Most stock market indexes in Bangladesh fell for a third consecutive trading day yesterday as skittish investors cautiously traded only select shares amid ongoing economic uncertainties..The DSEX, the benchmark index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), dropped by 1.01 points, or 0.02 percent, f
The government is trying to find jobs for 40,000 laid-off workers of Beximco Group in factories within the Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (Bepza) and the Bangladesh Export Zones Authority (Beza), a senior labour ministry official said.
The implementation of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) in the first six months of fiscal year 2024-25 was down 19 percent year-on-year, due mainly to political unrest and delay caused by thorough scrutiny of previously approved projects.
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has halted the subscription for a qualified investors offer (QIO) by homegrown software firm Doer Services Ltd to raise Tk 5 crore, following several media reports about the company’s problematic client agreements and profitability.
Potato acreage in Bangladesh increased to a record high of 5.21 lakh hectares this year, but growers are apprehensive about a significant financial setback due to falling prices of the popular vegetable.
Bangladesh’s tax-to-GDP ratio, one of the lowest globally, underscores the urgent need for comprehensive revenue policy reforms, according to a member of a government panel working on recommending relevant changes.
Bilateral trade between Bangladesh and Pakistan has not reached the expected level as the two countries face significant challenges, including non-tariff barriers and tariff disparities, said Taskeen Ahmed, president of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI).
China’s economic growth is likely to slow to 4.5 percent in 2025 and cool further to 4.2 percent in 2026, a Reuters poll showed, with policymakers poised to roll out fresh stimulus measures to soften the blow from impending US tariff hikes.
Businesspeople have voiced concerns about the state of law and order in industrial areas, saying it has not improved to the level they anticipated despite the interim government being in office for three and a half months.
Life insurers in Bangladesh saw some 3.47 lakh policies discontinued in the January-September period this year amid worsening financial health of clients, political changeover and repeated flooding devastating lives and livelihoods in vast areas of the country.
The Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) will no longer be the sole buyer of electricity produced by independent power producers (IPPs), said Fouzul Kabir Khan, adviser to the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources.
Bangladesh is on track to meet all 12 conditions set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to qualify for the fourth tranche of a $4.7 billion loan programme, only missing the revenue collection target.
Power crises are also making things extremely difficult, they say at DCCI conference
The benchmark DSEX index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) closed at 5,192, losing 5 points or 0.10 percent Thursday a week ago
The increasing exodus of educated professionals from Bangladesh reveals a complex web of barriers facing the nation’s brightest minds.
Germany will provide around €180.81 million (approximately Tk 2,265 crore) for bilateral development cooperation projects in Bangladesh that focus on a number of mutually agreed core areas..Of the total support, €45.8 million will be in the form of technical cooperation and the rest in the
Major indices of the stock market in Bangladesh fell yesterday on gaining for two days as investors opted for caution in their trades amidst political and economic uncertainties..The last few days were downbeat for investors and the market centring Bangladesh’s foreign credit rating being
Noted economist Debapriya Bhattacharya has raised the question as to why the massive wealth accumulated through looting and corruption during the previous regime has not been reclaimed by the state yet.
