Dhaka, Sunday, Aug 30, 2026
The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) has hosted a high-level investment seminar in Istanbul titled ‘Gateway to Growth: Invest in Bangladesh’, aiming to deepen economic ties and attra...
The Bangladesh Bank has purchased more than USD 2 billion from commercial banks over the past three months through 14 auctions, as steady growth in remittance and export earnings continues to strength...
-1760014556.webp "Advisory Council approves proposal to merge five Islamic banks into a new entity")
The Advisory Council of the interim government has approved a proposal to merge five financially distressed private Islamic Shariah-based banks into a single new entity.The decision was made on Thursd...
Bangladesh is struggling with a worsening dengue outbreak, as four more deaths were reported in the 24 hours leading up to Thursday morning, pushing this year’s total fatalities from the mosquito-born...
-1760011748.webp "Stocks extend losing streak amid continued market decline")
The stock market continued its downward trend as indices of both Dhaka and Chattogram bourses fell on Thursday, marking losses in four out of five trading sessions this week. Most listed companies saw...
Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2025 for his “compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art,...
-1760007937.webp "Israel and Hamas Agree to First Phase of Trump’s Gaza Peace Deal")
US President Donald Trump has announced that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of his proposed Gaza peace deal, a breakthrough that could mark a significant step towards ending months of...
-1760007196.webp "Governor assures single-digit lending rate in upcoming monetary policy")
Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Ahsan H. Mansur has assured that the lending rate will be brought down to a single digit in the upcoming monetary policy.He gave the assurance on Thursday (Oct 9) during a...
Michael Miller, Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh, has said that whether Bangladesh adopts an Upper House system or not is entirely its own decision, and the EU wil...
Robbers have reportedly looted around 500 bhoris of gold from a jewellery shop at Fortune Shopping Mall in the capital’s Mouchak area early Wednesday.The incident took place between 3am and 4am at ‘Sh...
The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has recommended scrapping the proposed plan to introduce an Upper House in the next (13th) National Parliament, saying the move will not bring any effective change...
-1759986417.webp "Indices see mixed trading in early hours.")
Indices witnessed mixed trading in the first hour of transactions at the country’s two stock exchanges, with a slight rise in Dhaka and a marginal fall in Chattogram, as most companies saw their share...
The price of gold in Bangladesh has hit a new record, as the Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) raised the rate of 22-carat gold by Tk 6,906 per bhori (11.664 grams) within 24 hours.In a notific...
-1759935071.webp "Jamaat Seeks Separate Referendum Before Election to Avoid Confusion")
Jamaat-e-Islami has called for a referendum on the July National Charter 2025 to be held before the next national election, emphasising that the two processes should remain separate.Dr Syed Abdullah M...
At least 24 people were killed and 47 injured when Myanmar’s military dropped two bombs from a motorised paraglider on a crowd gathered for a Buddhist festival in Chaung U township, Sagaing region, on...
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Brokers Association of Bangladesh (DBA) President Saiful Islam has lamented that insider trading continues to persist in the shares of large corporations, both local and mul...
-1759926376.webp "Stocks extend losing streak for third day; majority issues decline")
Bangladesh’s stock market continued its losing streak for the third consecutive session on Tuesday, as most issues on both the Dhaka and Chattogram bourses ended lower amid reduced turnover.At the Dha...
Despite significant investments made to make Bangladesh’s capital market technologically sound, the outcome has been far from satisfactory, said Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Chairman Mominul Islam.He ma...
Bangladesh’s capital market has shrunk by nearly half over the past 15 years due to prolonged irregularities and lack of coordination among key institutions, said Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Co...
Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi for their pioneering work on metal-organic frameworks, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced a...