Businesses can now repay their loans taken from the Export Development Fund (EDF) in three instalments.

Bangladesh Immigration Police has barred FAS Finance and Investment’s former managing director, Pritish Kumar Sarker, from leaving the country because of his alleged involvement in financial scams.

ADB’s sovereign portfolio in Bangladesh grew to $11.3 billion as of August 2022, increasing from $6.5 billion in 2015, according to a news release issued by ADB in Bangladesh.

Increased use of Saidpur airport by the neighbouring countries, including Bhutan, will increase Bangladesh’s regional trade, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said today.

Eastern Bank is going to issue a non-convertible unsecured floating rate fully-redeemable subordinated bond worth Tk 500 crore.

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) finally rose at the end of today’s trading after the daylong ups and downs of the market.

The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) fell for the second consecutive day today.

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) rose today.

Foreign assistance utilisation by the government has gone up by 1.57 per cent year-on-year during the first two months of the current fiscal year, thanks to improvements in the use of project aid. 

A transit agreement between Bangladesh and Bhutan was finalised yesterday with senior officials of both countries agreeing to draft terms and conditions at a secretary level meeting in Dhaka. 

The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has extended the time for purchase of motorcycle without a valid driving licence until December 14.

The Bangladesh Bank yesterday sold $40 million to banks at Tk 96 each, a rate that contradicts its own efforts aimed at embracing a floating exchange rate since it is far lower than the market rate.  

Most shares on the Dhaka and Chattogram stock exchanges declined yesterday as pessimistic investors were in a selling mood.    

Trouble-hit Bangladesh Industrial Finance Company Ltd (BIFC) suffered losses in 2020, extending its loss to the sixth year.  

Bangladesh will have to deal with the challenges related to the Covid-19 pandemic, graduation from the list of the least-developed country and climate change, and the barriers standing in the way of Sustainable Development Goals during the Eighth Five-Year Plan period. 

Two public agencies -- the Directorate General of Food and Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) -- yesterday got the nod to buy rice, soybean oil and lentils from the domestic and international markets for sale at subsidised rates among low-income groups.

He intended to break down the jargon of economics, history, politics, and the theories behind it and make them palatable to the everyday readers. He inspired people to take part in shaping the tools and mechanisms that drive the governance of the state.

Bangladesh Bank organised a workshop recently giving officials of Nagad an overview of financial institutions authorised by the central bank. 

Bank notes of 10 and 20 with the signature of new Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder will be issued from the central bank’s Motijheel office from September 15.

Although agricultural productivity has increased, the new generation is reluctant to take up farming, said an expert yesterday.