Sajjadur Rahman

The D-8 member countries have agreed to implement the preferential trade agreement from July 1, keeping Bangladesh's proposal regarding the local value addition criteria hanging.

Various government agencies have started investigating the recently ATM frauds in Dhaka, in which cardholders lost about Tk 25 lakh, according to police and bankers.

The insurance regulator has instructed MetLife Bangladesh to raise its paid-up capital by almost five times to Tk 350 crore in a move to safeguard the interests of its policyholders.

Foreigners are believed to be involved in the skimming racket that stole money from ATMs in signs of new financial crimes that rattled both banks and customers.

ATM card frauds have forced banks to take precautionary measures, including temporarily shutting down

India agreed in principle not to carry out investigations relating to anti-dumping and countervailing duties on jute goods exported from Bangladesh, a senior commerce ministry official said yesterday.

India has launched an anti-dumping investigation into imports of jute goods from Bangladesh to see whether the export prices are set below fair market prices. In October, the Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD) under India's commerce ministry opened the probe as part of its plan to impose anti-dumping duty on jute items imported from Bangladesh.

National Bank Ltd has put up advertisements to sell off the mortgaged properties of SA Oil Refinery that failed to repay the lender about Tk 215 crore.

Fixed deposit rates have come down to as low as 4 percent on the back of low demand for loans, bankers said.

Bangladesh should immediately analyse the potential consequences of the mega trade deal, Trans-Pacific Partnership, on its economy, a senior World Bank official said yesterday.

Mahabubul Haque Chisty, chairman of the Farmers Bank's executive committee, is at the centre of controversies surrounding the newly established bank.

Rubel Brothers and Apollo Multipurpose Agro Industries are loan defaulters of state-owned BASIC and Janata banks respectively and yet had no trouble getting fresh loans from the Farmers Bank.

Bangladesh Bank detected irregularities in sanctioning loans of Tk 400 crore in three branches of the newly-established Farmers Bank.

Only policy rate cuts are not enough to boost investment, as there are other factors such as business environment, investment certainty and cost of doing business, which analysts say need to be addressed for a higher growth.

After a gap of more than four years, some commercial banks have recently borrowed money from the central bank through repo auction.

Consumers and businesses in Bangladesh have missed out on the benefits of cheaper oil prices throughout 2015 as

It is often said that numbers do not lie, but when it comes to the Bangladesh economy, the saying appears to be on shaky grounds.

A formidable cash position has made the state-owned commercial banks prime lenders in the call money market

Bangladesh Bank has relaxed the rules related to banks' investment in stocks in a move that analysts say would boost the ailing market.

After the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India, British insurance giant Prudential has set its sights on Bangladesh.