes on September 25
26 September 2024, 12:09 PM
49 firms allowed to export hilsa to India
The Ministry of Commerce yesterday issued a circular allowing 49 businesses to each export 50 tonnes of hilsa to India marking the upcoming Durga Puja scheduled to begin on October 9.
25 September 2024, 21:24 PM
Use ACU mechanisms for paying members’ banks: BB
Bangladesh Bank yesterday instructed banks to refrain from traditional mechanisms of making direct payments to lenders in countries which are members of Asian Clearing Union (ACU)..Banks would have to instead adhere to the ACU mechanism of conducting transactions through central banks when
25 September 2024, 18:00 PM
DSE downgrades 27 stocks
The Dhaka Stock Exchange yesterday decided to downgrade 27 companies to the Z or junk category for failing to properly pay dividends to shareholders in the last two years.
25 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Normalcy returning to RMG sector
Normalcy has started to return to the garment factories as the workers have resumed work, avoiding further unrest after the owners have accepted all the 18 of their demands.
25 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Govt speeds up Adani payments
The Power Division has replied to Gautam Adani’s letter to Prof Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser to the interim government, saying the government will clear its dues within the shortest possible time.
25 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Islami Bank’s suspicious share price spike under scanner
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) ordered the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) to inquire into the unusual movement of share prices of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC.
25 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Inflation to hit double digits by end of FY25: ADB
Inflation is projected to hit double digits at the end of the current fiscal year owing to supply-side disruptions and higher import costs as a result of currency depreciation, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
25 September 2024, 18:00 PM
No peak oil demand ‘on the horizon’, phaseout a ‘fantasy’: Opec
Opec said Tuesday that phasing out oil was a “fantasy”, as the Saudi-led cartel forecast that demand would keep growing until at least 2050, a key year in the battle against climate change.
25 September 2024, 18:00 PM
BB governor seeks plans to reform NBFIs
Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur yesterday urged the top brass of non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) to submit reform plans.
25 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Personal guarantee against corporate lending: how effective is it?
Providing securities and guarantees is very common in corporate lending. Securities are immovable and moveable tangible assets and might be in the forms of pledge, hypothecation or in any other form.
25 September 2024, 18:00 PM
No progress in upgrading six closed sugar mills as prices soar
The fate of six state-owned sugar mills remains uncertain as there has been no upgrading progress since those were closed three and a half years ago, contributing to soaring prices of the sweetener in the local market.
25 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Healthy banks asked to help ailing lenders
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked sound banks with excess liquidity to lend to crisis-hit banks facing severe liquidity shortages, in the best interests of the country’s banking sector.
25 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Gold price hiked by Tk 3,045 a bhori again
From tomorrow, a bhori of 22-carat gold will cost Tk 138,708
25 September 2024, 14:48 PM
Visiting IMF mission to seek info on NBR’s revenue collection plan
A four-member delegation of the IMF will sit with NBR officials tomorrow
25 September 2024, 13:46 PM
Normalcy returns to garment factories
Most resumed operation while a few are still planning to reopen
25 September 2024, 12:37 PM