Internet prices may rise under proposed guideline

The proposed regulatory and licensing guidelines for broadband service providers could increase internet costs for users by at least 20 percent due to new fees and charges.
3 November 2025

SMEs need digital tools, not just credit

The interim government’s new SME reform package, though well intentioned, misunderstands the challenges facing genuine small businesses. One of the measures removes the rule requiring entrepreneurs to keep 10 percent of export proceeds in banks. While this may ease cash flow for established exporters, it obscures the reality for small businesses such as street-side artisans, tech startup founders and women running food processing units from home.
3 November 2025

Regulatory coordination vital to revive banking sector: experts

Experts underscored the need for a unified approach involving the Bangladesh Bank
3 November 2025

Bay terminal to go into operation by 2030: CPA chairman

The much-anticipated Bay Terminal of the Chattogram port is expected to go into operation by 2030, said Rear Admiral SM Moniruzzaman, chairman of Chittagong Port Authority (CPA).
3 November 2025

DSE cancels licences of two brokerages

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has moved to cancel the Trading Right Entitlement Certificates (TREC) of Mahid Securities and Al Haramain Securities Ltd for violating securities rules.
3 November 2025

Groceries may cost less next year if dollar stays stable

World Bank says global commodity prices will hit six-year low in 2026
3 November 2025

RMG worker’s death sparks protest, highway blocked in Narayanganj

Workers allege Rina was denied sick leave and forced to continue working
3 November 2025

SME Foundation to organise National SME Business Plan Competition

The last date for application submission is November 20
3 November 2025

Enamul Haque Khan, new president of Bajus

He was elected unopposed for the 2025-2027 term
3 November 2025

Exports fall 7.43% in October

Merchandise shipments earned $3.82 billion for Bangladesh in the month
3 November 2025

Credit growth slowdown: a chance to regain momentum

Credit growth reflects business confidence and investment appetite
3 November 2025

Credit growth slowdown: a chance to regain momentum

Credit growth reflects business confidence and investment appetite
3 November 2025

Saiful Islam re-elected president of DSE Brokers’ Association

The DBA announced the results through a press release today
3 November 2025

Bangladesh imports over 1.17 lakh tonnes of US wheat so far this fiscal year

A ship carrying around 61,000 tonnes of wheat from the US has arrived at the outer berth of Chattogram Port
3 November 2025

Dhaka stocks extend losses in morning trade

The DSEX dropped 7.76 points to 5,108.12 by 12:18 pm
3 November 2025

The best dollar debasement trade is to do nothing

Debasement – the deliberate devaluation of the currency unit in terms of real goods and services to render debts less onerous – is as old as money itself. Nicolas Oresme, Europe’s first serious monetary theorist, devoted his 1360 “Treatise on Money” to inveighing against medieval sovereigns’ addiction to the evil practice: “Can any words be too strong to express how unjust, how detestable it is, especially in a prince, to reduce the weight without altering the mark?”
2 November 2025

Gold price slips 1%

Gold prices fell by 1 percent on Friday, weighed down by uncertainty over another US Federal Reserve interest rate cut this year, but the metal remained poised for a third straight monthly gain.
2 November 2025

How to earn big by drying mangoes once destined to rot

Dehydration cuts mango spoilage, boosts profits
2 November 2025

Remittance rises 7% in October, but growth slows

Bangladesh has been witnessing a growing trend in remittance inflows since December last year
2 November 2025

Govt to amend import policy to facilitate exports

CA office reports significant progress in trade and investment reforms
2 November 2025