The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has lowered the cash margin for opening letters of credit (LCs) to import cars as the country’s foreign exchange inflow and dollar stocks show improvement.

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) yesterday asked banks to keep a maximum of Tk 1 as a spread between the buying and selling rates of the US dollar.

Bangladeshi patients searching for better healthcare than that available at home are increasingly travelling to Thailand instead of India as the neighbouring country is limiting visa issuances for Bangladeshi nationals.

Bangladesh’s exports hit $50 billion in 2024, buoyed by a sharp December spike, providing the much-anticipated breather for an economy facing multiple headwinds, including external account pressures.

Pakistan’s consumer inflation rate slowed to 4.1 percent year on year in December, the statistics bureau said on Wednesday, the lowest in more than 6-1/2 years.

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked banks today to keep a maximum of Tk 1 as a spread between the buying and selling rates of the US dollar.

Seven out of 19 customs agencies have been integrated

The factory will create 100 jobs and produce 36,000 tonnes of tobacco products annually

The LC margin can be set up based on the banker-customer relationship

Exports grew 8.3 percent year-on-year. 

Shares of HR Textiles declined 2.21 percent to Tk 27.8 as of 2:02 pm today at the DSE.

Temporary closure of its factory last year dented earnings 

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DSEX loses 16.74 points as of 11:28 am 

The stock market in Bangladesh began the new year on a positive note, with major indices showing an uptick on the first trading day of 2025..The DSEX, the broad index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), rose by 0.03 percent to close at 5,218 points, marking a fourth consecutive day of gains

Expatriate Bangladeshis sent home a record $26.9 billion, up 23 percent year-on-year, in a development that will bring a huge sigh of relief to policymakers as they endeavour to shore up strained dollar stockpile.

From dining out and travelling by air to purchasing sweets and clothing, the small comforts in life are going to turn costlier for a hike in value added tax (VAT) on 43 goods and services.

Oil prices are likely to be constrained near $70 a barrel in 2025 as weak demand from China and rising global supplies are expected to cast a shadow on Opec+ led efforts to shore up the market, a Reuters monthly poll showed on Tuesday.

The Bangladesh Bank can now take legal action against mobile financial service (MFS) provider Nagad Limited over alleged irregularities as the Payment and Settlement System Act, 2024 came into effect yesterday.

Throughout 2024, gold seemingly became synonymous with price hikes amid economic turbulence, a weakening taka and plummeting interest rates on savings tools, making the precious metal a safe bet for middle and upper-middle-income people, according to jewellers.