Sajjadur Rahman

The infamous quote 'Bangladesh is a bottomless basket' made by then US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in 1974 has already been

On January 29, 2015, the Bangladesh Bank issued a new large loan restructuring policy to stand by big borrowers in trouble.

Bangladesh's tourism sector has grown with the pace of the country's economic growth in the past decade, as more and more people are having sizeable disposable income.

Top denim maker Pacific Jeans is spending $100 million to set up two new factories in Chattogram in two years with the view to diversifying product base.

Many private banks and influential individuals are illegally employing armed guards in violation of the firearms law.

Standard Chartered wants to play a larger role in fostering the economic, financial and social development of Bangladesh by promoting trade and investment and helping local companies go global, said the group chairman of the British lender.

Dhaka has emerged as one of the fastest-growing megacities in recent times with a population of nearly 20 million.

Border haats, which are meant to trade produce of border communities to help them improve their livelihoods, are selling products

Cube, the biggest bicycle manufacturer in Europe, has teamed up with Meghna Group to produce high-quality cycles in Bangladesh.

Brac Bank has become the country's largest private lender in market value, removing restructured Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd (IBBL)

In Bangladesh, industrialists and businesspeople become shareholders and directors of banks, and borrow money from each other's banks. And not only that, up to four members of a family can now be in the board of directors of a bank, up from two previously, after the relevant rules were amended last year following Finance Minister AMA Muhith's recommendation.

Steelmakers are investing thousands of crores of taka either to expand existing capacity or set up new units as consumption is on the

The size of the Eid-ul-Azha economy is believed to be around Tk 31,000 crore, of which at least Tk 22,000 crore alone comes from

Insurance business in Bangladesh is very challenging as nobody buys a policy voluntarily because of the negative perception about it. Poor governance and dilly-dally in claim settlement has made the insurance business further difficult.

Consistent and clear policies, especially in areas of tariff, are central in attracting investments from abroad, said Mikael Hemniti Winther, the Danish ambassador to Bangladesh.

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), one of the world's leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, has decided to close its medicine manufacturing unit in Bangladesh after over six decades of operation.

American power equipment giant General Electric is betting big on Bangladesh, encouraged by the exponential growth of its business

Banks are sticking to their directors' decision to bring down the lending rates to 9 percent from July 1 amid growing dilemma over how to execute the plan for a large number of loan products.

Samidul Haque obtained a BBA degree from a private university a year ago.

Logging in more than 7 percent GDP growth for three consecutive fiscal years is a feat that definitely deserves to be lauded. After all, it