Bangladesh’s debt repayments jump 617%, fastest in S Asia
External debt repayments by both the public and private sectors in Bangladesh have increased far more sharply than in any other South Asian country over the past 15 years, even though the country’s export earnings have not kept pace.
9 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Govt goes heavy on bank borrowing as private demand falls
According to BB, outstanding bank loans to the government rose 24.45 percent in September
6 December 2025, 18:23 PM
Mega project costs surge in currency shock
Higher bills for foreign-funded projects due to taka devaluation strain budget, and may force government to borrow again
3 December 2025, 18:00 PM
NBFI liquidation plan: How much shareholders stand to lose
BB Governor Ahsan H Mansur said in August that nine NBFIs would be shut down
26 November 2025, 18:00 PM
BB rejects Dutch-Bangla Bank’s Tk 1,000cr HQ purchase plan
The Bangladesh Bank has rejected Dutch-Bangla Bank’s proposal to purchase a Motijheel building for more than Tk 1,000 crore to use as its corporate headquarters, saying the price was significantly inflated and the deal posed a conflict of interest involving the bank chairman’s family.
16 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Weak stocks outpace blue chips in puzzling mismatch
As syndicates and rumours shape the market, prices of weak and dormant firms soar while sound performers stay undervalued
11 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Bank merger: Investors pay the price; regulators, auditors escape blame
Says president of DSE Brokers’ Association of Bangladesh
8 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Why stock market was overrun by price manipulations
The way that the stock market has been run over the past 15 years under the Sheikh Hasina-led government can be best summarised as facilitative to the manipulation of stock prices.
1 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Too many stockbrokers, asset managers approved during Hasina’s regime
Over the past 15 years, investors have fled the market, initial public offerings (IPOs) have been scarce and capital market growth has fallen short of expectations. Despite this dry market, the number of stock intermediaries entering the market increased steadily.
30 September 2024, 18:00 PM
IPO approval turned into a recipe for market mischief
The stock market regulator approved 127 firms for listing in the past 14 years, allowing their transition from private to public companies. However, the subsequent outcomes are disheartening as most of these companies showed declined performance rather than growth.
29 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Tk 75cr loss looms over UCB as stock investment raises questions
United Commercial Bank (UCB) PLC is on the verge of incurring losses of around Tk 75 crore as one-third of its total share market investment has been on a lone stock that has undergone price manipulation.
28 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Per capita foreign debt more than doubles in eight years
Per capita foreign debt of Bangladesh more than doubled in the last eight years, according to official data, as economists attribute the hike to unplanned foreign-funded projects and corruption, ultimately ballooning the liability on low-income people, including the extremely poor.
28 September 2024, 18:00 PM
To maintain a stock fund, board spent millions on meetings
What does it take to manage undistributed money of stock investors and hand it over to rightful recipients? You appear to be wrong if the answer is simply sincere effort.
23 September 2024, 18:00 PM
City Bank’s Tk 85cr investment in Sea Pearl raises eyebrows
City Bank PLC is investigating how and why it spent about Tk 86 crore, or roughly one-third of its total market exposure, on purchasing shares of Sea Pearl Beach Resort and Spa Ltd in 2023, according to bank officials.
14 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Govt urges China to reduce loan interest, extend repayment period
The government has requested China to lower the interest rates on existing Chinese loans to 1 percent and extend the repayment period to 30 years.
12 September 2024, 18:00 PM
National Bank’s new board to scrutinise all waived and written-off loans
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.
7 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Most stocks owned by Awami League leaders struggling
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.
7 September 2024, 18:00 PM
What investors want as new BSEC chief takes over
Stock investors and analysts are hoping for the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC), led by its new Chairman Khondoker Rashed Maqsood, to focus on its prime tasks of proper monitoring and ensuring good governance in the share market.
31 August 2024, 18:00 PM
How S Alam family grabbed multiple banks
Bangladesh Bank permitted Mohammed Saiful Alam and his family to seize multiple banks and funnel enormous sums as loans
27 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Agri product exports growing slowly. Here’s why
Even though Bangladesh is an agricultural country, its agricultural product exports grew at a slower pace compared to other goods over the past decade due to a lack of policy support, high costs and the absence of good agricultural practices.
26 August 2024, 18:00 PM
How BSEC wasted funds on ineffective roadshows abroad
Less than a year after Prof Shibli Rubayat-Ul Islam was appointed as chairman of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) in May 2020, the regulator started holding roadshows abroad to lure in foreign investors and boost the local market.
20 August 2024, 18:00 PM
6 banks with ties to S Alam barred from lending
The Bangladesh Bank restricted six banks linked to S Alam Group from lending activities to prevent their situation from deteriorating further amid allegations of wrongdoing.
19 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Tk 45,000cr stuck in shady loans
Directors of eight private banks borrowed heavily from each other’s banks in reciprocal lending practices fraught with serious risks. Some banks went one step further and lent thousands of crores to relatives of these banks’ chairmen or directors.
16 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Extortion, a cause of high prices, sets alarm bells ringing
Just a day after a mass uprising toppled Sheikh Hasina’s government on August 5, a group of people, introducing themselves as activists of a major political party, visited an outlet of a leading footwear maker in Rangpur and demanded Tk 5 lakh in return for allowing the showroom to operate.
15 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Unrest in banking sector raises concerns
Unrest has gripped the banking sector at a time when several banks are burdened with huge default loans and are suffering from low asset quality.
11 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Investors cheer as stocks soar
Share prices rallied for a third consecutive session yesterday, with the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) registering a 5.44 percent spike, the highest jump in four and a half years.
8 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Investors cheer as stocks soar
Share prices rallied for a third consecutive session yesterday, with the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) registering a 5.44 percent spike, the highest jump in four and a half years.
8 August 2024, 11:33 AM