The ongoing pandemic has brought us one of the primary crises we have ever faced in conditions of health insurance and safety, employment and the...

The cover fiscal 2020-21 is reported to be the most challenging financial bills in Bangladesh's recent history.The serious fiscal constraints faced with the government as...

While others have already been gradually drawing in new clients, one insurer has been showcasing a dismal performance to this extent that its gross premium...

Aiming high is always a welcome attribute. But, sometimes, in its quest, one ends up setting targets so high that it just appears hopeless.And looking...

It has been 8 weeks since shops have already been keeping their doors open to greet shoppers and register some sales.But the earnings stream was...

Grameenphone's net profit tumbled 23.87 per cent year-on-year in the next quarter of 2020 as a result of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.The largest cellular phone...

The federal government yesterday finally reappointed Fazle Kabir as the governor of the central bank for just two more years since it looks for a...

Technological adaptability, skills on new technologies and a good attitude ought to be the key focus areas for preparation for the work market in the...

The Covid-19 pandemic has severely damaged 98.6 per cent of the poor, who've seen a decline in income, lack of jobs, the closing of shops...

The Daily Star is set to host the Youth Skills Summit today on the World Youth Skills Day, to explore methods to harness Bangladesh's enviable...

The federal government yesterday approved a Tk 3,020 crore project -- the largest ever scheme for farm sector -- to supply price support to farmers...

Sometimes, one just needs to resign to reality.Bangladesh's development expenditure fell to a 27-year lower in the just-concluded fiscal year.But, unlike in previous years, a...

The wait for employees of several sectors, including personal jute mills and tea gardens, for latest wages has gotten much longer as the fixation of...

Pharmaceutical companies in Bangladesh witnessed a slump on profits through the third quarter (January-March) of fiscal 2019-20 following lowered sales of prescription medicine amid the...

Bangladesh has embraced a broad range of financial inclusion since 2010 by allowing a huge population to open a merchant account with a short deposit...

Eminent industrialist A Rouf Chowdhury has been re-elected as chairman of Lender Asia, in what may very well be an extraordinary vote of confidence in...

Dhaka shares yesterday maintained previous week's gaining momentum riding on the soaring demand for shares of drug manufacturers amid the Covid-19 pandemic.The DSEX, the benchmark...

AB Lender has asked more than 100 of its personnel to resign within its work to restructure operations.The control of the first-generation bank said unqualified...

Walton has expanded its export basket further seeing as the local consumer electronics giant started shipments of manufactured in Bangladesh compressors for refrigerators and air...

Bangladesh's pharmaceutical industry were able to grow it is exports found in the just-concluded fiscal time on the trunk of a reliable demand for medicines...

Microfinance institutions should be involved with fund disbursements from the government's stimulus bundle to small and channel enterprises (SMEs) to ensure that those companies have...

Eastern Bank Ltd might introduce an interoperable quick response (QR) payment program using mVisa platform found in August so as to expedite the expansion of...

The government-announced stimulus packages failed to serve their purpose, which was to swiftly rejuvenate economic activities and protect jobs of millions, due to delays in...

Bangladesh's rice imports fell to a good nearly 40-year lower in the fiscal year 2019-20 because of farmers' endeavour to improve the yields of the...

This season saw an unprecedented and drastic transition in the banking sector.In Bangladesh also, the banking industry has been heavily disrupted by prevailing business challenges.With...

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has unearthed gross irregularities in the accounting of the forfeited amount of provident funds of public interest entities.A worker may...

The government has made a decision not to acquire new vehicles under all operating and creation expenses for the others of 2020 within its austerity...

The promising growth in export earnings seen at three Asian marketplaces through the previous fiscal year has come to a halt following coronavirus outbreak.Exports to...

In the digital age, Bangladesh's mobile telecom markets continues to be dominated by the next generation (2G) services while scenarios in other Asia Pacific countries...

With the reopening of outlets of key clothing merchants and brands in the EU and US, the inflow of work orders at local garment factories...

An astounding two-thirds of the 50 lakh poor households hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic are but to receive Tk 2,500 each in cash support...

Stocks surged yesterday on the trunk of a investing in spree from retail traders.The DSEX, the benchmark index of Dhaka STOCK MARKET, soared 32.83 points,...

Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (Beza) is ready to start site development for an India Particular Economic Zone (ISEZ), where vast amounts of dollars in purchase...

Making your way around Dhaka city, these days, has become tiny plight for many who were reliant on the chauffeurs to drive them around.For fear...

In addition to the traditional markets like Europe and the united states, Bangladesh should focus even more on the Asian marketplaces to revive export earnings...

Wage growth slowed to a five-year lower in the just-concluded fiscal time driven by the salary loss in the developing and services sectors while the...

When nearly all banks are struggling to survive from the ongoing financial meltdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, Dhaka Bank has introduced a novel banking...

Inflation ended the just-concluded fiscal year in 5.65 %, slightly overshooting the government's target of 5.5 per cent, owing to the dragging supply chain disruption...

With a slump popular for commodities among the Western consumers, Bangladesh needs to remodel its business strategies to regenerate exports in enough time of Covid-19,...

When Bangladesh reported its earliest confirmed circumstance of Covid-19 an infection in early on March, Saleh Mohammed Shuhel, the proprietor B. Baria Motors that sells...

Bangladesh's garment exporters expect a good slow rebound of shipment to the united states market, the country's solitary largest export destination, this year as American...

The federal government now plans to create a state-run corporation to get and trade distressed loans off banks within its efforts to completely clean up...

The capital base of Bangladesh's banking sector is much weaker than in peer countries -- a predicament that not merely highlights its frailty but also...

Bangladesh-based SOLshare has closed a $1.1 million financing round and the off-grid solar technology marketplace firm use the fund to deliver smart solar micro-grids to...

As coronavirus pushes shopping online, e-commerce and f-commerce platforms are betting big on selling cattle digitally for the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha to get a slice of...

Farmers are set to start harvesting jute by the end of this month and for the first time since Bangladesh's independence, none of the natural...

Most banks' operating revenue declined 20 to 30 % in the first 50 % of 2020 as a result of the paralysed economy but the...

The unprecedented coronavirus pandemic has put a scar in apparel shipments as earnings from the country's main export item in the recent past fiscal year...

Biman Bangladesh Airlines is definitely all set to get started on operating immediate flights from Dhaka to Toronto and from there to New York by...

Recently, remittance has turned into a pillar of strength for the Bangladesh economy. Hence when the global coronavirus pandemic hit, all eyes had been on...