Economy shows fragile gains
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What inflation data actually tells us
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Economy
Meeting India’s CII: Muktadir hopeful of trade progress soon
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Eight mutual funds skip dividends
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BB ties foreigner bank accounts to work permits
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Economy
Rebuilding trust in insurance
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Telecoms turn to AI to save energy, other costs
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Govt weaves plan to revive silk industry
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Analysis / What inflation data actually tells us
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Several initiatives of new govt praiseworthy, but there is room for improvement: BKMEA
18 August 2026
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Business
Stocks extend losses
Most shares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange fell yesterday amid persisting uncertainty, deepening energy crisis and runaway inflation.
20 July 2022
Idcol to get $256.5m global climate loan
Infrastructure Development Company Limited (Idcol) yesterday signed an agreement to receive $256.5 million from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to promote private sector investment through large-scale adoption of energy-efficient technologies in the textile and garment sectors.
20 July 2022
BB takes more steps to ease forex pressure
Bangladesh Bank yesterday took more initiatives, including raising the interest rate on its Export Development Fund (EDF), to ease the ongoing pressure in the country’s foreign exchange market.
20 July 2022
Offer prompt services to investors of savings tools
Bangladesh Bank yesterday asked banks to provide the financial services required for clients to invest in savings bonds and instruments.
20 July 2022
Had no certificate to handle risky chemicals
Privately-owned BM Container Depot had been running without proper authorisation and certification required for storing and handling hazardous chemicals, found a study of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).
20 July 2022
Inflation not nine-year high at 7.56%, it 5.9%: Kamal
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal criticised media for reporting that inflation hit a nine-year high in June.
20 July 2022
BGMEA seeks IMF’s cooperation to reach $100 billion export target
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) today sought cooperation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to achieve the $100 billion garment export target by 2030.
20 July 2022
Banks asked for faster delivery of savings tools related services
The Bangladesh Bank today asked banks to provide clients with required financial services related to the investment of savings bonds and instruments as fast as possible.
20 July 2022
LafargeHolcim logs 10% rise in profits
The company’s profit rose 10 per cent year-on-year to Tk 122 crore in the second quarter, which was Tk 111 crore the previous year.
20 July 2022
Dhaka stocks extend losses
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) fell for the seventh consecutive day today amid deepening economic uncertainty.
20 July 2022
Chittagong shares open lower
Most companies listed on the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) fell today.
20 July 2022
Dhaka stocks keep falling
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) opened lower today as most shares fell, extending the losses that the key index has witnessed in the previous six sessions amid deepening economic uncertainty.
20 July 2022
Geneva Package giving a new life to WTO
The Geneva Package has been agreed upon after a long and painful debate and sleepless nights overrunning more than 48 hours on June 17, 2022. World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala termed it an unprecedented package of deliverables.
20 July 2022
Use of concrete blocks in public construction still low
The progress in using concrete blocks instead of bricks for all public development projects has been sluggish as government agencies have made little efforts in this regard due to lax monitoring by the relevant authorities, according to experts.
20 July 2022
Dry spell rings alarm for Aman cultivation
It’s rainy reason in Bangladesh and agricultural land is supposed to be wet with monsoon rains by now.
20 July 2022
Inflation at 9-year high
Inflation raced to a nine-year high of 7.56 percent in June, in a development that lays bare the extent of the cost of living crisis gripping the low-income and middle-class people in Bangladesh thanks to a war taking place some 5,800 kilometres away in Ukraine.
19 July 2022
EDF facility for textile, apparel makers extended
The Bangladesh Bank yesterday extended the increased borrowing limit from the Export Development Fund (EDF) for textile millers and garment makers to December 31 this year.
19 July 2022
ADP implementation bounces back
Government spending on projects under the Annual Development Programme (ADP) rebounded in fiscal 2021-22 following a two-year disruption caused by Covid-19 but the implementation rate it is still slow compared to pre-pandemic levels.
19 July 2022
Stocks fall further
The stock market index continued to bleed for a sixth straight day while suffering a big blow yesterday when the key index lost more than 1 per cent for the second consecutive day amid deepening uncertainties over the country’s macroeconomic indicators.
19 July 2022
Industries seek protection from power cuts
Industrial unit owners of different sectors have demanded that the government provide them immunity from blackouts or load shedding
19 July 2022