Remittances sent by migrant workers and Bangladeshis living abroad soared nearly 39 percent year-on-year to 2.2 billion in August, the first month of the interim government.</p><p>Remittance inflows were $1.6 billion in the same month of the previous year, according to Bangladesh Bank data.

The number of mobile subscribers in Bangladesh has dropped significantly in July, as all the operators lost customers. .The overall number of mobile subscribers is calculated based on the purchase of new SIMs (subscriber identity modules) minus the number of SIMs whose ownership have beco

Stock markets' indexes in Bangladesh rose for a second consecutive day yesterday as investors made fresh bets on blue-chip and large-cap shares, gaining confidence from an increase in the circuit breaker’s lower limit..The stock market circuit breaker determines the extent to which the pri

BB forms new five-member board for Exim, keeping three shareholder directors unchanged

The 12-member panel held its first meeting today, the next one on Sep 3

The DSEX, the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), rose 29 points, or 0.51 percent, to 5,786 until 12.40 pm

The global IT outage on July 19 serves as a stark reminder of our vulnerability to technological failures

The regulator found Shakib and his company Monarch Holdings involved in several stock market manipulation

They want an administrator for the jewellers’ association

The forum sent a letter to the chief adviser of the interim government and the commerce ministry

Finance and Commerce Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed yesterday asked the National Board of Revenue (NBR) officials to reconsider the duty structure of imported essential commodities in a bid to tackle persistent inflation..The adviser said essential commodities, namely edible oil, sugar, potato a

The central bank issued three separate letters to the banks

Ahsan H Mansur says in a meeting with a delegation of the Dhaka Chamber

Imports, remittances and forex reserves are likely to increase, the leading chamber says

However, the turnover saw a 34% jump from the previous day

Islamic banking in Bangladesh continued its steady growth trajectory as of May this year, driven by consistent increases in deposits, investments and remittances..According to the Islamic Banking and Finance Statistics (IBFS) report by the Bangladesh Bank for that month, several key indica

The BFIU found Tk 99.7 crore at the accounts of four companies of Md Akiz Uddin, also a former deputy managing director of Islami Bank Bangladesh

Some 1,008 out of 14,551 towers are inactive in 11 districts

The BFIU also sought information related to their loan accounts with guarantee and loan repayment

The permission was given as rail communication to Kamalapur ICD has remained suspended