Sajjadur Rahman

The high interest rates on government savings certificates are deterring the development of a much-needed bond market and turning investors into savers in Bangladesh, experts said.

Silversea, a Monaco-based luxury cruise line, will arrive in Bangladesh in the middle of this month with around 100 tourists and the same number of crew members.

The life insurance sector recorded 3.77 percent growth in 2016 even though nearly half of the companies saw their incomes decline.

The central bank has tightened its reporting requirements on capital market activities for banks and its subsidiaries to monitor the market closely.

The year 2016 witnessed an intense competition among banks in terms of rates, but it was a boon for the clients as

Bangladesh ends 2016 with a record-breaking economic growth, thanks to political stability throughout the year. Only a year ago, one could hardly think that 7.11 percent economic growth would be possible in fiscal 2015-16 after political unrest between 2013 and mid-2015. But political stability in 2016 has not only yielded high economic growth but has also given entrepreneurs confidence to do better in the days to come.

Borrowers who became defaulters despite taking a special rescheduling facility in 2013 will not be allowed to

The government should design a policy to avoid the mis-targeting of beneficiaries of the national savings schemes, a top economist

Banks' directors seem to be good borrowers as their loan repayment records are far better than the other groups of borrowers.

Bangladesh has failed to showcase its successes to the western world, said Remy Prud'homme, professor emeritus of the University of Paris.

Only one bank out of the 57 operating here has so far offered incentives to its good borrowers in compliance with a Bangladesh Bank

The concept of serving high-net-worth clients with maximum attention has given rise to a new tier of banking.

A first generation private commercial bank has been fighting a loan default case worth about Tk 100 crore in court for the last 15

The management of Chevron Bangladesh and its 600 employees are at loggerheads over the workers' profit participation fund

Around a dozen companies got a primary nod from the government to set up 1,200 LPG auto refuelling stations across the country,

After nearly a year of stable exchange rate, the taka has started to weaken against the dollar -- a development that is cheering up

The demand for low- and middle-income housing finance may grow 67 percent to Tk 81,816 crore by 2020, according to a report of

Taxi-hailing app Uber witnessed massive growth since its inception six years ago, thanks to the rise of technology.

Bangladesh Bank is devising ways to reduce currency printing costs as the country has to spend a whopping Tk 500 crore a year on new

Over 60.2 percent of the women SME entrepreneurs' demand for finance remains unmet as banks and non-bank financial institutions do not want to lend to women, a survey found.