Bangladesh received $1.877 billion in remittances in the first 19 days of September, maintaining the positive trend in expatriate earnings, according to Bangladesh Bank data released on Sunday. The latest […]
Bangladesh Bank is pushing banks to speed up the disbursement of a Tk10,000 crore agricultural loan programme so that the funds reach genuine farmers quickly, with a target of distributing […]
Gold rose for a second straight session to a one-week high as oil prices fell on Friday and investors shrugged off the Federal Reserve’s first rate hike in three years […]
UK-based Menzies Aviation plans to invest $12 million in the first year and create more than 1,000 direct jobs if selected as the second passenger-handling operator at Hazrat Shahjalal International […]
Bangladesh is stepping up its shift towards renewable energy, with 918 megawatts (MW) of private-sector solar power expected to be added to the national grid by 2028 as the government […]
Vegetable prices have risen in Dhaka markets amid supply shortages, while egg prices have fallen, offering limited relief to consumers. Fish, chicken and beef prices remain largely high. A visit […]
Oil prices fell for a third day on Friday as easing concerns over Saudi supply disruptions outweighed anxiety about a widening the Middle East conflict amid fresh fighting between Saudi […]
Gold prices have risen in Bangladesh after several rounds of reductions. The Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) most recently increased the price by Tk 1,050 per bhori, setting the price of […]
The government expects to bring the subsidy provided to the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) down to nearly zero within the next five years, Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir has […]
The US Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark interest rate for the first time in more than three years, lifting the target range by 0.25 percentage point to 3.75%-4% amid […]