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Bandhan Bank to offer about 119m shares in IPO

Bandhan Bank Ltd will offer about 119.3 million shares under its initial public offering, according to a public filing on Monday.
1 January 2018

Novo Nordisk to continue investing in Bangladesh to fight diabetes

Novo Nordisk will keep investing heavily in Bangladesh in order to raise awareness about diabetes and make high quality products
1 January 2018

SIM re-registration reins in illegal voice calls

Mobile operators in 2016-17 deactivated 15.57 lakh SIM cards allegedly being used for illicit businesses, such as
1 January 2018

Congestion pulls down growth rate to five-year low

Chittagong port handled about 2.56 million twenty-foot equivalent units of import, export and empty containers last year, up 9.36
1 January 2018

Remittance slumps to six-year low

Remittance dropped to a six-year low to $13.53 billion in 2017 as many expatriate Bangladeshis sent money home
1 January 2018

Explore new markets, improve quality of products: Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the businessmen to explore new markets and improve quality of
1 January 2018

2017 marked by consumers' woes

Since early morning yesterday, Shaikh Masum Bellah has been recollecting the year that just passed by and the factors that affected his
31 December 2017

ACC grills ex-MD of AB Bank over money laundering

The Anti Corruption Commission yesterday interrogated AB Bank's former managing director Shamim Ahmed Chaudhury and former
31 December 2017

Bangladesh, China should work together for a better future

China is ready to synergise its 13th Five-Year Plan with Bangladesh's Seventh Five-Year Plan with the view to leveraging the respective
31 December 2017

Single VAT rate foolish: Muhith

Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday termed “foolish” the single VAT rate prescribed by International Monetary Fund, rowing back
31 December 2017

Forex reserves may come under strain

Bangladesh's external sector is set to pass through turbulence in 2018 given the anticipated surge in food import, petroleum price in
31 December 2017

Banks' operating profits soar

Most of the private banks' operating profits soared -- ranging between 10 percent and 60 percent -- in the outgoing year on the back
31 December 2017

India likens crypto cash to Ponzi schemes

India warned Friday against investing in cryptocurrencies including bitcoin, likening them to "Ponzi schemes", as it became the latest country to urge caution.
30 December 2017

Finance ministry can't avoid responsibility for banking sector woes

The finance ministry cannot avoid responsibility for the current wobbly state of the banking sector, said Khondkar Ibrahim Khaled, a former deputy governor of the Bangladesh Bank.
30 December 2017

EBL introduces artificial intelligence for faster services

Eastern Bank Ltd has launched the country's first ever artificial intelligence-based chatbot to render faster services to clients, in a
30 December 2017

Govt earns Tk 111cr from land ports: minister

The government earned Tk 111 crore in revenues from the country's land ports this year, much higher from Tk 28 crore in 2009,
30 December 2017

Private sector credit growth hits 19pc

Private sector credit growth continued its ascent in November, crossing the 19 percent-mark last month on the back of banks'
30 December 2017

Banks should manage liquidity with caution

Senior bankers and experts suggest Bangladesh's banks be cautious in liquidity management from the start of 2018 as a majority of
30 December 2017

No relief from high food prices in 2018

Inflation is likely to edge upwards in 2018 upon food price rises, according to economists, in a projection that is bound to cast a gloom upon the low-income families.
30 December 2017

BB warns against cryptocurrencies

Bangladesh Bank has issued a cautionary notification against settling online transactions in virtual currencies like Bitcoin.
28 December 2017