Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked sound banks with excess liquidity to lend to crisis-hit banks facing severe liquidity shortages, in the best interests of the country’s banking sector.

The Dhaka Stock Exchange yesterday decided to downgrade 27 companies to the Z or junk category for failing to properly pay dividends to shareholders in the last two years.

Normalcy has started to return to the garment factories as the workers have resumed work, avoiding further unrest after the owners have accepted all the 18 of their demands.

The Power Division has replied to Gautam Adani’s letter to Prof Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser to the interim government, saying the government will clear its dues within the shortest possible time. 

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) ordered the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) to inquire into the unusual movement of share prices of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC.

Inflation is projected to hit double digits at the end of the current fiscal year owing to supply-side disruptions and higher import costs as a result of currency depreciation, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Opec said Tuesday that phasing out oil was a “fantasy”, as the Saudi-led cartel forecast that demand would keep growing until at least 2050, a key year in the battle against climate change.

Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur yesterday urged the top brass of non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) to submit reform plans.

From tomorrow, a bhori of 22-carat gold will cost Tk 138,708

A four-member delegation of the IMF will sit with NBR officials tomorrow

Most resumed operation while a few are still planning to reopen

What is the fate of personal guarantee and how effective and forceful is this when it is not defined, quantified and clearly identified and lenders have no control over it

Share price of the bank hit Tk 70.4 today, up from Tk 32.6 on August 6

The 1,499 cc vehicle is priced at Tk 49.5 lakh

The ADB has lowered its forecast for Bangladesh’s economic growth to 5.1 percent for the current fiscal year, primarily due to supply disruptions caused by political unrest in July and August 2024

The stock markets in Bangladesh rose for a second consecutive day yesterday as investors made cautious purchases of lucrative blue-chip shares hoping for corporate companies to soon make healthy earnings disclosures..Islami Bank Bangladesh, Beacon Pharmaceuticals, Grameenphone, Olympic Ind

Akij Ceramics has launched a range of tiles sized 100x100 centimetres considering the huge demand for such products in Bangladesh..The tiles feature a high gloss finish that enhances the spaciousness of interiors, providing a seamless and luxurious look..They are designed to elevate

The central bank will not print money or sell dollars from reserves to solve the problems in the financial sector, said its governor Ahsan H Mansur yesterday.

The telecommunications and ICT sectors failed to make expected progress despite making a massive investment of Tk 65,000 crore between 2010 and August 2024, according to a recent statement from the telecom ministry.

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) yesterday fined cricketer Shakib Al Hasan Tk 50 lakh for manipulating the share price of Paramount Insurance in 2023.