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Feda Al Hossain

Feda Al Hossain is a Sub-Editor at Star Business.

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Conventional banks lead remittances as Islamic lenders recover ground

Conventional banks continued to dominate remittance inflows between November 2023 and November 2025, even as Islamic banks recorded a noticeable recovery in market share over the past year, according to a recent Bangladesh Bank (BB) report.
21 January 2026, 00:00 AM
21 January 2026, 00:00 AM
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Star Business / Five most-read stories of 2025

Readers showed curiosity that cut across policy, pocketbook and people
31 December 2025, 18:00 PM
31 December 2025, 18:00 PM
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Global firms see sales rise in Bangladesh, but profits stay weak

People are buying more again, but high inflation, costly raw material imports and political uncertainty continue to weigh on earnings
1 November 2025, 18:58 PM
1 November 2025, 18:58 PM
Bangladeshi banks profit rise

Nine-month profits by six banks surpass full-year gains

High returns from treasury bills lift profits despite rough market
30 October 2025, 18:00 PM
30 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Explainer / 5 reasons rare earths are key to the US-China rivalry

For Bangladesh, supply disruptions of rare earths could raise global component prices
22 October 2025, 10:40 AM
22 October 2025, 10:40 AM
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After Tk 1,000cr profit, City Bank now eyes digital-first future

Chairman Hossain Khaled says in an interview with The Daily Star
27 September 2025, 19:45 PM
27 September 2025, 19:45 PM
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US leads in Bangladeshi credit card spending abroad

Bangladeshi nationals spent the most on credit cards in the United States, debit cards in the United Kingdom, and prepaid cards in Saudi Arabia in June this year, according to a recent report by Bangladesh Bank.
21 August 2025, 18:00 PM
21 August 2025, 18:00 PM
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Wage gap narrows as inflation eases: BB report

The gap between wages and inflation, which has been narrowing gradually since February 2025, shrank further in the fourth quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2024-25, offering a slight boost to household purchasing power, the central bank said in a report released this week.
29 July 2025, 18:00 PM
29 July 2025, 18:00 PM
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Fortune telling around the world; from coffee cup predictions to fortune cookies

Future prediction kindles our sense of curiosity, from streets of Dhaka where Parrots picking out cards containing random wisdoms that predict your destiny to a coffee cup reader café in Turkey, we love venturing into the world of fortune telling.
9 January 2022, 09:27 AM
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