Solar-powered factories weather energy disruption
19 April 2026, 00:00 AM
As many factories scramble for diesel to keep generators running during load-shedding, production lines at Ha-Meem Group hum on without interruption.
19 April 2026, 00:00 AM
AB Bank pivots to SMEs amid recovery push
12 April 2026, 00:00 AM
AB Bank has made a decisive strategic shift toward micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), moving away from its earlier concentration in large corporate lending, said Reazul Islam, acting managing director and CEO.
12 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Regulatory ‘time tax’ holding back investment, says World Bank
12 April 2026, 00:00 AM
The World Bank (WB) has described regulatory burdens in Bangladesh as a tax on time and investment, saying they are holding back investment compared with peer economies.
12 April 2026, 00:00 AM
War fallout to slow growth, deepen poverty: WB
9 April 2026, 00:30 AM
The US-Israel war on Iran is casting a long shadow over Bangladesh’s economy, threatening to slow growth, stoke inflation, deepen poverty, cut jobs, and raise debt burdens, according to the World Bank’s latest Bangladesh Development Update.
9 April 2026, 00:30 AM
Dead firms, rising shares
9 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Twenty-nine shuttered companies post sharp gains after DSE names non-operational entities
9 April 2026, 00:00 AM
GDP growth slows to 3% as industrial output shrinks
7 April 2026, 00:00 AM
The country’s economic growth slowed in the second quarter of fiscal year 2025-26 as a sharp fall in industrial activity dragged down overall output, according to provisional data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).
7 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Listed firms’ profitability drops to at least 4-year low
7 April 2026, 00:00 AM
The last fiscal year 2024-25 (FY25) was hard for listed companies. During the period, firms saw their profitability fall to the lowest level since post-Covid, squeezed by inflation that outpaced sales growth, rising borrowing costs, political upheaval and limited public spending.
7 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Business Plus / The renewables gambit: Race against time and tariffs
27 March 2026, 23:48 PM
Bangladesh risks losing 30% of EU garment exports if it fails to reach mandated decarbonisation targets by 2030
27 March 2026, 23:48 PM
First commodity exchange may launch this year
Commodity exchange launch: CSE targets 2025, eyes cotton, gold
27 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Why is the stock market rebounding now?
The stock market has bounced back strongly within two months of falling to its lowest in the past five years, thanks to some macroeconomic-level recoveries, including a drop in inflation and the strengthening of the local currency against the greenback.
22 July 2025, 19:04 PM
Auditors, rating agencies fail to forecast banking woes
Banks have several layers of professionals to regularly assess their financial health and raise early warnings at the first sign of trouble.
21 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Drug-making not viable without price adjustment
Renata PLC, one of the country’s leading pharmaceutical companies, discontinued nearly 30 percent of its product line in the last fiscal year after production costs outpaced selling prices, according to the company’s chief executive officer (CEO).
19 July 2025, 19:00 PM
12 banks paid no dividend despite profits last year
Nineteen banks failed to pay any dividend to shareholders for 2024. While seven posted losses, the remaining 12 reported profits but were barred from dividend payouts due to inadequate capital and deferred provisioning for bad loans.
9 July 2025, 18:00 PM
21 banks bucked rising bad loan trend in 2024
Twenty-one banks managed to keep their bad loan ratios under 5 percent of their total lending, even amid turbulence last year that rattled the sector and eventually pushed up the industry average of bad loans to 16.8 percent.
3 July 2025, 19:51 PM
Citizens Bank targets rural unbanked in growth push
Says its chairman in interview with The Daily Star
2 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Depositors leave troubled banks for stronger rivals
Ten banks lost Tk 23,700cr in deposits last year as peers saw growth of up to 32%
1 July 2025, 18:00 PM
Few banks thrived, others bled in 2024
For three banks, 2024 brought cause for celebration as they crossed the milestone of Tk 1,000 crore in annual profits for the first time. But for nine others, it was a year of reckoning, marked by mounting losses and a desperate fight for survival.
30 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Bond boom contributes half of bank income
The 50 banks collectively earned Tk 39,958 crore from treasury bonds in 2024, up from Tk 27,626 crore in the previous year, according to an analysis of their audited financial statements.
29 June 2025, 18:00 PM
UCB eyes sustainable profitability within two years
United Commercial Bank (UCB), one of the oldest private banks in Bangladesh, looks to return to sustainable profitability within around two years as it takes steps to improve governance, recover loans, and enhance asset quality.
26 June 2025, 18:00 PM
One lakh stock accounts closed amid IPO drought in FY25
The stock market has almost closed the books on the fiscal year (FY) 2024-25 without a single company getting listed through an initial public offering (IPO), a rare event not seen in decades.
24 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Most listed firms saw profits fall in Jan-Mar
Most listed companies saw their profits shrink in the January-March period of the current year as stubbornly high inflation pushed up business costs while weak consumer demand held back sales growth.
18 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Budget falls short on raising industrial competitiveness
The government must prioritise boosting the competitiveness of all industries if it wants to create more jobs, capture a bigger share of global markets, and strengthen the economy.
14 June 2025, 18:00 PM
How frequent policy shifts deter firms from going public
If a company gets listed, it will enjoy tax benefits, and this is one of the major incentives for them to go public.
14 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Economy to face 7 challenges in FY26
The finance ministry has identified seven major challenges including tight monetary and fiscal policies, taken to tame elevated inflation levels for more than three years, in next fiscal year that may increase unemployment.
12 June 2025, 18:16 PM
Bangladesh to become half a trillion-dollar economy in FY27
The government expects the country’s economy to cross the $500 billion mark in the fiscal year (FY) 2026-27, buoyed by stabilising policies and sectoral improvements.
12 June 2025, 18:00 PM
The poor to get Tk 37,076cr next fiscal year
The interim government proposed a new framework for social safety net programmes, under which 7.68 crore poor people would receive Tk 37,076 crore next fiscal year to help them cushion the blow from high inflation over the last three years.
11 June 2025, 18:26 PM
Subsidy load swells despite weak revenue
The government’s target to provide subsidies and incentives amounting to Tk 125,741 crore in fiscal year 2025-26 is creating high pressure on fund mobilisation amid a challenging macroeconomic situation.
11 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Few steps to cut inflation-induced poverty
High inflation has become the bane of low-income people’s existence for the better part of the past two years as spiralling prices have dramatically eaten away at their purchasing power.
2 June 2025, 18:00 PM