Gold will be sold at Tk 208,272 per bhori, down by Tk 5,446 or 2.54 percent from Tk 213,719 per bhori

The country’s economy has returned to a positive trajectory across all key indicators, including exports, foreign investment, and forex reserves, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus said yesterday.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will engage with the next government before finalising the upcoming loan review for Bangladesh, said Chris Papageorgiou, IMF mission chief to Bangladesh.

Says president of DSE Brokers’ Association of Bangladesh

Government, the private sector and development partners must work together to unlock and expand supply chain opportunities in Bangladesh, experts said.

It can facilitate foreign funds to development projects

Bangladesh Bank-appointed administrators yesterday took charge of five shariah-based banks slated for merger as part of a resolution process aimed at restoring governance and strengthening accountability in the troubled lenders.

Rural Bangladeshis who own mobile phones earn significantly more from non-farming activities than those without one, underscoring how digital connectivity is reshaping livelihoods outside agriculture, according to a new study by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

ChatGPT creator OpenAI, the world’s largest private company, is asking the US government to provide loan guarantees for its massive infrastructure expansion that will eventually cost more than $1 trillion.

China has booked two cargoes of US wheat following last week’s meeting between the countries’ leaders, traders said on Thursday, the first such purchases since October last year, signalling easing trade tensions between Washington and Beijing.

Inconsistent policies are another big reason behind the market not appearing attractive to investors

Govt amending import rules so factories can get all raw materials from buyers, instead of the current 50% limit

Multinational companies in Bangladesh are seeing rising sales as consumer demand recovers

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?”

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.

Dehydration cuts mango spoilage, boosts profits

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

The initiative is set to be effective from January 1

Troubled non-banks are currently unable to finance new businesses, says association chairman

BigMint projects a turnaround in FY27