The new pay structure may be partially implemented from January 1 this year

The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (Bida) yesterday signed memorandums of understanding with 11 institutions to bring them under its one-stop service (OSS) portal, expanding access to investment-related services through a single digital platform.

As Bangladesh approaches the 2026 national election, the business community is examining political manifestos with greater urgency and realism.

Russia has handed over 30,000 tonnes of muriate of potash (MOP) fertiliser to Bangladesh as a gift under the framework of the World Food Programme (WFP).

The country’s stock market rose for the second day in a row yesterday, indicating growing investor confidence as the upcoming national election nears.

The government has decided to sell properties owned by Nassa Group to clear outstanding wages and service benefits for its workers, Labour and Employment Adviser M Sakhawat Hussain said on Sunday.

The stock market regulator has rejected bond issuance proposals worth Tk 2,100 crore from several banks that had earlier received no-objection certificates from the Bangladesh Bank (BB).

Local apparel exporters have opposed the commerce ministry’s recommendation to remove duty benefits on certain yarn imports under the bonded warehouse facility.

Recent regulatory moves forcing banks to more accurately recognise and report defaulted loans have laid bare deep weaknesses in the banking system, underscoring the need for stronger discipline, risk management and governance, the International Chamber of Commerce-Bangladesh (ICCB) has said.

Ahsan H Mansur attends a seminar on the Purchasing Managers Index, jointly organised by the MCCI and Policy Exchange Bangladesh

A deputy minister of Afghanistan, now in Dhaka, met commerce secretary

Each bhori of 22-carat gold will cost Tk 2.38 lakh from tomorrow

MetLife best in life insurance category, Pragati in non-life

57,203 tonnes of wheat came this time and total 220,000 tonnes will be imported

Many professionals are earning income in foreign currency, which is then remitted to Bangladesh through formal banking channels

Uralchem, a leading fertiliser manufacturing company in Russia, delivered the fertiliser

The demand was made at a joint press conference today

This is subject to court orders, said Labour and Employment Adviser M Sakhawat Hussain

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has carried out major legal reforms in the stock market, said its chairman, Khondoker Rashed Maqsood.

The US Supreme Court signaled four months into Donald Trump’s second presidential term last year its interest in shielding the Federal Reserve from political interference. When the justices on Wednesday consider the legality of his bid to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook, their willingness to preserve the US central bank’s independence will be ​put to the test.