Frequent changes in tax policies and high effective tax rates are undermining the business climate and discouraging future investments, businesspeople said yesterday.

The activities of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission came to a halt yesterday due to officials’ protest against the forced retirement of Saifur Rahman, an executive director.

However, the company declares a 520 per cent cash dividend for its shareholders, the highest in five years

The DSEX rose 0.29% to 5,209.62 points as of 11.40am

The United States has urged Bangladesh to align its domestic labour laws with international standards, according to the 2025 Trade Policy Agenda and 2024 Annual Report published yesterday by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR).

663 unique investors participate in the long-term bond

The benchmark index of the premier bourse fell by 0.09 percent to 5,215.61 points as of 11:52 am

The benchmark index lost 0.04% to 5,234 points as of 11.10 am

The Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) has called for stricter monitoring to ensure the proper utilisation of imported industrial salt in order to protect the interests of local salt producers.

Ring Shine Textiles reported a decline in its financial performance for the October–December quarter of 2024, as the company's losses deepened year-on-year.

In a step towards expanding Bangladesh's export market, Pran-RFL Group, one of Bangladesh's leading conglomerates, signed an agreement with China's Haitian Group to enhance its production capacity and boost exports of household plastic goods through a Tk 200 crore project.

The workers placed a 13-point demand

Migrants sent home $2.52 billion in February

The company will transfer all Intraco Automobiles investments to its Bhola non-pipe gas unit

The DSEX rose 0.6 points to 5,246.69 as of 12.36pm

The government will create a private sector advisory council which will advise the interim government on what needs to be done to improve the business ecosystem, said Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun, executive chairman of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (Bida), on Wednesday.

From tomorrow, each bhori of 22-carat gold will cost Tk 150,862

Artificial intelligence (AI)-based credit scoring can help small businesses, especially women entrepreneurs, get loans without collateral, according to experts.

Dhaka Chamber president led a 29-member delegation to the Dubai-Bangladesh Business Briefing in the UAE

The interim government has not pursued significant reforms in the insurance sector