DuSai Resort put up for sale to recover loans

IFIC Bank has moved to auction the DuSai Resort & Spa, a high-end hotel located in Moulvibazar for its failure to repay more than Tk 87.56 crore in loans.
25 June 2018

Russia put in the yards

The lowest-ranked team coming into their own World Cup, Russia have sparkled since the action began -- and perhaps the secret to their success is not just their ability on the ball but good old-fashioned industry.
24 June 2018

Default loans pile up in new banks

Default loans at nine new private banks more than trebled to Tk 1,761 crore in the first quarter of 2018 from the same period a year ago mainly because of illicit lending practices, according to Bangladesh Bank data.
24 June 2018

AIIB bullish on Bangladesh

Bangladesh is progressively becoming one of the more important countries for the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, with the China-led multilateral lender looking to bankroll energy and transport projects in the country.
24 June 2018

Crisis in banks to drag on if steps not taken: CPD

The crisis in the banking sector will linger unless the government takes effective measures to tackle the growing trend of financial scams and bad loans, said analysts yesterday.
24 June 2018

MTB gets $20m term loan from Norfund

Norfund, an active strategic minority investor wholly owned and funded by the Norwegian government, will provide a concessional loan of $20 million to Mutual Trust Bank for socio-economic development of Bangladesh.
21 June 2018

VAT on internet use to go down

The value-added tax on internet use might be cut by 5 percentage points from the existing 15 percent to meet a longstanding demand of the ICT businesses.
21 June 2018

83 per cent television viewers still watch BTV, Inu tells JS

Though there are many private television channels in the country, 83 per cent television viewers still watch Bangladesh Television (BTV), Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu tells Parliament.
21 June 2018

Making sense of trade policy directions in budget

Annual budgets are widely reported and its components hotly debated, as it usually provides insights on the direction of overall public policy that impinges on a broad spectrum of our lives and livelihoods.
20 June 2018

Samsung halts local make of 1 lakh phones

Samsung halts local assembly of one lakh pieces of 4G enabled smartphones because of the sudden 15 per cent hike in VAT in the proposed budget.
20 June 2018

Pvt banks decide to lower lending, deposit rates

The owners of private commercial banks have decided to bring down the lending rate at 9 per cent and deposit rate at 6 per cent from next month.
20 June 2018

BASIC Bank scam: ACC to file plea challenging ex-DMD's bail

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will file six appeals with the Supreme Court challenging the High Court verdict that granted bail to Fazlus Sobhan, former deputy managing director of BASIC Bank, in six loan-scam cases.
19 June 2018

State banks sit with most default loans

Eight state-run banks accounted for more than half of the Tk 88,589 crore default loans in the banking sector at the end of the first quarter of 2018 as their unbridled indiscipline continues to weigh down the entire industry.
14 June 2018

Etihad Airways to wind up Bangladesh operations in Oct

Etihad Airways is set to suspend its flights between Abu Dhabi and Dhaka from October 1, making it the fourth airline to suspend operations in Bangladesh in recent times.
14 June 2018

Forex market still volatile

Bangladesh Bank has failed to cool down the volatility in the foreign exchange market despite an injection of more than $2.30 billion so far in fiscal 2017-18.
13 June 2018

Cut dependence on VAT to protect poor: EquityBD

An alliance of 20 local non-governmental and civil society organisations yesterday urged the government to cut dependence on value added tax (VAT), as it takes a heavy toll on the poor.
13 June 2018

No VAT on remittance

No value added tax (VAT) has been slapped on inward remittance, the National Board of Revenue said yesterday.
13 June 2018

No VAT on remittance: NBR

No VAT or tax has been imposed on remittance in the proposed budget for 2018-19 fiscal year, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) says.
13 June 2018

Muhith under attack in JS for mollycoddling banks

Opposition MPs continue their scathing attacks on Finance Minister AMA Muhith in Parliament for his 'failure' to restore discipline in the banking sector.
12 June 2018

Muhith keeps mum on banking sector

Nothing budges Finance Minister AMA Muhith after yesterday’s spree of attacks as he kept from commenting over the banking sector at parliament today.
11 June 2018