Bangladesh must build an ongoing feedback loop with actual global investors—those managing billions in emerging and frontier market mandates

Only international passenger services, export operations, and budget-related activities were exempted from the strike

Bhattacharya said that increasing tariffs in the name of reciprocity often ends up hurting end consumers

The DSEX gained 15.9 points to 4,796.95 as of 11:32 am

Picture a crowded harbour where the salty seabreeze carries whispers of far-off lands, where merchants of all creed and caste haggle over silks and spices, and where towering ships of all varieties – Chinese junks, Arab dhows, and Portuguese carracks – sway gently in the waters of the Bay of Bengal.

The government will take measures if mobile operators fail to reduce internet prices, said Faiz Ahmad Taiyeb, the special assistant to the chief adviser with executive authority over the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and ICT.

Interest payments and subsidies have absorbed nearly half of Bangladesh’s total budget expenditure in the first seven months of the current fiscal year, underscoring growing fiscal stress and raising concerns over public finances.

Gold prices dropped to their lowest in more than a month on Thursday as investors waited for a key US inflation print for cues into the Federal Reserve’s policy path, while thawing US-China trade tensions dented the bullion’s appeal.

The World Bank has approved $270 million in financing to help Bangladesh recover from the flooding last year and strengthen its resilience to future climate-related disasters.

Pubali Bank PLC saw its earnings increase in the first quarter of the financial year 2025.

Bata Shoe Company (Bangladesh) Ltd’s profit doubled in the first quarter of 2025, driven by higher sales and revenue growth.

If you place a frog in cold water and gradually heat it, the frog won’t react; it just adjusts, thinking “I can handle this”. But as the temperature keeps rising, it reaches a point where the frog realises it must escape. Sadly, by then, it’s too weak to jump. It didn’t die from the heat; it died from not acting in time. That’s the “Boiling Frog Syndrome”.

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has, somewhat unexpectedly, reverted to the exchange rate regime announced on December 31, 2024, effectively transitioning the country into a free-floating currency system.

The US dollar rate remained stable yesterday although Bangladesh adopted a market-based exchange rate regime the day before, giving some relief to businesses and importers.

Protesting officials and employees of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday vowed to continue their pen-down strike on Saturday, pressing a three-point demand, including the repeal of a new ordinance on restructuring the revenue administration.

Bangladesh’s economy is recovering after months of slowdown, with stability returning and confidence growing across various sectors, according to experts.

Bangladesh’s transition from a least developed country (LDC) to a developing one will require a strong focus on quality, regulatory compliance, adherence to global standards, and environmental sustainability, an expert said yesterday..However, as businesses feared an erosion in duty benefi

About 2 lakh tonnes of imported goods left abandoned at Chattogram port alone for years

He went there on leave to see his ailing wife

The revenue administration should become more effective, progressive, and free of corruption, and the reform process must not be used as a tool to serve the vested interests of any particular group, protestors said.