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Business Multimedia

How is Bangladesh being affected despite the US tariff suspension?

Watch today's episode of Star Explains to find out more

2w ago

What's stopping the govt from breaking market syndicates?

Watch to find out more in today's episode of Star Explains with Ahsan

1m ago

Which savings certificate offers the highest returns?

In recent years, treasury bills and bond interest rates have exceeded those of savings certificates

3m ago

Food prices stubbornly high despite govt measures

When prices of widely consumed staples like potatoes, edible oil, sugar or onions spike and remain inflated for extended periods, it understandably hits the poor and low-income people where it hurts the most: in their wallet.

6m ago

Remittance rises 21% in October

Migrant Bangladeshis sent home $2.39 billion in October

6m ago

Potato price shoots up

The price of potatoes has begun an upward climb in the market

1y ago

92 thousand crores or more siphoned out in 15 years?

Based on the compilation of media reports on bank scams between 2008 and 2023, CPD said as much as 92 thousand crores of taka have been siphoned out of the banking sector in the last fifteen years

1y ago

Is Bangladesh going towards a deep economic crisis?

How can Bangladesh avoid the economic crisis to deepen further?

1y ago

Will Bangladesh benefit from trade in Indian rupee?

Will trade in rupee increase Bangladesh’s forex reserves?

1y ago

Where did Tk 100 crore of 40,000 insurance clients go?

Around 4.2% of India’s gross domestic product (GDP) comes from the insurance sector and it is 0.91% for Pakistan. But Bangladesh’s insurance sector contributes only 0.4% of the GDP. The Daily Star has come to know that two insurance companies are not settling Tk 100 crore of 40,000 clients despite the end of the maturity period years ago. Why are the companies failing to settle the claims? Will the policyholders get their money back?

1y ago

Green chilli prices start to fall

The price of green chilli has decreased from Tk 200 to Tk 250 per kg in the span of one day. Green chilli is being sold at Tk 400 per kg in the capital's Karwan Bazar wholesale market and Tk 600 per kg in the retail market

1y ago

Fish worth Tk 5 lakh sold on Jamuna river bank every morning

Watch Inside Bangladesh to learn more about this bustling fish market

1y ago

Who benefits from bank directors’ tenure extension?

The directors of banks have been the main characters behind all the big banking scams unearthed in recent times in Bangladesh

1y ago

Low prices due to high supply in Kansat mango market

Kansat mango market in Chapainawabganj is having its busiest time. Thousands of mangoes are bought and sold in this market every day

1y ago

Do you need to show tax return now to travel abroad?

What will change when the new Income Tax Law draft gets passed and implemented?

1y ago

Why the cuts in edu, health budget?

Will cuts in allocations to education and health sectors create an obstacle to becoming a developed country?

1y ago

Can government implement this budget?

No budget in the last 14 years has been implemented fully

1y ago

Will this budget help foreign trade amid dollar crisis?

Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir, professor and chairman of the development studies department of Dhaka University, talks to The Daily Star about whether the proposed budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year may help the foreign trade of the country amid the persistent dollar crisis

1y ago