Government-owned banks and non-bank financial institutions yesterday highlighted 25 innovative initiatives that offer various financial services to customers.

Foreign currencies held by commercial banks in Bangladesh are on the decline due to high demand, indicating growing pressure on the country’s external sector.

Ecnec approved the project titled “Modernisation of City Street Light System under Chattogram City Corporation”

PM’s Adviser Salman F Rahman says at BASIS event

Sk Md Rezaul Islam, former additional secretary, will be the new administrator with immediate effect

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has awarded a feasibility study grant to Bangladeshi telecom company CdNet Communications Ltd (CdNet) to expand reliable internet connectivity across Bangladesh through the development of the Bangladesh International Submarine Cable (Bagha-1).

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) issued a directive yesterday repealing one criterion and adding a new one for companies to be listed as junk.

The Power Grid Company Ltd on Sunday got the go-ahead from the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) to issue preference shares against its share money deposit

It was a pretty good project for SkyTech Solutions for the last few years: generating earnings of $8.5 per hour for each of over 50 people.

The profit margin of Grameenphone Ltd was around seven times more than that of Robi Axiata Ltd in 2023.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is likely to introduce self-assessment for companies from 2024-25 to allow them to determine their own tax liabilities and cut reliance on taxmen.

Tech giants like Amazon and Alibaba are generating millions of dollars in revenue from Bangladesh selling garments made locally in the absence of a homegrown digital marketplace capable of engaging in international trade.

Agents disbursed Tk 16,482.5 crore loans as of March this year, up from Tk 11,667 crore in March last year

Bangladesh’s economy has grown at a faster pace, albeit marginally, in the current fiscal year than the previous one although the production of industrial goods and agricultural commodities recorded reduced growth.

Shares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) fell for the sixth consecutive day yesterday thanks mainly to the price erosion of several large-cap scrips.

Though the government allocates Tk 100 crore in the national budget every year for the development of women entrepreneurship, not a single penny of this money gets used as the entrepreneurs lack awareness on how to ensure optimum utilisation of the fund.

The budget session of this year will begin from June 5. The House will go into sitting at 5:00pm, said a press release of the Parliament Secretariat. This will be the third session of 12th parliament. President Mohammed Shahabuddin convened the budget session today exercising the power bestowed upon him as per clause (1) of article 72 of the constitution.

In its effort to arrest the fall in forex reserves and bring unrealised export proceeds into the country, the Bangladesh Bank today allowed bankers to offer the existing US dollar exchange rate to exporters.

26 managing directors are going on invitation to attend Annual US-Bangladesh Bilateral Banking Dialogue

Large-cap shares continue to see price erosions