Dhaka, Feb. 28 -- Towhidul Islam, a marginal farmer in Godagari municipal area under Rajshahi, lost almost all his Aman crop in 2023 due to excessive rainfall from mid-October to early November. He g... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 21 -- Only select insurers with a strong track record of settling claims will be allowed to participate in the bancassurance business, according to the insurance regulator. The Insurance ... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 21 -- The market infrastructure module (MI Module), a key automated auction-trading platform of Bangladesh Bank, resumed function on Tuesday, following a full-day shutdown on the previous ... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 18 -- Banks are directed to form a separate dedicated unit each in a latest drive--sweetened with perks--to recover their written-off loans in the wake of worrying NPL buildups. Banglades... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 15 -- Inflation in Bangladesh defies global downturn and local monetary tightening as the January rate peaked at 9.86 per cent by official count. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) sho... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Current-account surplus in Bangladesh last December more than trebled from the November tally, the central bank disclosed Monday, although the country's balance of payments goes burg... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 10 -- The country's gross central-government debt in foreign-currency denomination has increased largely in recent times, thanks to a highly volatile exchange rate in the forex market. Th... Read More