It is second duty cut in 10 days

Implementation of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) has reached its lowest point in at least 12 years, with about Tk 67,550 crore being spent in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (FY), according to available statistics..This means just 24.27 percent of the total outlay

Safety Garments Bangladesh Co Ltd, a Chinese company, is set to invest $12.25 million in the Mongla Export Processing Zone (Mongla EPZ) to establish a high-end garments manufacturing industry.

Habibur Rahman, managing director (MD) and CEO of the South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce Bank (SBAC) PLC, has resigned on personal grounds.

Bangladesh Bank has set a target for banks and financial institutions to disburse 27 percent of their total loans to cottage, micro, small, and medium enterprises (SMEs) by 2029 to promote business growth and employment.

Oil traded higher on Monday after the United States vowed to keep attacking Yemen’s Houthis until the Iran-aligned group ends its assaults on shipping while Chinese economic data fuelled hopes for higher demand.

Safe-haven gold edged higher on Monday after hitting the $3,000-mark last week for the first time, while the market’s focus shifted to the US Federal Reserve’s meeting this week.

Banks and financial institutions have been instructed to allocate 20 percent of their green financing to women entrepreneurs and 25 percent to the cottage, micro, small, and medium enterprise (CMSME) sector.

China on Sunday unveiled an action plan it hopes will help Beijing to overcome stubbornly low consumer demand and meet its ambitious growth target, state news agency Xinhua reported.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on Monday lowered its projections for global growth in 2025 due to “trade barriers” and “uncertainty”.

Bangladesh looks to import more cotton from the US so that both American suppliers and local businesses can benefit and the country can get immunity from Trump’s tariff war, Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain said yesterday.

Agricultural loan disbursement declined, but recovery increased in Bangladesh in the six months to December last year compared to the same period of the previous year.

Private insurer Golden Life Insurance Limited is in crisis as it struggles with a severe cash crunch, unpaid claims and operational breakdowns.

The chaos surrounding certain demands by a section of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) officials and employees in early March was aimed at protecting stock looters and manipulators exposed in an ongoing investigation, according to initial BSEC findings.

The number of Tk 10/50/100 accounts—excluding School Banking, Street Urchins, and Working Children Accounts—stood at 2.81 crore, with total deposits of Tk 46,851.15 crore during the quarter under review

Ashik Chowdhury, executive chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA), met senior UK officials, business leaders, and non-resident Bangladeshis, highlighting the strategic importance of deepening economic cooperation. 

He will succeed Erik Aas, who is stepping down after nine years at the helm

The election took place during BAPI's 54th annual general meeting on March 15, according to a press release. 

Plan also in place to consider cotton as an agricultural product

He will buy 5.93 lakh shares from a sponsor of the same company