Lending rates to be brought down to a tolerable level: Commerce minister
2 hour(s) ago
Business
Policy inconsistency in deemed exports: implications for domestic industry
2 hour(s) ago
Business
Govt hikes soybean oil prices
2 hour(s) ago
Business
All sectors to get export benefits like RMG: finance minister
6 hour(s) ago
Business
BSEC bans three audit firms, four auditors over audit failures
29 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Economy
Bottled soybean oil becomes scarce
29 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Business
Govt’s heavy bank borrowing to curb private credit: BEA
29 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Business
Exports demand-driven, no overcapacity
29 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Economy
Gas price hike fuels energy inflation: BB
29 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Economy
BB eases incentive bonus rules for bank staff
29 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Economy
NCC Bank director to sell 1.11 crore shares
Sohela Hossain, a sponsor director of National Credit and Commerce Bank PLC (NCC Bank), has expressed her intention to sell 1.11 crore shares from her holding of 3.57 crore shares.
17 June 2025, 22:35 PM
No immediate fuel price hike
The government will not immediately increase fuel prices, even if oil prices rise in the international market due to the Israel-Iran conflict, said Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed yesterday.
17 June 2025, 22:05 PM
Google Pay to launch in Bangladesh next week
Google Pay is set to be launched in Bangladesh by the middle of next week, ushering in a new era of seamless digital transactions for consumers.
17 June 2025, 21:58 PM
Dreamliner fleet: Biman begins precautionary inspection
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has initiated a series of precautionary inspections across its entire Boeing Dreamliner fleet to ensure safety and operational integrity.
17 June 2025, 20:32 PM
Idra opens special audits into 15 life insurers
The Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (Idra) has appointed audit firms to carry out special audits of 15 life insurance companies for the 2022-2024 period to uncover possible irregularities as claim settlements continued to mount.
17 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Ten banks hold 71% of total bad loans
Just ten banks, both state-owned and private, account for 71 percent of all non-performing loans (NPLs) in the country’s banking sector.
17 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Beijing has more at stake in Iran besides just oil
Beijing has far more at stake in Iran besides just oil. China has not only benefited from importing heavily discounted Iranian crude, it has inched up its strategic infrastructure investments into the country since the duo signed a $400 billion pact in 2021. If the regime in Tehran is severely weakened or changes, China also will lose a key diplomatic lever in the Middle East.
17 June 2025, 18:00 PM
FY26 budget is far from expectations
Among many other things, the current interim government is pro-reform in many sectors. Unfortunately, there is almost no reflection of this in the recently presented budget.
17 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Losses mount as rough weather hits post-ban fishing
Mohammad Manjur, along with 22 other fishermen, ventured out into the Bay of Bengal in the early hours of June 12, just after a 58-day fishing ban was lifted.
17 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh to follow WTO mechanism to deal with Trump tariff
Bangladesh will propose to provide duty facilities to the US under a multilateral trading mechanism to retain low tariffs, as the 90-day pause of Trump’s reciprocal tariffs will come to an end on July 8.
17 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Distressed asset law in the making to tackle NPLs
The interim government is formulating a distressed asset management ordinance that could pave the way for a state-owned corporation to buy and trade troubled assets from banks and non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs).
17 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Include CMAs in national audit framework: ICMAB president
He says at a press briefing at the ERF
17 June 2025, 14:07 PM
Stocks end three-day rally
The DSEX lost 43.97 points to close at 4,739.68
17 June 2025, 10:30 AM
Stocks rise in morning trade
The DSEX gained 6.02 points to 4,789.68 as of 11:06 am
17 June 2025, 05:14 AM
Ctg port sets new container handling record
Chattogram port has set a new record for container handling, surpassing last year's total even before the current fiscal year ends in June, according to a statement by the Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) yesterday.
16 June 2025, 21:46 PM
Govt to nearly double food storage capacity
The interim government has planned to nearly double its public food storage capacity to 37 lakh tonnes in the next fiscal year.
16 June 2025, 21:36 PM
Outstanding debt up 3% in first half of FY25
Bangladesh's total debt reached Tk 1,944,171 crore by December 2024, increasing debt servicing pressure
16 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Tk 141,000cr needed in June to attain tax goal
NBR faces Tk 141,000 crore June target; analysts cite target impossible
16 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Iran-Israel war may pose new challenge to RMG sector: BGMEA
Iran-Israel conflict threatens Bangladesh RMG with rising costs; new BGMEA president outlines challenges
16 June 2025, 18:00 PM
Provision shortfall at banks widens six times
Bangladesh's banking provision shortfall soared six-fold to Tk 170,655 crore, due to soaring bad loans
16 June 2025, 18:00 PM