Bangladesh received over $2 billion in remittances in January for the sixth consecutive month, thanks to a disruption in the flow of money through informal channels following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led government last August amidst a student uprising.

Ha-Meem Group has installed a second rooftop solar power plant capable of producing 4.4-megawatt peak (MWp) of electricity, raising its total renewable power generating capacity to 12.2MWp.

Economists, student leaders, and trade representatives have accused local big businesses with close ties to the previous government of engaging in price gouging of essential items over the past 15 years.

Bangladesh’s paddy production is estimated to have declined in 2024 from the previous year, largely due to output losses caused by recurrent floods and Cyclone Remal in late July..However, aggregate paddy production in 2024 is forecast at 6.02 crore tonnes, which is well above the four-yea

The exemption covers fees, consultancy charges, and hotel accommodation

Importers demand the restoration of prices from two months ago

Sk Bashir Uddin says bottled oils are unnecessarily pricier

Migrants sent home $2.18 billion in the first month of 2025

Only political goodwill can restore a fair market, he says

Around 163 issues advanced, 129 declined, and 84 remained unchanged. 

A rise in both income from investments and profits from associated companies helped Square Pharmaceuticals post a 26 percent year-on-year rise in net profit in the October-December period of fiscal year 2024-25. 

A panel of the NBR has suggested the introduction of an e-invoicing system to collect value-added tax (VAT) to establish transparency in the collection of the indirect tax, the biggest source of revenue for the state.

Social businesses are designed to address societal needs rather than generate personal profit, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus said yesterday.

Social safety net programmes, such as Open Market Sales (OMS) and Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF), provided less help to the actual poor, despite the government boasting about the impact of those schemes on reducing moderate and extreme poverty, according to a taskforce report.

As we have been talking about enhanced transparency and accountability recently, it’s important to have forensic audits, including specialised examinations of financial records which can uncover fraud, corruption or mismanagement.

Even in current smartphone age, feature phones continue to dominate local handset manufacturing as smartphone penetration struggles to gain momentum due mainly to affordability, availability and an illegal inflow of modern handsets in the country.

Deposits in Islamic banks in Bangladesh have shown fluctuations in recent months, according to the latest data from the Bangladesh Bank.

Each bhori of 22-carat gold will be sold at Tk 145,123 from tomorrow

Islamic banking deposits hit Tk 432,937 crore in October, a 0.31% drop from September

The chief adviser addresses the ninth Social Business Youth Summit