Heidelberg Materials Bangladesh saw its profit decline in the January-March quarter of 2025 due to lower sales.

Runner Automobiles returned to profit in the third quarter of the fiscal year (FY) 2024-25, buoyed by a rise in revenue from its three-wheeler business.

The Detailed Area Plan (DAP) aims to strike a balance between development and sustainability of Dhaka, according to the Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP), as it says relaxing DAP guidelines to favour real estate interests would cause long-term consequences to the liveability of the megacity.

Regulations in the Detailed Area Plan (DAP) are limiting housing responses to meet Dhaka’s growing accommodation needs, according to realtors, as they argue that current urban policies are doing more harm than good.

The government taskforce on capital market reforms submitted its final recommendations on margin rules yesterday, bringing minimal changes to an initial draft.

Imports of tractors and power tillers have fallen this fiscal year owing to higher prices driven by the depreciation of taka against the US dollar and the discontinuation of government subsidies.

This is the swiftest recommendation from the BTRC for any such licence, according to a BTRC official.

Singer Bangladesh, a listed multinational electronics and home appliance seller, saw a massive year-on-year rise in losses in the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 despite registering higher sales, attributing it mainly to high bank loan and operating costs.

The share of credit disbursement to the livestock and poultry subsectors of the agriculture industry slipped slightly in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (FY), according to a report by Bangladesh Bank.

Touted as a historic overhaul, the move has ignited debate over whether it will drive meaningful reform or merely deepen the layers of bureaucracy, given the NBR's persistent failure to meet its targets.

The initiative aims to establish a sophisticated manufacturing facility for high-quality lithium-ion cells, Walton said

Of the 395 issues traded, 235 advanced, 99 declined, and 63 remained unchanged

However, Singer’s sales rose 39 percent year-on-year

The DSEX dropped 37.49 points to reach 4,935.10 as of 11:26 am

The World Bank recently urged Bangladesh to implement a comprehensive set of reforms to restore confidence in our financial system, which has been weakened by poor governance, political interference and related lending.

In a rapidly evolving South Asian trade landscape, HBL Bangladesh (Habib Bank) is carving out a bold and purposeful role for itself – not as a competitor in traditional banking, but as a connector of economies and an enabler of regional trade.

Bangladesh may face political uncertainty and sluggish private investment unless the parliamentary election takes place within the promised timeframe, a leading economist warned yesterday.

Ahsan H Mansur stated that the country's Islamic banking sector would be completely restructured as most of the existing Islamic banks are currently in trouble.

Concerns are increasingly being voiced over the Chattogram port’s largest terminal, New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT), being leased out to a foreign operator, as the interim government furthers the initiative undertaken by the previous Awami League government.

This marked the steepest decline since the Covid-19 pandemic, when roughly 3.8 lakh vehicles were registered with the BRTA