BSEC fined manipulators Tk 1,488cr in last 1.5 years
11 March 2026, 00:00 AM
Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) fined individuals, intermediaries and firms a total of Tk 1,488 crore for their involvement in stock market manipulation during the interim government’s tenure. So far, the commission has received Tk 5.23 crore of the total fine amount.
11 March 2026, 00:00 AM
Stabilised economy, but many reforms left unfinished
26 February 2026, 00:00 AM
When Ahsan Habib Mansur assumed office in the second week of August 2024 following a mass uprising, the financial reality was precarious.
26 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Salehuddin leaves office outlining 20 priority tasks for Khosru
22 February 2026, 00:00 AM
The list includes managing high inflation, weak tax collection, rising debt
22 February 2026, 00:00 AM
LDC graduation: Government asks UN for three-year deferment
20 February 2026, 02:36 AM
The government, on its first full day in office, formally sought a three-year deferral of Bangladesh’s graduation from the least developed country (LDC) category.
20 February 2026, 02:36 AM
Interim govt stopped macro bleeding but couldn’t reignite growth
18 February 2026, 00:00 AM
When the interim government assumed office around 18 months ago, it inherited an economy under severe strain.
18 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Cool prices, create new jobs
15 February 2026, 00:44 AM
Economists urge the next government
15 February 2026, 00:44 AM
Election stirs stock revival hopes, but history says otherwise
11 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Elections rarely spark dramatic rallies in Bangladesh’s stock market. The trend has been consistent at least in the last six parliamentary elections. Yet, stakeholders hope this time will be different.
11 February 2026, 00:00 AM
News Analysis / BNP’s trillion-dollar ambition: Is the path slippery?
8 February 2026, 03:36 AM
The economic goals outlined in the BNP’s election manifesto read like a calculated challenge. It presents the coming decade as a stark choice:
8 February 2026, 03:36 AM
Rupali’s secondary offering plan back on track
The plan to offload an additional 15.2 per cent shares of state-run Rupali Bank has been revived after a delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the lender’s preoccupation in disbursing stimulus packages.
22 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Brokers can soon buy more stocks without keeping security
The Dhaka Stock Exchange is coming to the rescue of stockbrokers as the premier bourse is set to increase their share buying capacity without the need to keep security deposits.
22 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Investors suffer for slow DSE website
Investors suffered yesterday as they were unable to access information on time as the website of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) was slow to load.
19 August 2020, 18:00 PM
BSEC orders firms to report on lending to sister concerns
The stock market regulator has asked all listed companies to inform it whether they are lending to their associated and sister companies at the expense of general investors, in another bold step from the new top brass.
18 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Banks dive into Treasury bills, bonds as interest income falls
Listed banks increased their investment in government and corporate bonds, securities and stocks in the second quarter of 2020 to offset the loss in interest income caused by the ceiling on lending rates.
17 August 2020, 18:00 PM
AB Bank puts Aman Feed’s factory and land on sale for failure to pay loans
AB Bank has put the factory of Aman Feed and its collateral on sale for its failure to pay Tk 268.40 crore in loans and interest within the sanctioned timeframe of July.
15 August 2020, 18:00 PM
ACI Motors lands Tk 126cr in foreign investment
ACI Motors is set to secure an equity-based foreign investment of Tk 126 crore from two companies as it landed its first foreign investment.
15 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Bourse revving up to fire on all cylinders
The stock market has started to bounce back despite the ongoing pandemic thanks mainly to investors’ growing confidence in the new leadership at the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) as they took some measures to restore discipline.
12 August 2020, 18:00 PM
State firms call for guidelines on how to set the value for share money deposit
Listed firms have called upon the regulators to introduce guidelines on how to set the share value that the companies have to issue against share money deposit.
11 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Pragati Insurance’s financial reports fall foul of watchdog rules
Anomalies in preparing financial reports of listed companies are not rare in Bangladesh and the authorities have tracked down yet another case.
9 August 2020, 18:00 PM
BSEC has a grand plan to crack down on junk stocks
The new governing body of the stock market regulator, it seems, is earnest in its efforts to straighten out the bourse that has long been a playground for rogue players.
8 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Interest rate cap, pandemic battered City’s fortunes in 2020
City Bank’s profit tumbled 42 per cent in the first half of 2020 due to the new interest rate regime and disruption in business caused by the pandemic.
6 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Runner Auto bringing KTM motorcycles to Bangladesh
The famed off-road motorcycles of KTM would soon be available in Bangladesh thanks to Runner Automobiles, which yesterday announced an agreement with Bajaj Auto that part-owns the Austrian bike brand to become its authorised distributor.
6 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Walton, a local household name, now wants the world to take to its products
It will take no less than a year from hereon for normalcy to return to businesses that have been devastated in the past four months following the novel coronavirus outbreak, said SM Ashraful Alam, managing director of Walton Hi-tech Industries.
6 August 2020, 18:00 PM
The stunning fall from grace of Keya Cosmetics, a once beloved brand
Keya Cosmetics becomes a textbook case of how a high-flying company falls from grace in fits and starts.
6 August 2020, 18:00 PM
SS Steel to acquire Saleh Steel
SS Steel, a newly listed company, plans to acquire Saleh Steel Industries with the view to staking a larger claim on the Tk 55,000 crore-industry, in yet another indication of the impending recovery of the Bangladesh economy from the fallout of the global coronavirus pandemic.
4 August 2020, 17:11 PM
No surprises as banks’ profits plummet in the second quarter
The expected happened. Banks’ profits were supposed to take a massive hit in the second quarter of 2020, and that took place.
30 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Market raises toast to expansionary monetary policy
Stock investors yesterday welcomed the expansionary monetary policy unveiled by the central bank, hoping it would rejuvenate the battered economy and persuade institutional investors to pour money into the capital market.
29 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Bata Shoe sinks into losses for the first time in its 58-year stay in Bangladesh
Footwear giant Bata Shoe has incurred losses for the first time in Bangladesh as it missed the country’s main shopping season after people’s income was wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic.
28 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Reckitt Benckiser profits off people’s heightened hygiene habits amid pandemic
Reckitt Benckiser Bangladesh witnessed robust growth in sales and profits in the pandemic-ravaged first half of 2020 on the back of higher sales of hygiene products.
27 July 2020, 18:00 PM