Some 45 garment factories in Ashulia and Gazipur, one of the country’s major industrial belts, were forced to shut down in the middle of the day yesterday amidst workers’ demonstrations, which have been sporadically erupting since last week.

Readers may agree with my supposition that the current financial misfortune of Bangladesh is largely caused by white-collar crimes. Edwin Sutherland, a US sociologist who coined this terminology, defined white-collar crime as “a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation”.

Amina Sohail veers through heavy traffic to pick up her next passenger –- the sight of a woman riding a motorcycle drawing stares in Pakistan’s megacity of Karachi.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) will open its online tax return submission portal today to facilitate digital income tax, wealth statement and other tax submissions by individual taxpayers for fiscal year 2024-25.

Some entities of the much-talked-about S Alam Group and some family members of the group’s founder Mohammed Saiful Alam have around Tk 26,000 crore in six banks, said insiders, citing data sent by the banks to the National Board of Revenue (NBR).

Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur yesterday said the taskforce being formed for identifying areas of concern in the country’s banking sector will begin working within the next 10 days.

Bangladesh aims to increase its merchandise and service exports by about 12.74 percent year-on-year to $57.5 billion in the fiscal year 2024-25, according to Finance and Commerce Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed.

Inflation eased in August but remained at over 10 percent, as higher prices of goods and services continued to strain the purchasing power of consumers.

YiXin Bangladesh, a Chinese company in Bangladesh, will set up a footwear accessories manufacturing factory in the Bepza Economic Zone with an investment of $7.45 million.

YiXin Bangladesh, a Chinese company in Bangladesh, will set up a footwear accessories manufacturing factory in the Bepza Economic Zone with an investment of $7.45 million..The company has set a target to annually produce 10 million pairs of footwear materials. The investment will create em

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) will open its online tax return submission portal tomorrow to facilitate digital income tax, wealth statement and other tax submissions by individual taxpayers for fiscal year 2024-25

Inflation declined to 10.49 percent in August from 11.66 percent in July, according to data released today by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics

Thanks to our entrepreneurs, a few dynamic policy planners, mostly docile and hard-working workers, Bangladesh’s private sector has expanded rapidly and became a crucial driver of economic growth.

The newly appointed board of National Bank PLC (NBL) will scrutinise all waived and written-off loans and interests, regardless of whether they were justified or not.

India’s Adani Group has been repeatedly requesting the interim government to immediately clear dues of around $800 million on their electricity sales, according to officials of Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB). 

Share prices of most companies with directors connected to the immediate past Awami League government saw a big drop in the past month after the fall of Sheikh Hasina, though the market was in a rising trend during the period.

The spread between interest rates on deposits and loans rose to 6.03 percent, the highest in two decades, indicating that banks are making money at the expense of depositors and borrowers.

The latest spell of unrest in the garment industry of Bangladesh will negatively impact its apparel exports as many international buyers are cancelling their trips to the country to finalise work orders for the coming seasons.

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has lifted a limit on cash withdrawals from banks in view of overall improvements in law and order.

India’s share in global trade has not kept up with its fast-growing economy, as Vietnam and Bangladesh have surpassed the country as low-cost manufacturing and export hubs, according to a recent report of World Bank (WB)..Despite India’s rapid economic growth, the proportion of trade in go