Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed speaks to The Daily Star

The authorities are drafting amendments to the Competition Commission Act, enacted in 2012, to establish clearer criteria for identifying dominant market players across various sectors, according to officials.

Factory output in China grew at a faster rate than expected last month, official data showed Monday, weathering a brutal trade war with Washington.

Credible financial reporting is a matter of public confidence, yet in many cases, it has failed to meet expectations, especially in recent times. Debates and discussions have taken centre stage, with arguments and counterarguments being fervently exchanged. Let us revisit the fundamentals.

Markets appear to be writing off the latest Sino-American trade conflict as quickly as they priced it in. China’s benchmark CSI 300 index is up 1.4 percent this year, marking a full recovery from its sharp drop in early April after President Donald Trump announced a 34 percent reciprocal tariff on Chinese goods, which swiftly spiralled into triple-digit retaliatory levies. The latter has been cancelled and the former suspended for 90 days, leaving the official reciprocal charge at 10 percent, level with other countries.

Bangladesh Bank has instructed banks to bar fund transfers by Nagad while keeping the mobile financial services available to customers.

Jobs in Bangladesh are not being created in line with the demand from its youth population, leading to a rise in unemployment despite the urgent need for more job opportunities.

Nearly two-thirds of the allocations under this fiscal year’s social security budget do not qualify as genuine social protection spending, according to a study by the Citizens Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh.

The debate over whether to lease out the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) at Chittagong Port to a foreign operator is intensifying, with political parties, including the BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami, and left-leaning groups, uniting in opposition.

As a result, severe traffic congestion was reported on both the Agrabad-Patenga and Patenga-Ring roads since 2:00pm

The government implemented only 41% of ADP in 10 months

Bangladesh shipped $5.98 billion worth of apparels to the EU in the first three months of 2025

The silver lining is that the economy isn’t falling apart

The DSEX dropped 14.75 points to 4,776.33

Daily exports through the port halved after the restriction

“If there is no stability in the economy, no other reform will be sustainable,” he said.

The DSEX lost 3.18 points to 4,787.90 as of 11:48 am

The non-tariff barriers hurt Bangladesh-India trade, increasing costs and damaging bilateral trust

Additional 330,000 people became jobless in Oct-Dec 2024

Trust Bank PLC reported a fall in profit for the first quarter of 2025, as rising expenses dented its earnings.