FDI flow to Bangladesh is low, why?

Despite developing economic zones and adopting one-stop services to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), Bangladesh has failed to get as much as it targeted. Not only global economic giants like India, even small economies in the South Asian region such as the Maldives and Sri Lanka are ahead of Bangladesh in terms of FDI attraction.
3 February 2024, 16:05 PM

Square Textiles' profit rises 37% in Q2

It made Tk 24.83 crore in Oct-Dec of FY24, Tk 18.07 in the same period FY23
3 February 2024, 15:55 PM

Bangladeshi vessels start avoiding Red Sea amid rising tension

Govt guidelines issued for ships using the route
3 February 2024, 13:45 PM

Shasha Denims profit falls 15%

Shasha Denims, a leading denim manufacturer and exporter, recorded a 15 percent year-on-year decrease in profit for the second quarter of the financial year 2023-24
3 February 2024, 11:10 AM

Govt must play strong role to ensure street food safety

Alongside raising food safety awareness, the government must play a strong role to ensure better management in terms of street food safety by preparing a proper database on such businesses, speakers said yesterday.
1 February 2024, 18:00 PM

Confidence Cement to halt ready-mix concrete production, posts 34% profit jump 

Confidence Cement plans to suspend the production of ready-mix concrete due to a disruption in importing raw materials
1 February 2024, 05:57 AM

Garment makers should diversify products to be ready for post-LDC era

Local garment makers should diversify their products and invest in human resource development to prepare for any hurdles that may come after Bangladesh graduates from a least developed country (LDC) in 2026, according to experts.
31 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Veon completes $100m deal to sell Banglalink's towers to Summit

Veon Ltd has announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary Banglalink has completed the sale of part of its tower portfolio in Bangladesh to Summit Towers Limited for about Tk 1,100 crore or $100 million.
31 January 2024, 16:47 PM

Aftab Automobiles posts consecutive second quarter loss

Its losses per share hit Tk 0.28 in Oct-Dec of 2023
31 January 2024, 12:53 PM

IFAD Autos suffers massive fall in profit

Its earnings per share dropped to Tk 0.02 in Q2 of FY24, from Tk 0.13 in Q2 of FY23
31 January 2024, 12:22 PM

Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company’s profit declines 18% in Q2

BSCCL posted an 18 percent year-on-year decline in profit to Tk 47.99 crore in the second quarter of the current financial year,
31 January 2024, 10:34 AM

Pacific Denims profit falls 66%

Pacific Denims logged a 66 percent year-on-year decline in profit in the October-December period
31 January 2024, 09:54 AM

United Power’s profit keeps falling 

United Power Generation & Distribution Company Ltd continued to suffer from declining profits
31 January 2024, 07:55 AM

Apex Footwear’s profit falls 34% on reduced sales, higher cost

Apex Footwear’s net profit fell about 34 percent to Tk 2.4 crore in the October-December quarter
31 January 2024, 06:45 AM

Development spending slows to 13-year low

Spending under the Annual Development Programme (ADP) has been going slow in the current fiscal year (FY), with implementing agencies having used just 22.48 percent of their allocations till December last year, official figures showed.
31 January 2024, 01:30 AM

Bangladesh lowers cash incentive for exporters to prepare for post-LDC era

The government has cut the export subsidy for almost all sectors to reduce the pressures on Bangladesh's coffers and bring down the rates gradually
31 January 2024, 01:00 AM

BSRM logs falling sales as demand declines

BSRM Ltd, the biggest steelmaker in Bangladesh, said its sales dropped in the first half of the current financial year, suffered by reduced demand amid the economic slowdown.
30 January 2024, 20:00 PM

Apparel buyers yet to raise prices despite promise after wage hike

Some 79.1 percent of the apparel factory owners said international buyers are yet to increase prices of Bangladeshi goods, which they earlier promised to do after the new garment wage comes into effect in December last year, a survey found.
30 January 2024, 18:35 PM

Bonded warehouse licence tenure extended to 3 years

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended the tenure of licences for bonded warehouses to three years from two years to cut the time and cost for exporters.
30 January 2024, 16:40 PM

Beximco suffers massive 64% sales drop in H1

Its profit decreased by 99.6% year-on-year to Tk 2 crore
30 January 2024, 15:36 PM