Non-complying insurers won’t be allowed to operate
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The Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) will take stricter measures against non-complying distressed insurance companies, its chairman has said.
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A mega project largely deserted
19 September 2026
Tk 15,691cr spent, but Payra Port activities far below its commercial potential
19 September 2026
Business Plus / The easy money trap
19 September 2026
Loans are quick, equity is ignored, and banks are left carrying nearly all the risk in the economy
19 September 2026
Where access to freshwater is a daily struggle
5 September 2026
Sharmin Begum, who lives in Barguna’s Patharghata upazila, may have done little to contribute to global warming, but she is suffering severely from its adverse impacts.
5 September 2026
Business Plus / A big shift opens in Islamic finance
29 August 2026
As full-fledged Islamic banks failed customers, they took refuge in shariah-based wings of conventional lenders
29 August 2026
Star Interview / 6 months too short to ease public woes: Khosru
24 August 2026
The launch of the government’s flagship programmes reflects its commitment to fulfilling electoral promises, but six months is far too short to deliver the relief people expected, Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said.
24 August 2026
Metro, Teesta, tax reform top govt’s 5yr plan
20 August 2026
The government has announced a five-year strategic framework outlining reforms and infrastructure projects.
20 August 2026
Govt sets five-year plan to clean up banking sector
20 August 2026
The government has set out a five-year plan to clean up the banking sector, with a focus on recovering bad loans, tightening supervision, improving governance and restoring depositor confidence.
20 August 2026
BSEC step to create vibrant SME board
Stock investors are not adequately aware of the SME board while its stringent requirements led to sparse participation, so the board was almost dormant, said Khairul Bashar Abu Taher Mohammed, CEO of MTB Capital.
19 February 2022
Fortune Shoes nets more profit from risky stock investment
Fortune Shoes earned more money from its stock market investment than its core business of footwear selling in the first half of the current financial year.
19 February 2022
Water tariff hike: Wasa grabbing money?
Md Belal Hossain, a pensioner from Old Dhaka, was livid when he picked up the morning paper on Wednesday: he learnt that Wasa was pushing to hike the water tariff by up to 40 percent.
15 February 2022
Luxury hotels relieved of pandemic pinch
The luxury hotel business in Bangladesh bounced back strongly in the first half of the current financial year as people have started to travel and host public events with the easing of coronavirus restrictions.
15 February 2022
Ice cream makers pass tough times despite higher sales
Local ice cream producers are going through tough times in spite of logging higher sales in 2021 as they are having to bear higher prices of raw materials amidst the coronavirus pandemic.
10 February 2022
Hope for startups to raise funds from public
Startups are now quite thrilled at the likelihood of being allowed to raise funds from the stock market as the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) is mulling over listing loss-making IT or e-commerce platforms.
10 February 2022
BSEC orders selling Tamha Securities assets
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has ordered the managing director and directors of Tamha Securities to sell its assets and deposit the proceeds at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) by May 31.
8 February 2022
Food makers hit by falling profits as raw material prices rise
Profits of listed biscuit makers plunged year-on-year in the last October-December period owing to a rise in raw material prices.
6 February 2022
Listed IT companies’ profits bounce back
Listed IT-based companies’ profits bounced back strongly in the last six months after the initial shock of the pandemic.
3 February 2022
Listed textile makers’ profits more than double
Listed textile manufacturers logged a staggering 152 per cent higher profits year-on-year in the October to December period of the current financial year of 2021-22.
2 February 2022
Most listed drug makers declare higher profits
Almost all listed pharmaceutical companies in Bangladesh registered higher profits in the first half of the ongoing financial year (FY) thanks to increased health consciousness amid the coronavirus pandemic.
1 February 2022
Foreign funds in stocks drop
Foreign portfolio investment in stocks dropped last month compared to that in the preceding one as the investors had embarked on a selling spree.
1 February 2022
Power purchase deal expired: Electricity companies feeling the pinch as plants closed
Listed power generation companies of Bangladesh have started to feel the negative impact of the expiry of power purchase agreements with the government.
31 January 2022
Steelmakers’ earnings soar on higher sales
Profits of listed steel manufacturers have soared thanks to higher volumes of sales made after the economy opened up in full swing.
30 January 2022
BB aid for stocks ends up salvaging Beximco sukuk
The central bank announced a special package in February 2020 to prop up the stock market as the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) was hovering around a seven-year low of 4,385 points.
23 January 2022
Walton profits slide despite higher sales
Walton Hi-tech Industries saw its profits drop 31 per cent year-on-year despite reporting higher sales in the first half of fiscal 2021-22 due to increased production and transport costs.
20 January 2022
Little perks for good firms going public
Over the last year, the stock market regularly maintained a uniform rule for price discovery of companies willing to issue shares with premium prices instead of the fixed price method.
18 January 2022
Southeast Bank fined again
The Bangladesh Bank has imposed a fine of Tk 21.50 lakh on Southeast Bank after it failed to bring down its excessive investment in a single stock within the regulatory limit.
12 January 2022
Investors pay the price for brokerage houses’ forgery
Amran Hossain, a private service-holder, invested around Tk 8 lakh in the stock market through Dawn Securities in 2009.
9 January 2022
LIFE INSURANCE business LIFELESS for long
Bangladesh’s listed insurers’ life funds, or portfolios into which policyholder’s life assurance premiums are paid and claims are paid out of, have remained nearly the same in amount since 2015.
5 January 2022