More than two-thirds of the insurance companies registered in Bangladesh since 1990 were approved during the regimes of the Awami League government led by former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

After a prolonged period of crisis, the foreign exchange market in Bangladesh, especially the interbank forex market, is showing signs of recovery, driven by a rebound in remittance receipts and key policy interventions by the central bank.

The government has approved conditional export of 3,000 tonnes of hilsa to India citing the upcoming Durga Puja.

In order to narrow or meet the investment gap and more so, to abide by employment generation obligations, every country needs foreign direct investment (FDI).

Sales of cement nearly halved in the last couple of months as real estate developers shelved construction plans while public projects came screeching to a halt in the face of nationwide unrest and the sudden political changeover.

Gold prices have been rising steadily for over a year in Bangladesh and crossed the Tk 100,000 per bhori mark for the first time last July.

Electro Mart Limited recently launched a sales and display centre at Chawkbazar in Chattogram..Consumer electronics and home appliances products like Konka brand LED televisions, refrigerators and freezers, ceiling fan, washing machines, microwave ovens, blenders, juicers, iron, rice cooke

The index should be updated quarterly, the donor agency said

The Action Days, led by the United Nations Youth Office, kick-started with a youth-led afternoon, uniting stakeholders under the theme "#YouthLead for the Future: We believe in the promise of a better world for all," to build momentum for the upcoming Summit

Bullion's latest rally got a fillip after the Federal Reserve initiated an aggressive easing cycle on Wednesday with a half-percentage-point reduction

The Samsung strike is one of the biggest in India in recent years

The number of apparel work orders received by Bangladeshi companies from international retailers and brands for the autumn and winter seasons of 2025 dropped by nearly 10 percent compared to the past due to major shocks from the nationwide student movement and labour unrest in major industrial belts over the past two and half months.

The stock market in Bangladesh closed in the black with the major index crossing the 5,700-point mark yesterday as investors cautiously traded lucrative shares of blue-chip and large-cap sectors amidst price fluctuations..A blue chip is a nationally or internationally recognised, well-esta

Indian firms are opting for cross-currency swaps to convert part of their rupee debt into dollars in an attempt to trim borrowing costs as US interest rates decline, six bankers told Reuters.

Restoring the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission’s (BTRC’s) independence by reverting to the original legal framework should be a priority for reform, according to its new chairman Major General (retd) Emdad Ul Bari.

The World Bank (WB) will provide Bangladesh with $2.3 billion in the current fiscal year (2024-25) to facilitate reforms in the country’s financial sector and its economic recovery from recent floods.

Bangladesh will not export hilsa fish to India on the occasion of Durga Puja in October, according to a top commerce ministry official, discontinuing a long-standing tradition of the country as a “goodwill gesture” to its neighbour.

Tyre makers in Bangladesh are ramping up production in a bid to expand their market share by catering to a potential supply shortage that may arise from the recent destruction of the Gazi Tyres factory in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj.

Gold prices climbed 1 percent on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve embarked on an easing cycle by slashing interest rates and powering bullion to all-time highs, coming just a few cents shy of $2,600 in the previous session.

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