Stocks open week lower on DSE, CSE despite gains in majority shares

Bangladesh’s stock markets opened the week on a negative note on Sunday, with key indices of both the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) slipping in ...

Reform Book Published Highlighting Key Initiatives of Interim Govt

A comprehensive reform book documenting major legal, institutional and governance initiatives undertaken by the Interim Government has been published, outlining what it describes as a decisive shift away from authoritarian ...

Bangladesh set to sign trade deal with US, approve purchase of 25 Boeing aircraft

Bangladesh and the United States are set to sign a bilateral trade agreement on Monday (9 February), with Dhaka also deciding to purchase 25 aircraft from US-based manufacturer Boeing, a ...

Chittagong Port lease to DP World ruled out during interim govt tenure: Ashik

Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) Executive Chairman Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun on Sunday ruled out any possibility of leasing out Chittagong Port’s New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) during the ...

Bangladesh stocks retreat on week’s first trading day as turnover drops

Stocks in Bangladesh closed lower on Sunday, the first trading day of the week, with both the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) posting index declines amid ...

Bangladesh Bank imposes 96-hour freeze on NPSB internet banking, limits MFS transfers

Bangladesh Bank has directed all scheduled banks and mobile financial service (MFS) providers to suspend internet banking fund transfer (IBFT) transactions under the National Payment Switch Bangladesh (NPSB) for 96 ...

People have decided their vote in secret, will perform the ‘great act’ on Thursday: Nahid

National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam on Sunday expressed confidence that the people of Bangladesh have already secretly decided whom they will vote for and will carry out that ...

Stocks trade higher as indices rise on DSE, CSE

Trading on both the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chattogram Stock Exchange (CSE) remained upbeat on Monday, the second working day of the week, as key indices posted notable ...

Dhaka goes under tight security ahead election: DMP Commissioner

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Sheikh Md Sajjat Ali on Monday said that extensive security measures have been put in place in the capital centring the 13th national parliamentary election ...

Inflation may rise if new pay scale is implemented without raising tax revenue: BB Governor

Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Ahsan H Mansur on Monday warned that implementing a new government pay scale without increasing tax revenue could add to the government’s reliance on bank borrowing, ...