In a world blinded by wealth and associated power and fame, ethics are often neglected.

The fiscal policy for the ongoing fiscal year has shied away from prioritising macroeconomic stability although several key indicators have come under serious stress owing to internal and external factors, said a noted economist.  

Says economist Zahid Hussain in an interview

Bangladesh secured the top position in garment shipments to the European Union during the January-March period, overtaking China in terms of quantity, as retailers in the trade bloc have started diversifying their sources to reduce overdependence.

Banks will have to keep provisions if the market price of the investments made in listed and non-listed companies falls or their net worth deteriorates, according to the central bank.

The government has decided to buy 70 lakh litres of soybean oil from a local company at Tk 183 per litre for the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh and 1.10 crore litres from US-based company Accentuate Technology Inc at Tk 140 per litre. 

Corporate governance and non-performing loans are now the burning issues in the country’s banking sector, said Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder yesterday. 

An increase in property tax is needed to curb rapid wealth accumulation and rising inequality as the rate in Bangladesh is one of the lowest in the world, said the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and analysts yesterday.

United Commercial Bank (UCB) launched a logo of its “Agro CSR Project 2023” titled “Voroshar Notun Janala.”

BBS Cables Limited has been given the task of supplying copper cables worth Tk 106.19 crore to Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited.

Social Islami Bank Ltd and Southeast Bank Ltd have received permissions from the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) to declare stock dividends for the financial year that ended on December 31, 2022.   

Farhan Talib, regional general manager for Singapore and China at HBL, and Cheng Wei (Amanda), country manager and head of financial institutions of China and branch manager of HBL Beijing, came to visit Bangladesh on Monday.

The first meeting of the newly formed wage board for garment workers in Bangladesh yesterday ended without any proposal for structuring the monthly payments of more than four million apparel workers.

Turnover at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) rose 20 per cent from the previous day to hit a six-month high of Tk 1,109 crore yesterday.

Global Insurance Company Ltd made a Tk 6.61 crore profit in the financial year that ended on December 31, 2022.

According to Hanke’s Annual Misery Index (HAMI) 2022

Senior Commerce Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh shared the information today

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Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque today said the government has significantly reduced the rate of poverty and extreme poverty as promised in the election manifesto of 2008

BTA Wealth Management spent Tk 111 crore for over 2% stakes in IBBL