‘Some traders exploiting onion price differences of India, Bangladesh’
11 December 2023, 13:09 PM
Business
Provati Insurance enters securities trading business
11 December 2023, 11:38 AM
Business
'Onion hoarders will be punished'
11 December 2023, 10:04 AM
Business
1.7 tonnes of onion found in shop with ‘No onion’ sign
10 December 2023, 15:20 PM
Business
Highest VAT depositor nine firms honoured
10 December 2023, 11:58 AM
Business
Renata all set to enter Australian pharma market
10 December 2023, 11:28 AM
Business
Single point mooring transports 60,000 tonnes diesel in 35 hours
9 December 2023, 14:17 PM
Business
ASM Mohiuddin Monem again becomes Cumilla’s top taxpayer
9 December 2023, 12:26 PM
Business
BB withdraws interest rate spread limit
29 November 2023, 16:21 PM
Business
Gold hits all-time high of Tk 109,000 a bhori
29 November 2023, 13:28 PM
Business
Global energy prices drop, non-energy inch up in January
According to World Bank’s Pink Sheet, a monthly report that monitors commodity price movements
8 February 2023, 14:52 PM
Banking diploma made mandatory for bankers' promotion
Bangladesh Bank has made securing the banking diploma mandatory for bankers to get promoted to senior officers and above
8 February 2023, 11:45 AM
No plan to hike interest rate on family savings certificate: Kamal
The interest rate on family savings bonds may be re-fixed
7 February 2023, 16:17 PM
‘More China-funded mega projects coming to Bangladesh’
Newly-appointed Chinese Ambassador Yao Wen says in meeting with Planning Minister MA Mannan
7 February 2023, 15:19 PM
55 Bangladeshi firms participate in world’s biggest fair Ambiente
Bangladesh was the second largest participant of the trade show after India among the South Asian nations
7 February 2023, 14:01 PM
DSE index rises riding on only 8% shares
Stock prices of 41 per cent fell and the rest 51 per cent remained unchanged
7 February 2023, 12:06 PM
Daraz Group to reduce 11% of workforce
Daraz Bangladesh will also lay off dozens of employees as part of the plan of its mother organisation, Daraz Group
7 February 2023, 11:03 AM
Belgian Queen Mathilde praises Bangladesh’s RMG growth
Belgian Queen Mathilde today praised the transition of Bangladesh’s garment industry towards sustainable and responsible manufacturing and the progress the south Asian country has achieved to ensure workers’ rights and welfare.
6 February 2023, 15:51 PM
Per capita income misses estimates
Bangladesh's per capita income stood at $2,793 in fiscal 2021-22 -- $31 lower than the initial estimate as the steep depreciation of the taka messed up the government’s numbers.
5 February 2023, 16:11 PM
New window to be introduced for Islamic banks’ liquidity support
The Bangladesh Bank will introduce another tool to provide liquidity support to the cash-strapped shariah-based banks in order to cushion their ailing financial health.
5 February 2023, 15:53 PM
GDP grows 7.1%, but falls below provisional data
Bangladesh logged higher growth in gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021-22 fiscal year compared to the previous year, but it was 15 basis points below the provisional estimate.
5 February 2023, 15:16 PM
Stocks break three-day gaining streak
Stocks in Bangladesh broke a three-day rising trend today, but the turnover of the Dhaka bourse rose.
5 February 2023, 13:07 PM
Potato export to Russia to begin this year: Razzaque
Bangladesh will start exporting potatoes to Russia again this year as the world’s largest country lifted ban on the entry of tubers from the south Asian nation last year, Agriculture Minster Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said today.
5 February 2023, 10:38 AM
Service exporters to get forex retention quota facility
The central bank has instructed banks to provide exporters' retention quota (ERQ) account services to service exporters to help them carry out international transactions.
5 February 2023, 10:26 AM
Weak financial system always a problem for economic management
The immediate outlook for the new year is not as bad as had been predicted before. The Chinese economy is opening up, the industrialised West is adjusting and realigning their economies to the new realities, and a global economic recession does no longer seems inevitable.
4 February 2023, 12:00 PM
Fuel price hike could have been avoided: Wahiduddin Mahmud
Bangladesh would hardly have needed to go for a sudden hike in fuel prices last year had the government waived value added tax (VAT) on petroleum, Eminent Economist Wahiduddin Mahmud said today.
4 February 2023, 10:17 AM
LC opening for Ramadan commodities rises in January
The quantity of Ramadan essential commodities to be imported through letters of credit (LCs) increased in January, which will help keep the commodity market stable, Bangladesh Bank said today.
2 February 2023, 14:01 PM
Bangladesh Bank sells US dollar at Tk 101 for first time
Bangladesh Bank has sold US dollar at Tk 101 each to banks for the first time, giving indication that it is likely to devalue the local currency to reflect the market reality.
2 February 2023, 13:23 PM
IMF releases $476.27 million as first loan instalment for Bangladesh
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has disbursed $476.27 million to Bangladesh as the first instalments of $4.7 billion loan it approved early this week.
2 February 2023, 13:01 PM
Does Bangladesh ship garments to the Middle East?
Bangladesh ships apparel items to the Middle Eastern countries and the good thing is local garments are steadily gaining popularity in the Middle eastern countries.
1 February 2023, 11:40 AM