Bangladesh’s NBR faces repeated revenue shortfalls amid unrealistic targets, a narrow tax base, weak tax compliance and Tk82,757 crore tied
12 Oct 2026 Today's Newspaper
Beximco eyes revival with new boards, $23m investment
Foreign investors propose reopening closed garment factory as group struggles with Tk50,000cr debt burden
09 Oct 2026 Today's Newspaper
Imported fruits become luxury as duties soar
Imported fruit prices surge in Bangladesh as high duties, supply shortages and added costs make apples, oranges and grapes increasingly
08 Oct 2026 Today's Newspaper
Four mutual funds trading way above asset values
BSEC, industry people flag risk of huge capital losses if prices fall
06 Oct 2026 Today's Newspaper
Reforms: More on paper than in market?
Bangladesh’s capital market rallied after major BSEC reforms, with DSEX rising 19.11%, but shrinking BO accounts and foreign outflows raise
30 Sep 2026 Today's Newspaper
When losses don’t stop the dividends
When losses don’t stop the dividends
29 Sep 2026 Today's Newspaper
Directors’ feast, investors’ famine
A significant portion of the money that companies raised from investors through initial public offerings (IPOs) to list on Bangladesh’s
28 Sep 2026 Today's Newspaper
Dead companies, live trading
Factories closed, offices locked – yet investors crowd the shares
27 Sep 2026 Today's Newspaper
Islamic banking sheds 6,000 jobs in 2 years
Workforce cuts concentrated in full-fledged Islamic banks as sector grapples with restructuring, liquidity pressure and automation
21 Sep 2026 Today's Newspaper
Bank cards rise by 25.7m in five years
Monthly card transactions more than double to Tk47,480cr as prepaid cards record fastest growth
17 Sep 2026 Today's Newspaper
Three life insurers’ claims exceed total assets
IDRA moves to sell assets of troubled insurers to settle policyholders’ outstanding claims
16 Sep 2026 Today's Newspaper
Acme, Associated Oxygen fail to utilise IPO proceeds
Both companies leave funds unused as deadlines expire
11 Sep 2026 Today's Newspaper
IDRA proposes 25-fold hike in non-life insurance surveyor licence fee
Draft amendment seeks to raise new fee to Tk50,000 and extend validity to two years
10 Sep 2026 Today's Newspaper
BSEC moves to force MNCs, strong firms to list
Regulator plans to use Section 20A if voluntary listing efforts fail
09 Sep 2026 Today's Newspaper
BSEC moves to revive direct listing after 11 years
Draft rules set share-offloading, profitability requirements to bring large companies to capital market
06 Sep 2026 Today's Newspaper
Luxury cars arrive in pieces, CIID probes duty evasion
CIID uncovers consignments of high-end vehicles declared as ‘Used Car Parts’, with potential revenue loss from several cases estimated at nearly Tk50 crore
02 Sep 2026 Today's Newspaper
GP’s growth pivot faces a costly test
Data, bundles, digital services emerge as new growth engines, but spectrum renewal cloud the outlook
