The rising trend in foreign direct investment (FDI) for Bangladesh may decelerate this year as a result of economical fallout of the coronavirus outbreak, authorities...

State-owned enterprises possess deposited Tk 16,746 crore to the national exchequer since laws were passed in the very beginning of the year to make it...

The central bank yesterday instructed banks never to provide any banking services to unregistered textile companies to safeguard the country's image.Some textiles companies are actually...

The Bangladesh government won't discriminate between foreign and domestic investors when providing investment facilities as both sectors are of equal importance, according to Finance Minister...

A grim future awaits almost 5,000 fish farmers of Tangail whose investments were washed away in recent floods in all save among the district's 12...

Transactions through mobile financial services hit an all-time high of Tk 62,999 crore in July as an increasing number of people, businesses and government agencies...

Development expenditure fell 17.64 % year-on-year in July as the coronavirus pandemic continued to hammer the economy, official data showed.The government managed to spend Tk...

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday gave credits to the government's 2 % cash incentive for the recent surge in remittance.Migrant personnel sent home $1.96...

The resilience of the domestic agriculture sector mainly of the crop sector appears to be in a weak state. Without proper policy intervention the pressure...

The government has made a decision to buy liquified gas (LNG) from the spot market for the very first time - a move that could...

HeidelbergCement Bangladesh, the German cement maker, has been incurring losses because the second quarter of 2019 due to fierce competition available in the market, higher...

With just a 12 months to choose golden jubilee celebrations of independence, Bangladesh is coming to marking an epoch ever sold by manufacturing its make...

Utilising artificial intelligence and skilled manpower in Bangladesh's agro-based industry will be essential for ensuring a speedy economic recovery and food security through the post-pandemic...

The federal government plans to disburse social safety net allowances among elderly, disabled and widows through mobile financial services -- a move that will help...

Chattogram sea port has advanced six steps in a year in terms of gross annual traffic of containers in 2019, according to Lloyd's List, the...

Bangladesh remains one of the top sourcing destinations after China for international clothing retailers and brands even through the coronavirus pandemic as a result of...

Prime Bank plans to step in to the agent banking arena this season as part of its push to widen footprint and cut reliance on...

Australian biotechnology company HA TECH will invest up to $80 million, or roughly Tk 700 crore, to determine a large-scale active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing...

Despite a significant drop in interest income, Rupali Bank's profits jumped last year as higher investment in treasury bills and bonds saved your day.The lender's...

The National Board of Revenue is yet to implement customs valuation (determination of the value of imported goods) rules although those were formulated twenty years...

The second quarter of 2020 will possibly decrease in Robi's annals as one of its pluckiest. The global coronavirus pandemic was at its ferocious worst...

Runner Automobiles appears to be on a roll. Hot on the heels of its announcement of bringing the famed off-road motorcycles of KTM to Bangladesh,...

With the soaring prices of rice affecting the indegent, the food ministry has taken steps to evaluate the stock of food grain at millers and...

The central bank has pushed back the deadline for loan status classification by non-bank finance institutions to 30 September, giving more breathing room to borrowers...

Kotha, Bangladesh's maiden social and lifestyle app, is set to go on a glorious maiden voyage from the Bay of Bengal to Indian Ocean's island...

The US Trade Representative (USTR), the principle trade negotiator for the Trump administration, has sought a set of retailers that cancelled work orders with Bangladeshi...

With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic continuing to propel contactless transactions, Uber's recent partnership with bKash on enabling automatic trip-end payments is paving the way for...

Seasonal traders of rawhide have already been left disappointed by this year's sales as the price for untanned leather has remained low for just two...

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday ripped in to the observations of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) about the country's financial growth for the...

Listed banks increased their investment in government and corporate bonds, securities and stocks in the second quarter of 2020 to offset the loss in interest...

Unloading of imported bulk cargoes from vessels at the outer anchorage of the Chattogram port has remained suspended for the last three days until yesterday...

Even with nearly a fifth of the labour force collecting unemployment benefits in July, Americans continued spending with relative gusto, driving retail sales back again...

Bangladesh's property sector will hopefully be able to cope with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as instalment collection on previous sales began to pick up following...

A third of the stocks listed in the Dhaka STOCK MARKET (DSE) yesterday made a whopping leap greater than 8 per cent, a growth market...

Loans written off by banks plummeted to a three-year low in the first quarter of 2020 as lenders' capacity to keep 100 per cent provisioning...

Standard Chartered has executed the country's first-ever blockchain transaction by issuing a letter of credit for Viyellatex, in a development that may go on to...

AB Bank has put the factory of Aman Feed and its own collateral on sale for its failure to pay Tk 268.40 crore in loans...

That very low prices of rawhides will be able to keep prices of leather goods such as for example footwear and bags from going abnormally...

Hyundai said Wednesday that it has given the name Motional to a jv with American autonomous technology company Aptiv. Both inked the offer in March...

Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) will provide Bangladesh with $3.3 billion (¥338.25 billion or Tk 26,850 crore) in official development assist with help implement seven...

The stock market has started to bounce back despite the ongoing pandemic thanks mainly to investors' growing confidence in the brand new leadership at the...

Investors seeking to conduct business in Bangladesh is now able to avail three more public services at the One-Stop Service (OSS) portal in the web...

The good news on the monetary front has began to roll in once more, with the latest being China-based Oryx Biotech's announcement to get $300...

The recent nationwide closure of most economical activities for two-and-a-half weeks has doubled extreme poverty in Bangladesh, raising the amount of the country's ultra-poor from...

Listed businesses have called upon the regulators to introduce guidelines how to set the share value that the companies have to issue against share money...

News of garment work buy cancellations and holdups and deferred obligations became commonplace when pandemic struck.But as time passes, the brands and vendors came to...

Maddhapara Granite Mining Company (MGMCL) is getting ready to resume operations after remaining closed because the imposition of the countrywide shutdown on 26 March.However the...

Cotton imports witnessed a slump for the very first time in over ten years last fiscal year due to a fall popular from local mills...

Non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) is now able to keep their funds in the kind of Fixed Deposit Receipts (FDR) and Deposit Plus Schemes (DPS) with local...

Rajib Miah, a dairy farmer from Shahjadpur upazila in Sirajganj, thought the worst was behind him when the federal government lifted the countrywide shutdown on...