Abdul Wahed, a sponsor of Dhaka Bank PLC, has transferred 1.03 crore shares to his wife, Zaheda Wahed Khan, as a gift outside the trading system of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), according to a disclosure on the DSE website yesterday.

The balance sheets of several banks have been found to be "fictitious", failing to reflect their true financial state, according to Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Ahsan H Mansur.

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has allowed banks to make equity investments in the startup sector in addition to providing loans at 4 percent interest.

Bangladesh’s real wage growth remained negative for the 41st consecutive month in June, even as the inflation rate eased to its lowest level in nearly three years, according to the latest data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).

Non-stop rainfall since Tuesday has left large swathes of farmland under water, causing concern among vegetable growers across the country.

Nineteen banks failed to pay any dividend to shareholders for 2024. While seven posted losses, the remaining 12 reported profits but were barred from dividend payouts due to inadequate capital and deferred provisioning for bad loans.

Why do accountants never play hide and seek? Because it’s hard to hide when they always want everything to be balanced.

Uncertainty looms over Bangladesh’s pharmaceutical exports to the US market, as President Donald Trump plans to impose tariffs of up to 200 percent.

Unloading of imported goods from mother vessels at the Chittagong Port has been facing disruptions for three days as smaller vessels have failed to go near the outer anchorage to unload the containers amid incessant rain and a turbulent sea..Especially since Monday, the rough weather, whic

Bangladesh’s average wage growth remained negative for the 41st consecutive month in June, even as the inflation rate eased to its lowest level in nearly three years, according to the latest data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)..Year-on-year, wage growth stood at 8.18 percen

Mobile phone operators have been instructed to notify users in advance via SMS

The talks will continue until July 11

Top business leaders called on the government not to penalise honest entrepreneurs because of a few bad actors in the stock market.

Motorcycle sales are showing signs of recovery after a slow patch of nearly three years, due mainly to easing consumer prices, lower registration costs, and aggressive marketing by manufacturers.

The government has decided to establish a national “fibre optic bank”, which will bring all unused fibre optic resources from state-owned entities under a single platform in a bid to accelerate digital transformation.

Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Ahsan H Mansur said the Directorate of Posts, which owns mobile financial service provider Nagad, does not have the capacity to run it efficiently, making it necessary to bring in new investors.

In a first for the country, ACI Seed has developed a new variety of aromatic rice suitable for cultivation in the Boro season..The seed-focused business unit of ACI PLC has also developed a short-duration, high-yielding Boro rice variety...ACI received approval for the inbred v

The proportion of female agents in Bangladesh’s agent banking sector stood at just 9.15 percent as of March this year—well below the Bangladesh Bank's (BB) mandate that women should comprise 50 percent of total agents...The data were revealed in the central bank’s latest Agent Bankin

The DSEX gained 5.47 points to close at 4,981.63

New US tariffs challenge RMG sector, but global competitive edge holds