Stocks rebound after three-day fall

Shares of both stock markets in Bangladesh rebounded yesterday after a three-day losing streak.
31 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Samsung shows fastest growth in over a decade

Samsung Electronics Wednesday reported its fastest growth since 2010, with operating profits soaring for the second quarter, as chip prices bounce back and demand for generative AI continues to grow.
31 July 2024, 18:00 PM

USD turns 5% costlier in 2 weeks

The price of each US dollar has gone up by around 5 percent in the kerb market over the past two weeks amidst volatility in the foreign exchange market triggered by the recent violence stemming from the quota reform movement.
31 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Multinationals’ profits drop for lower sales, higher costs

Most listed multinational companies in Bangladesh witnessed lower profits in the April-June quarter this year as sales dropped due to the erosion of people’s purchasing power amid runaway inflation.
31 July 2024, 18:00 PM

IT firms suffer low productivity amid slow internet

Although broadband and mobile internet is again available in the country, most software, IT service and business process outsourcing (BPO) companies are experiencing significant productivity losses due to insufficient internet speeds.
31 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Oil price rises

Oil prices climbed on Wednesday, rebounding from 7-week lows, as the killing of a Hamas leader in Iran ratcheted up tensions in the Middle East and overshadowed concerns about weak China demand.
31 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Islami Bank's profit rises 7% in second quarter

Islami Bank Bangladesh has reported a 7.2 percent increase in profit for the April-June quarter of 2024..The profit amounted to Tk 307 crore whereas it was Tk 286.22 crore in the same period last year..For the first half of the year, the bank's profit rose to Tk 356.92 crore from Tk
31 July 2024, 16:16 PM

National Bank sees no end to losses

The bank’s half yearly loss soared 71% year-on-year
31 July 2024, 13:54 PM

Govt waives seven-day demurrage for importers

The consignments, which have arrived or are scheduled to arrive at the port in between July 16 and August 5 this year, will get the extended benefit
31 July 2024, 13:17 PM

Rebooting the economy

The crackdown on the nonviolent uprise of the students and the subsequent one thing leading to another chain of events locked down the economy, only figuratively reminiscent of the pandemic in 2020
31 July 2024, 11:18 AM

Matiur Rahman takes ‘early retirement’ after corruption allegations

The Anti-Corruption Commission investigates the sources of his wealth
31 July 2024, 08:38 AM

Marico’s profit jumps 30% in April-June quarter

Marico Bangladesh Ltd, a listed multinational company, said its profit soared 30 percent year on year to Tk 172.57 crore in the April-June quarter.
31 July 2024, 04:46 AM

1,320MW coal power plant in Patuakhali to fire up in October

A 1,320-megawatt (MW) coal-based thermal power plant located in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali is ready to begin commercial operations by the end of this year, officials said..The first of the plant’s two units, which can generate 660 MWs daily, will commence production in October while th
30 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Linde’s Q2 profit goes up 46%

Linde Bangladesh reported a profit of Tk 10.11 crore for the April-June quarter of 2024.
30 July 2024, 18:00 PM

BRAC Bank’s profit jumps 77% in first half

BRAC Bank PLC saw its net profit after tax soar 77 percent year-on-year to Tk 591 crore in the first six months of 2024, with officials saying their improved financial indicators helped secure higher earnings.
30 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Pubali Bank posts 55% rise in half yearly profit

Pubali Bank reported a significant 55 percent year-on-year increase in profits in the first six months of this year.
30 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Global economy’s growing resilience at odds with rate cut expectations: poll

Optimism about global growth prospects this year and next is building among hundreds of economists polled by Reuters, with risks still tilted toward higher inflation even as they cling on to their forecasts for interest rate cuts.
30 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Nearly two-thirds of TIN-holders don’t submit tax returns

Bangladesh recently reached a milestone registering one crore Taxpayer Identification Numbers (TINs), yet nearly 59 percent of these individuals did not file tax returns in the just-concluded fiscal year of 2023-24.
30 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Luxury hotels hit hard by unrest

Luxury hotels in Dhaka are suffering from a dearth of customers as foreigners and locals are avoiding travel in fear of unrest centring the quota reform movement, according to industry people.
30 July 2024, 18:00 PM

S&P downgrades Bangladesh rating amid deadly protests

S&P Global has downgraded Bangladesh’s long-term sovereign rating from BB- to B+ amid deadly protests over the quota-based hiring system for government jobs.
30 July 2024, 18:00 PM