No one expects to bear the consequences of offenses committed by another person. Yet, this is exactly what is happening in the stock market, where investors are suffering due to the wrongdoings of company directors.

The Bangladesh Bank will be able to sell or liquidate weak banks by forming bridge banks—financial institutions that temporarily take over a failed bank, according to the draft Bank Resolution Ordinance.

The Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) is going to purchase six modern container ships from South Korea at a cost of $330.32 million to break the stranglehold enjoyed by non-Bangladeshi feeder vessels, which results in the loss of a substantial amount of foreign currency in freight costs.

Bangladesh’s economic growth could face significant challenges unless obstacles to women’s participation in the labour market and vocational training are effectively addressed, said Tuomo Poutiainen, country director of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) for Bangladesh.

After hitting an all-time high last Thursday, gold prices in the country saw a slight decline yesterday.

Social Islami Bank PLC (SIBL) opened a Khilkhet Namapara sub-branch with modern banking facilities in Dhaka yesterday.

Exim Bank PLC recently opened a relocated Islampur branch at Shuvoraj Tower on Wiseghat Road in the Islampur area of Dhaka, aiming to provide better services to customers.

Niranjan Chandra Debnath has recently been appointed as the managing director (MD) of the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB).

Adnan Masud has recently been appointed as the additional managing director (AMD) of United Commercial Bank PLC (UCB).

The International Chamber of Commerce, Bangladesh (ICCB) recently organised a daylong workshop on “Global Banking Commission Outlook, DSI, Compliance and Trade Finance Risk Management for the Bankers of Bangladesh,” jointly with ICC HQs Paris in Dhaka.

Gold prices eased on Friday as investors booked profits from the previous session’s record high, but were set for an eighth straight weekly gain, driven by strong safe-haven demand amid concerns over US President Donald Trump’s tariff plans.

NRBC Bank PLC yesterday opened two sub-branches in two different districts of the country: a Banaripara sub-branch in Barishal and  a Dowarabazar-Banglabazar sub-branch in Sunamganj.

Remarkably, the pandemic has acted as a blessing for digital services and dramatically transformed our financial setting, steering it in a nature where digital banking has renewed as an easy solution in our everyday lives.

Deferment of Bangladesh’s country status graduation should not be even up for discussion as inclusion in the least developed country category is voluntary while upgrading to the developing country grouping is mandatory, said a noted economist yesterday.

The civil aviation and tourism ministry has issued 10 directives aimed at protecting passengers’ interests by preventing an unusual increase in air ticket prices.

The hike in gas prices proposed by distributing companies could severely impact the production of local industries and increase import dependence, businesses cautioned yesterday.

The Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (Beza) is developing a comprehensive three-phase implementation plan to develop economic zones across the country, ensuring balanced industrialisation, employment generation, and sustainable infrastructure development.

The ministry also requires airlines to report the actual sale price of group-booked tickets, which will then be published on the civil aviation ministry’s website for public access.

The price of gold decreased by Tk 1,154 per bhori, bringing it down to Tk 153,369,

Adeeba Rahman and Quazi Sakhawat Hossain elected BIA vice presidents