IPO rules to be made easy to attract new listings: BSEC chairman
12 October 2026
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Business
Banks’ five-day Durga Puja closure begins Oct 20
12 October 2026
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Business
Bangladesh's foreign debt rises to $114.98 billion at end of Apr-Jun
11 October 2026
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Business
Money changers can now sell up to $3,000 against travel entitlement
8 October 2026
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Business
Standard Chartered announces plan to sell wealth and retail business in Bangladesh
8 October 2026
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Business
Bangladesh Bank to inject more liquidity into National Bank to repay depositors
8 October 2026
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Business
Digital services of 30 banks restored
7 October 2026
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Business
Q-Cash upgrade catches banks, customers off guard
6 October 2026
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Banks
BB expands export refinance scheme to Tk 7,000 crore
1 October 2026
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Business
Remittance inflow hits 11-month low
1 October 2026
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Janata Bank’s 57pc bad loans taken by 7 firms
Seven large borrowers, including AnonTex, Crescent, Ratanpur, and S Alam groups, account for 57 percent of the total default loans at Janata Bank, highlighting the risks lenders face if a handful of firms eat up most of the credit.
30 May 2024
Loans, deposits rise in Islamic banks despite severe liquidity crisis
Islamic banks' outstanding loans rise by 1.43%, deposits 1.27% in February than January
29 May 2024
Nagad Digital Bank all set to get licence
Kori Digital Bank gets six more months to meet BB criteria
28 May 2024
BB upgrading software to expedite treasury bond transfers
Software upgradation kept transfer of treasury bonds suspended since May 26
28 May 2024
Amazon wants to get central bonded warehouse facility in Bangladesh
A delegation of the US-Bangladesh Business Council meets State Minister for Commerce Ahasanul Islam Titu
28 May 2024
BSEC freezes BO accounts of Benazir, his family members
The Anti-Corruption Commission has recently requested the BSEC to freeze the BO accounts
28 May 2024
Bangladesh okays Tk 8,483 crore WB project for Rohingyas
The WB-funded cluster project will also serve the host communities
28 May 2024
US businesses want continuation of tax policy in Bangladesh: Salman F Rahman
A delegation of US-Bangladesh Business Council meets the prime minister’s adviser on private industry and investment
27 May 2024
Bangladesh Bank officials demand restoration of job benefits
The Bangladesh Bank Officers’ Welfare Council will place their demand to the BB governor
26 May 2024
Payment for foreign loans surges 44% in Jul-Apr
The principal amount plus interest payments for foreign debt rose to $2.81 billion this year, up from previous year’s $1.95 billion
26 May 2024
‘Bangladesh hardly utilising Asian regional trade potential’
Finds a study conducted by former Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman
26 May 2024
Tk 13 crore goods sold at SME fair
Entrepreneurs bagged orders worth Tk 20 crore
25 May 2024
Feni has potential to be an industrial hub: analysts
The ERD, Feni administration organised a workshop on sustainable LDC graduation
25 May 2024
Cut spending to save money: Wahiduddin Mahmud
Implementing development project with borrowed money not a good idea, he said at a debate contest of the Debate for Democracy
25 May 2024
Google to invest $350 million in India's Flipkart
The tech giant will join in as an investor in the latest funding round for the Bengaluru-based company
25 May 2024
Forex reserves rise by $180 million in a week
Reserves hit $18.61 billion on May 21, up from $18.43 billion on May 15
23 May 2024
Visa's digital payments rise 25% during Ramadan 2024
70% of the digital payments came through ecommerce
22 May 2024
Tk 258 crore street lighting project okayed
Ecnec approved the project titled “Modernisation of City Street Light System under Chattogram City Corporation”
21 May 2024
Administrator appointed for Swadesh Islami Life Insurance
Sk Md Rezaul Islam, former additional secretary, will be the new administrator with immediate effect
21 May 2024
Lending through agent banking rises 41%
Agents disbursed Tk 16,482.5 crore loans as of March this year, up from Tk 11,667 crore in March last year
20 May 2024