BB eases foreign borrowing rules for BIDA-registered firms
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REHAB president removed over loan default
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Bangladesh Bank introduces KPI for bank CEOs
13 September 2026
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Withdraw import ban on reconditioned, used EVs: BARVIDA
12 September 2026
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110,364 farmers will receive incentives under Farmer Card programme: minister
12 September 2026
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11th edition of BAPA FoodPro begins today
10 September 2026
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Innovation ecosystem key to commercialising ideas: ICT minister
10 September 2026
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China is now a strategic cooperative partner of Bangladesh
9 September 2026
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Bangladesh signs investment promotion deal with Hong Kong
9 September 2026
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Bangladesh’s trade deficit widens 38% in July
8 September 2026
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Bangladesh can ship $1 billion woollen sweaters by 2030: exporters
Two Uruguayan wool exporters are currently visiting Bangladesh
23 May 2024
Forex reserves rise by $180 million in a week
Reserves hit $18.61 billion on May 21, up from $18.43 billion on May 15
23 May 2024
BSEC honours 8 stock market intermediaries
They were awarded with the Independence Golden Jubilee Award 2023
23 May 2024
Shipping cost keeps upward trend as Red Sea Crisis lingers
Shafiur Rahman, regional operations manager of G-Star in Bangladesh, needs to send 6,146 pieces of denim trousers weighing 4,404 kilogrammes from a Gazipur-based garment factory to Amsterdam of the Netherlands.
22 May 2024
Visa's digital payments rise 25% during Ramadan 2024
70% of the digital payments came through ecommerce
22 May 2024
Productivity and salaries boosted in sectors exposed to AI: study
Sectors exposed to artificial intelligence (AI) are seeing rising productivity and faster growth in salaries, a PwC study published on Tuesday said, even as the technology provokes job insecurity concerns.
22 May 2024
Laptops may be cheaper in FY2025
The government is planning to reduce duties on imported laptops next fiscal year in order to make the devices more affordable and bring relief to freelancers and students.
22 May 2024
Industrial output growth lowest since pandemic. Here's why
Bangladesh's factory output grew 6.66 percent in the current fiscal year, the slowest pace of expansion since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country, as the stubbornly high inflation hurt domestic demand and the shipment of export-oriented goods slowed.
22 May 2024
21 life insurers failing to comply with securities investment rule
Twenty-one life insurance companies in Bangladesh have failed to comply with the rule that makes it mandatory for them to invest 30 percent of their assets in government securities, the regulator has found.
21 May 2024
BB asks banks, NBFIs to inform of wilful defaulters
Bangladesh Bank yesterday asked banks and non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) to inform Credit Information Bureau (CIB) of wilful defaulters the moment they are identified.
21 May 2024
Forex with banks on the decline
Foreign currencies held by commercial banks in Bangladesh are on the decline due to high demand, indicating growing pressure on the country’s external sector.
21 May 2024
Administrator appointed for Swadesh Islami Life Insurance
Sk Md Rezaul Islam, former additional secretary, will be the new administrator with immediate effect
21 May 2024
AI starts to replace entry-level IT jobs in Bangladesh
It was a pretty good project for SkyTech Solutions for the last few years: generating earnings of $8.5 per hour for each of over 50 people.
21 May 2024
How GP makes more money than Robi
The profit margin of Grameenphone Ltd was around seven times more than that of Robi Axiata Ltd in 2023.
21 May 2024
NBR plans self-assessment of tax liabilities for all firms
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is likely to introduce self-assessment for companies from 2024-25 to allow them to determine their own tax liabilities and cut reliance on taxmen.
20 May 2024
Lending through agent banking rises 41%
Agents disbursed Tk 16,482.5 crore loans as of March this year, up from Tk 11,667 crore in March last year
20 May 2024
Stocks fall for sixth straight day
Shares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) fell for the sixth consecutive day yesterday thanks mainly to the price erosion of several large-cap scrips.
20 May 2024
BB lets bankers offer existing dollar rate to exporters
In its effort to arrest the fall in forex reserves and bring unrealised export proceeds into the country, the Bangladesh Bank today allowed bankers to offer the existing US dollar exchange rate to exporters.
20 May 2024
ABB clarifies reasons of bank MDs' USA visit
26 managing directors are going on invitation to attend Annual US-Bangladesh Bilateral Banking Dialogue
20 May 2024
Stocks fall for sixth consecutive day
Large-cap shares continue to see price erosions
20 May 2024