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Spinners threaten factory shutdown from Feb 1
23 January 2026, 00:00 AM
BB governor wants legal reforms before polls, finance adviser ‘unsure’
23 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Govt approves EPA signing with Japan
23 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Telenor sells stake in Thailand’s True Corporation
23 January 2026, 00:00 AM
PRAN-RFL to invest €30m in fish farming with Danish firm
23 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Crime is a group performance
23 January 2026, 00:00 AM
German economy staying in slow lane in early 2026
23 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Oil edges up after Trump backs off tariff threat on Greenland
23 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Gold slips below Tk 2.5 lakh per bhori as global prices fall
22 January 2026, 21:32 PM
Business
REHAB fair sees weak turnout ahead of polls
Developers and financiers reported fewer serious inquiries and spot loan approvals
27 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Banking crisis laid bare in 2025, lasting fixes hinge on next govt
When bankers entered the new year and opened their books for 2025, many quickly realised that the scale of long-buried damage was too large to hide any longer.
25 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Cox’s Bazar to be first cashless district: BB
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has taken initiatives to develop Cox’s Bazar as the country’s first cashless district, said BB Governor Ahsan H Mansur on Saturday.
21 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh-Japan EPA declaration today
Bangladesh and Japan are set to announce a joint declaration on the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) today, aiming to boost bilateral trade and investment, Commerce Secretary Mahbubur Rahman told The Daily Star yesterday.
21 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Food ads to be barred from doctor endorsements
The changes are expected to reshape how food products are marketed
21 December 2025, 18:00 PM
NBR misses Jul-Nov revenue target despite 15% growth
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) recorded a 15 percent year-on-year growth in tax collection during the first five months of the fiscal year 2025-26 (FY26), but still fell short of its target by nearly Tk 24,000 crore.
21 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Provisioning eased for agri, SME loans
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has reduced the loan provisioning requirement for short-term agricultural and cottage, micro, and small enterprise (CMSME) loans in a move aimed at encouraging banks to expand credit to priority sectors.
21 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Govt’s treasury bill borrowing up 4.3% in Nov
The government increased its borrowing through short-term treasury bills in November, issuing Tk 31,289.13 crore worth of the instruments, a 4.3 percent rise from October, according to data from Bangladesh Bank (BB).
20 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Ctg customs’ Jul-Nov revenue jumps 9% but misses target
Chattogram customs house, the country’s largest revenue-collecting entity, posted a 9 percent year-on-year rise in revenue in the first five months of the current fiscal year, but still fell short of its target.
20 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Nearly half of Bangladeshis remain offline: BBS
Nearly half of the population of Bangladesh is still without internet access, according to the latest official data, a situation that IT professionals describe as disappointing when compared with neighbouring countries.
20 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Foreign stock investors keep pulling out funds
Foreign investors pulled more money out of the stock market in the first four months of fiscal year (FY) 2025-26, as political uncertainty made them cautious about putting fresh funds into shares.
20 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Farmers of early potato varieties hit by old stock glut
Farmers who cultivated early varieties of potatoes are once again incurring losses as prices of newly harvested tubers remain unusually low due to an oversupply of older stock in the market.
20 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Internet subscribers plunge in Oct as SIM caps bite
The contraction was driven entirely by mobile internet connections
17 December 2025, 18:35 PM
Target eight sectors to repair macroeconomic fault lines
Economic review urges long-term institution-building, not short-term numbers
17 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Govt spends only 11.7% of ADP fund in five months
ADP expenditure reached Tk 28,043 crore during July-November of fiscal year 2025-26
16 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh to boost LNG imports on lower global prices
Falling spot prices, weak demand in Asia prompt Dhaka to look beyond its initial import plan
16 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Govt to crack down on false apparel tags before Eid
The commerce ministry is gearing up to take action against traders accused of cheating consumers through false declarations of goods, particularly garments, ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr shopping season.
16 December 2025, 17:48 PM
Farmers reduce potato acreage for next year after huge losses
Seed planting in major potato-producing districts was largely completed by November 30
15 December 2025, 18:41 PM
External deficit widens to $749m in Jul-Oct
Bangladesh’s import bill is growing faster than its export earnings, widening the current account deficit and putting renewed pressure on the country’s external finances.
15 December 2025, 18:40 PM
Bangladesh spent $26b on debt servicing in FY24
Payments consumed almost half of the national budget
15 December 2025, 18:00 PM