Ahsan Habib

The political unrest and the garment workers’ agitation in the apparel sector have started to take a toll on the economy that is already grappling with elevated inflation, a depleting dollar stockpile, slowing exports and decelerating private sector activities.

Short-term foreign debts in the private sector have declined every month since January as repayments outpaced fresh loans, contributing to the depletion of foreign currency reserves of Bangladesh, official figures showed

Most of the macroeconomic indicators of Bangladesh have been in bad shape for the last several months owing to external and internal factors, intensifying people’s suffering as consumer prices surged to record levels.

The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) hopes to launch Bangladesh’s first commodity exchange within six months after the relevant rules were gazetted and published today.

The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) hopes to launch Bangladesh’s first commodity exchange within six months after the relevant rules were gazetted and published yesterday.

Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) has been incurring losses for at least 30 years due mainly to structural weaknesses as the state-run lender has to lend at lower interest rates, pay more for deposits and is sitting on higher non-performing loans. 

Bangladesh Bank is preparing a roadmap for the next government to address the three major issues of exchange rate instability, high inflation and high defaulted loan ratio bearing upon the economy.

Bangladesh’s economy is facing a tough time owing to depleting foreign exchange reserves and persistently higher inflation.

Mutual Trust Bank is working to be a world-class lender that will be a topper in every aspect of banking services, said Syed Mahbubur Rahman, managing director of the bank.

In the past 18 months, Bangladesh has largely failed to take appropriate measures to curb higher inflation and reverse the fall of foreign currency reserves, both at the heart of the country’s persisting economic plight.

Sales and profits of local electronics giant Walton Hi-tech Industries plunged in fiscal year 2022-23, mainly due to the sluggish macroeconomic scenario brought on by the war between Russia and Ukraine.

The main index of the stock market in Bangladesh has been hovering around 6,300 for the past year, with many shares remaining unsold amid scant investor participation, according to market analysts..Besides, only junk stocks are performing well thanks to the prevalence of rumour-based tradi

The government’s sincerity in bringing in reforms set by the International Monetary Fund should matter rather than its failure to meet a couple of targets set, said Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal.

Amid criticisms over the delay in squeezing money supply, the Bangladesh Bank yesterday made borrowing costlier as it raised the policy rate by 75 basis points to 7.25 percent to step up its fight against inflation..This is the sharpest pace of rate increase in at least a decade, said a ce

The strain on dollar stockpile intensified last month after remittance inflows crashed to a 41-month low and export receipts missed target.

New York-based Global Finance magazine finds, reviews performance of central bank chiefs of 102 countries.

A persistently higher inflation for more than a year has hit the low-income, the poor and the fixed-income people in Bangladesh hard, significantly eroding their purchasing power.  

The banking sector’s lending growth squeezed in the April to June quarter owing to a shortage of liquidity at most banks and their unwillingness to extend credits to borrowers already struggling to pay back, official figures showed. 

Although Reckitt Benckiser (Bangladesh) PLC, with renowned household brands such as Mortein, Dettol and Harpic, is light years ahead of little-known cold storage Himadri Ltd in terms of business performance, their stocks prices belie the real scenario.

The number of banks, insurance companies, brokerage firms, and merchant banks is much higher in Bangladesh than in many other countries at a similar level of development or having a similar size of population and economy.