At the end of last year, defaulted loans in the banking sector stood at Tk 345,765 crore, with those state-run and private commercial banks holding the majority. 

The Bangladesh Jewellers' Association's standing committee on pricing and price monitoring decided at a meeting today, citing a rise in pure gold prices in the local market

It wants the exemption deadline, set to expire on March 31, to be extended until June 30

United Nations believes the graduation would inspire smaller nations, he says

It also suggested reducing the highest income tax rate from 30% to 25%

They blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for an hour, now protesting in front of the factory

The benchmark index rose 0.30% to 5,221 points as of 11:22am

It is second duty cut in 10 days

Implementation of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) has reached its lowest point in at least 12 years, with about Tk 67,550 crore being spent in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (FY), according to available statistics..This means just 24.27 percent of the total outlay

Safety Garments Bangladesh Co Ltd, a Chinese company, is set to invest $12.25 million in the Mongla Export Processing Zone (Mongla EPZ) to establish a high-end garments manufacturing industry.

Habibur Rahman, managing director (MD) and CEO of the South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce Bank (SBAC) PLC, has resigned on personal grounds.

Bangladesh Bank has set a target for banks and financial institutions to disburse 27 percent of their total loans to cottage, micro, small, and medium enterprises (SMEs) by 2029 to promote business growth and employment.

Oil traded higher on Monday after the United States vowed to keep attacking Yemen’s Houthis until the Iran-aligned group ends its assaults on shipping while Chinese economic data fuelled hopes for higher demand.

Safe-haven gold edged higher on Monday after hitting the $3,000-mark last week for the first time, while the market’s focus shifted to the US Federal Reserve’s meeting this week.

Banks and financial institutions have been instructed to allocate 20 percent of their green financing to women entrepreneurs and 25 percent to the cottage, micro, small, and medium enterprise (CMSME) sector.

China on Sunday unveiled an action plan it hopes will help Beijing to overcome stubbornly low consumer demand and meet its ambitious growth target, state news agency Xinhua reported.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on Monday lowered its projections for global growth in 2025 due to “trade barriers” and “uncertainty”.

Bangladesh looks to import more cotton from the US so that both American suppliers and local businesses can benefit and the country can get immunity from Trump’s tariff war, Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain said yesterday.

Agricultural loan disbursement declined, but recovery increased in Bangladesh in the six months to December last year compared to the same period of the previous year.

Private insurer Golden Life Insurance Limited is in crisis as it struggles with a severe cash crunch, unpaid claims and operational breakdowns.