Loan recovery from top 20 defaulters stalls

As of December 2024, the top 20 borrowers owed Tk 85,444 crore
2 October 2025, 18:18 PM

Purpose beyond profit

A CEO in Dhaka once gathered his managers and declared with great seriousness, “Our company has only one purpose: to maximise profit.
2 October 2025, 18:00 PM

UN support for LDC review: Helpful, but won’t guarantee deferment, say economists

The review is expected to start within a month and conclude by mid-January 2026
2 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh drew less than 5% of S Asia’s logistics FDI: report

Bangladesh has attracted $1.8 billion in greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) in logistics between 2019 and 2024, accounting for 4.9 percent of South Asia’s total, according to a report by GlobalData and the International Finance Corporation (IFC).
2 October 2025, 18:00 PM

ADB to cancel or redirect $408m amid project delays

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will cancel or redirect around $408 million from projects in Bangladesh this year due to prolonged implementation delays, even as several ADB-funded schemes made progress.
2 October 2025, 18:00 PM

As bond yields fall, will lending rate decline?

Bangladesh Bank has been maintaining a contractionary monetary policy stance for nearly two years to bring down inflation
2 October 2025, 14:40 PM

Potato price dips below Tk 20/kg amid oversupply

Potato prices across Bangladesh have plunged below Tk 20 per kilogramme from Tk 25 a month ago, leaving farmers reeling from losses even as the government struggles to contain the market glut..Stakeholders blame the government for failing to implement its announced measures, including a mi
2 October 2025, 14:33 PM

City Bank gets $75 million from AIIB, NDB

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the New Development Bank (NDB), two global multilateral development banks, will provide City Bank PLC $75 million in long-term financing for private sector projects with a strong focus on renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure..T
2 October 2025, 12:38 PM

ADB signs $30m sustainability-linked loan with Envoy Textiles

Sustainability-linked loan advances Envoy’s yarn production and solar energy capacity
2 October 2025, 06:20 AM

Eurozone inflation accelerates

Eurozone inflation edged up in September buoyed by energy costs, official data showed Wednesday, reinforcing expectations the European Central Bank will not make further interest rate cuts this year.
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Hit by Trump tariffs, rest of world races to forge new trade alliances

US President Donald Trump’s import tariffs have breathed life into dormant free trade talks across the globe and driven alliances at an unrivalled pace between partners seeking to offset lost exports to the United States.
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Govt to revamp fisheries policy eyeing chemical-free fish

The interim government is seeking to introduce sweeping reforms in the fisheries sector,  aiming to ensure  safe fish free of chemical, microbiological and hazardous elements.
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Customers still chasing refunds after e-commerce scams

Tk 58cr stuck in payment gateways as government efforts stall
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Construction slump pushes steel industry into deep crisis

Manufacturers say many factories closed while others sell at a loss just to meet loan instalments
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM

No approval needed to extend outsourced services for ADP

The interim government has withdrawn a requirement for outsourced personnel to renew approvals for working in annual development programmes (ADP).
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Telcos allowed to use Voice over Wi-Fi to improve call quality

VoWiFi pilot greenlighted for GP, Banglalink, promising uninterrupted voice calls indoors
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Slow GDP growth poses serious social consequences

The national economy of Bangladesh is facing one of its toughest tests in decades. The provisional GDP growth for this fiscal year is only 3.97 percent, the lowest in 34 years apart from the pandemic period. It is true that a sluggish growth rate can have different interpretations when compared with previous years, but few can deny the adverse state of many economic indicators even after more than a year of the interim government.
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM

India central bank holds rates

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept its policy rate unchanged on Wednesday, signalling room to lower rates in December as it assesses the impact of domestic tax cuts and punitive US tariffs on the South Asian economy.
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Overdue farm loans rise sharply despite higher recovery

.Overdue loans given by banks to the farm sector rose further in July, signalling growing repayment stress and rising credit risk in the agricultural sector, according to a Bangladesh Bank (BB) report released this week...Unpaid loans almost doubled to Tk 23,806 crore at the en
1 October 2025, 15:27 PM

Economic recovery at risk from tariffs, inflation: ADB

Bangladesh’s growth prospects face headwinds from global trade shocks, persistent inflation, and domestic financial sector fragilities, the Asian Development Bank has warned, even as the economy is expected to expand moderately in the current fiscal year.
30 September 2025, 18:19 PM