Google Pay is set to be launched in Bangladesh by the middle of next week, ushering in a new era of seamless digital transactions for consumers.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines has initiated a series of precautionary inspections across its entire Boeing Dreamliner fleet to ensure safety and operational integrity.
Just ten banks, both state-owned and private, account for 71 percent of all non-performing loans (NPLs) in the country’s banking sector.
The Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (Idra) has appointed audit firms to carry out special audits of 15 life insurance companies for the 2022-2024 period to uncover possible irregularities as claim settlements continued to mount.
The interim government is formulating a distressed asset management ordinance that could pave the way for a state-owned corporation to buy and trade troubled assets from banks and non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs).
Bangladesh will propose to provide duty facilities to the US under a multilateral trading mechanism to retain low tariffs, as the 90-day pause of Trump’s reciprocal tariffs will come to an end on July 8.
Mohammad Manjur, along with 22 other fishermen, ventured out into the Bay of Bengal in the early hours of June 12, just after a 58-day fishing ban was lifted.
Among many other things, the current interim government is pro-reform in many sectors. Unfortunately, there is almost no reflection of this in the recently presented budget.
Bangladesh's total debt reached Tk 1,944,171 crore by December 2024, increasing debt servicing pressure
NBR faces Tk 141,000 crore June target; analysts cite target impossible
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Bangladesh's banking provision shortfall soared six-fold to Tk 170,655 crore, due to soaring bad loans
Overall imports by the USA from the world also increased by 10.65% in the period
The conflict could trigger a spike in global oil prices, causing a rise operational costs, he says
Bangladesh's economy showed stronger growth in May as the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose by 6 points from that of April to 58.9, rebounding from a three-month slowdown since February, according to the latest PMI report.
Bad loans in Bangladesh’s banking sector hit a record Tk 420,335 crore at the end of March as a clearer picture of the toxic loan is coming to light following the political changeover in August last year.
