Non-complying insurers won’t be allowed to operate
20 September 2026
The Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) will take stricter measures against non-complying distressed insurance companies, its chairman has said.
20 September 2026
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
DSE plans to diversify products
The country's stockmarket lacks diversified products, leaving investors with limited opportunities for exploration, said KAM Majedur Rahman, managing director of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).
28 January 2019
Finance stocks thrive on low prices
Shares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) gained 475 points, or 8.80 percent, in the last 15 trading days led by rise in finance securities as investors flock to them due to low prices ahead of their full-year earnings reports.
21 January 2019
Largest private economic zone to be ready this year
The country's largest private economic zone, Sirajganj Economic Zone Ltd (SEZL), may open for entrepreneurs within this year.
19 January 2019
Motorbike market to race faster in 2019
The motorcycle market is set to be around 6 lakh units by the end of 2019 thanks to price cuts, increasing purchasing capacity and thrust for faster mobility.
19 January 2019
IPOs lose lustre for high cost, lengthy process
Companies are losing interest in coming to the stock market because of the lengthy process stretching up to two years and the high costs to get listed.
12 January 2019
Small-cap firms can soon raise funds from stock market
Small-cap companies will be able to raise funds from the capital market soon, a development that is being viewed with trepidation by
9 January 2019
More IPOs needed
There are 61 merchant banks in the country but they were able to collectively bring in only 14 companies in the capital market last
7 January 2019
6 reasons stocks may rise in 2019
In 2018 stock market investors lost a good sum due to liquidity crisis, rising nonperforming loans in the banking sector and political
5 January 2019
Textile, finance stocks trading below face value
Of the 348 companies listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange, 23 traded below their face value as of yesterday -- an alarming development for the market that is already low on confidence.
3 January 2019
POST-POLLS MARKET: Stocks surge 1.5pc on optimism
Dhaka stocks surged yesterday as investors reacted positively to the election outcome.
1 January 2019
Political jitters sink stocks
The stockmarket is feeling the pinch of rising political tension centring the upcoming parliamentary election, stakeholders and investors said yesterday.
17 December 2018
Investors lose confidence in mutual funds
The extension of closed-end mutual funds' tenure further sapped investors' confidence in the sector, with almost Tk 430 crore lost
10 December 2018
Delisting acts as wake-up call for Rahima Food
Rahima Food Corporation has been prompted to return to production following punitive measures taken by the stock exchanges.
3 December 2018
Fate of Imam Button, Savar Refractories to be decided after polls
The fate of Imam Button and Savar Refractories will be decided after the national polls, which were found to have no potential to return to profit in a recent probe of the Dhaka bourse.
29 November 2018
Most listed firms deprive investors of crucial info
As many as 174 out of the 310 listed companies are withholding price-sensitive information on their websites by not updating them in gross violation of listing regulations.
26 November 2018
Benefits yet to reach investors
Frequent gambling, shaky confidence, lower turnover and lack of well-performing companies and new products continue to dog the stock exchanges five years past their demutualisation.
24 November 2018
Foreign funds dip in stocks amid political jitters
Foreign investors sold more shares than they bought in Dhaka Stock Exchange last month mainly because of political tension ahead of
19 November 2018
Stocks slide piles huge losses on GQ Ball Pen
The falling stock market has taken a heavy toll on GQ Ball Pen, which has lost a significant amount of its investment in other
17 November 2018
Not all brokers jumping at tax waiver
Some 21 percent of the stockbrokers do not want to invest the amount they got from the Chinese consortium in the stock market, preferring instead to pay the 15 percent capital gains tax.
10 November 2018
Earnings of listed NBFIs sink
Almost 64 percent of the listed non-bank financial institutions (NBFI) witnessed huge drops in their earnings in the first nine months
7 November 2018