The financial health of First Security Islami Bank PLC has turned so dire that it is now paying staff salaries directly from depositors’ money, according to a Bangladesh Bank (BB) document.

Bangladesh’s banking sector is fragile, strained by non-performing loans (NPLs), poor governance, weak regulations and a trail of scandals. At a time when public trust in banks is thin, the role of auditors as the last line of defence has never been more critical. Yet auditors have often failed to deliver robust scrutiny, not least because statutory audit fees have traditionally been set too low to support meaningful oversight.

Law to establish commercial court to be drafted within a month

Dairy development board to help farmers, reduce imports

Cabinet committee greenlights significant imports to secure energy, food supply

The drug is supplied from Renata’s UK MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency)-approved potent product facility

Export earnings dip in August driven by sluggish garment sector

The DSEX gained 21.84 points, to 5,605 by 12:24 pm

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has cut the annual fee for maintaining Beneficiary Owners’ (BO) accounts to Tk 150, down from Tk 450.

The urgency to establish a universal social protection system has never been greater for Bangladesh, Planning Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud said yesterday, as the country moves towards upper-middle-income status.

Bangladesh's remittance inflow continues upward trend with 9 percent growth

5G technology makes its debut in Bangladesh after years of delays

Between 13 July and August, the central bank bought $948 million from commercial banks through seven auctions

Chattogram port, Bangladesh’s busiest maritime gateway, plays a central role in the country’s trade, handling nearly 95 percent of imports and exports. Its smooth operation is critical not only for the $100 billion maritime trade it facilitates annually but also for the broader competitiveness of Bangladesh’s economy as it prepares to graduate from Least Developed Country status.

Ahead of the country’s scheduled graduation from the least developed country (LDC) category in November next year, former BGMEA president Rubana Huq says Bangladesh needs at least another five years to prepare for the transition.

When Washington imposed a 50 percent tariff on Indian garments this week, it did not just rattle New Delhi. It cracked open a multi-billion-dollar market window that will not stay open for long. For Bangladesh, the stakes could not be clearer: move quickly and claim this ground, or watch rivals take it away.

Euro zone factory activity expanded for the first time since mid-2022 as domestic demand offset the impact from US tariffs while the Asian manufacturing sector saw shrinkage, private surveys showed on Monday.

India is not “profiteering” from Russian oil imports and its purchases have stabilised markets while keeping prices from rising to as much as $200 a barrel, Hardeep Singh Puri, country’s oil minister, said in the Hindu newspaper on Monday.

The dollar hit a five-week low on Monday as investors looked ahead to a raft of US labour market data this week that could affect expectations for the Federal Reserve’s monetary easing path.

Low development spending leads to a sharp decline in government borrowing