Bangladesh Bank (BB) has allowed banks to disburse certain consumer loans directly to vendors through electronic fund transfers, a move aimed at modernising loan settlement processes and reducing operational risks associated with paper-based transactions

Total loans and advances, including accrued interest, rose to Tk 78,424.77 crore at the end of the January-March quarter of 2026

When prices rise without a visible shock, markets are reacting to something harder to see: uncertainty

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) expects to collect Tk 415,000 crore in revenue in the current financial year, falling Tk 88,000 crore short of its target.

Nitrogen use is also uneven, with underapplication among rice growers and excessive use in onion and vegetable cultivation

The government has formed a National Drug Advisory Council to advise the authorities on implementing the National Drug Policy and developing the country’s pharmaceutical sector to ensure the availability of essential medicines.

Tyre manufacturers expect domestic production to rise and import dependence to fall following measures proposed in the fiscal year 2026-27 budget, including a 20 percent supplementary duty on light truck tyre imports and value added tax on agricultural tyres.

While the proposed national budget contains several positive signals, including business-friendly measures, tax incentives and investment promotion initiatives, experts have questioned whether its ambitious targets can be achieved in the current economic climate.

The government is going to float its first short-term sukuk, a shariah-compliant investment instrument similar to bonds, as strong demand builds among both individual and institutional investors looking for short-term returns.

The government could lose an estimated Tk 4,000 crore in annual revenue in the upcoming fiscal year 2026-27 due to unrounded cigarette pricing, the Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) said yesterday.

Beximco Pharmaceuticals has moved a step closer to resolving the boardroom standoff that put its London listing at risk, after Bangladesh’s stock regulator gave the company the go-ahead to hold a board meeting and finally sign off on its overdue accounts.

Despite financial distress and liquidation risks facing several non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs), shares of some of these troubled companies still featured among the top gainers in yesterday’s stock market.

Beximco Pharmaceuticals has developed a generic version of a high-cost medicine used to treat cystic fibrosis, a rare genetic disorder that severely affects the lungs and digestive system and can significantly reduce life expectancy.

The government is going to float its first short-term sukuk, a shariah-compliant investment instrument similar to bonds, as strong demand builds among both individual and institutional investors looking for short-term returns.

The government has formed a National Drug Advisory Council to advise the authorities on implementing the National Drug Policy and developing the country's pharmaceutical sector to ensure the availability of essential medicines.

Alan Greenspan, hailed as the greatest Federal Reserve chairman when he retired in 2006 but derided for a severe financial crisis that followed barely two years later, died on Monday aged 100, his wife said.

The central bank has allowed foreign embassies and their authorised visa-processing agents in Bangladesh to collect visa fees in taka and remit the money abroad through banks without needing prior regulatory approval for each transaction

When SpaceX sold shares to the public on Nasdaq on June 12, it became the largest initial public offering in history, raising about $75 billion at a valuation of $1.77 trillion. The size is what draws attention. What should interest Dhaka is the calendar: the company had been private for almost a quarter of a century before that morning.

BBS plans to introduce a data migration and dissemination system, microdata catalogues, metadata, and online access by 2027

He added that a company would ideally be able to open a letter of credit for machinery imports by the 15th day of operations