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Govt’s bank borrowing jumps to Tk 51,981cr

The net government borrowing from the country’s banking sector surged in the July–March period of the 2024–25 financial year compared with that in the same period a year earlier, as it ramped up borrowing to address budget deficit ahead of the financial year’s end...

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Medium-term budgetary framework by Apr 24

The Finance Division on Wednesday asked different ministries and divisions to complete over a dozen steps by April 24 in connection with finalising the estimate of the national budget for the 2025-26 financial year...

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BIDA urges BERC to revise gas price hike

The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority has urged the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission to revise the recently announced gas price hike, saying that otherwise, it would affect the economic momentum. ..

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Price fall in large-cap drives stocks down

Country’s both the bourses, Dhaka Stock Exchange and Chittagong Stock Exchange on Wednesday plunged due to mainly price fall in large-cap securities...

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Bay Dev to use Anwar Group’s building materials

A memorandum of understanding has been signed between the Construction Materials Division of Anwar Group of Industries, the country’s leading local industrial conglomerate, and Bay Developments Limited, a renowned name in Bangladesh’s real estate sector...

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Prices of essentials increase again

Although vegetable prices remained relatively low throughout the month of Ramadan, the capital’s kitchen markets have suddenly heated up in the post-Eid period.

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28-day repo scrap driving treasury bill rate hikes

Interest rates on treasury bills and bonds have climbed sharply after the Bangladesh Bank discontinued its 28-day repo facility, tightening liquidity in the banking system and making banks more hesitant to invest in government securities...

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NBR halts yarn import through land ports

The National Board of Revenue has issued a gazette notification regarding the ban on the import of yarn and some other products through the country\'s land ports from India, Nepal and Bhutan, following repeated demands from local textile millers...

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US opens door to tariffs on pharma, semiconductors

The United States opened the door on Monday to tariffs targeting high-end technology and pharmaceuticals, feeding the uncertainty gripping the global economy in a trade war that Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned can have ‘no winner.’..

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Bangladesh pavilion draws huge visitors at Osaka

Bangladesh pavilion has been drawing huge crowd every day at the ‘World Expo-2025’, better known as Osaka Expo in Japan, as it wins the hearts of visitors with its artistic decoration, wooden structure and beautiful products from the very beginning of the expo...

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