Bigger screens, modern features gain ground despite cautious spending amid high inflation

The company presented the concept to Petrobangla yesterday

A man finishes a bottle of water, looks around, then walks over to a bin set up by the Rajshahi City Corporation to discard it instead of throwing it on the roadside.

Submissions of individual applications for deposit withdrawals started at the branches and sub-branches of the bank on September 1

Draft rules approved to attract firms to capital market

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has formed a Tk 2,000 crore revolving pre-financing fund to support the frozen food industry, particularly shrimp and fish exporters, and help businesses cater to international markets.

With Bangladesh’s startup ecosystem facing its worst funding drought in more than a decade, the government and banks have launched several new initiatives to provide cash-strapped entrepreneurs with fresh sources of capital.

Grameenphone, Robi and Banglalink had a combined 14.68 million 5G-capable handsets on their networks in July

At the end of June this year, 30 banks with agent banking outlets in suburban, rural areas provided Tk 40,870 crore in loans

Artificial intelligence is moving deeper into the day-to-day management of Bangladesh’s telecom infrastructure, helping operators and tower companies cut energy use and operating costs.

Unlike Gross Domestic Product growth or trade deficits, inflation is an intimate statistic

Review of BBS data finds inconsistencies in national income, industrial figures

A recent study, titled “No escaping the heat: Health and economic impacts of heat stress on informal workers in urban Bangladesh”, found that workers exposed to extreme heat outdoors lose an average of 23.7 working days a year.

The deficit stood at $27.28 billion for the year, a jump of 34 percent from FY25

Khulna’s industrial belt now lies largely abandoned, with its people leaving too

The slowdown comes as garment exports to both Europe and the United States continue to decline

Central bank officials said the June figure was the weakest since 1993

Factories run below capacity while new plants await gas, casting doubt over investment, employment

At least 158 factories shut in Gazipur since May 2025

Travelling back to the British colonial era, Topkhana, Paltan, and the overall area was the cantonment of the East India Company. In fact, these were collectively called Guard Bazar.