The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has withdrawn the temporary administrator and five supporting officials it had appointed to oversee the merger of EXIM Bank PLC under the bank resolution process, according to an official order issued yesterday.

Abu Sayed Md Kamruzzaman has joined the Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority (BPPA) as its chief executive officer following his promotion to the rank of secretary.

Brent crude prices climbed more than $1 a barrel on Thursday in a volatile session as investors swing between focusing on escalating US attacks on Iran and hopes for a resolution that may resume shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

In Bangladesh, praise is treated like public money: everyone agrees it should circulate, but nobody wants to release it. Tell a colleague he did well, and someone will demand an audit. Compliment a bridge and another citizen will ask which political party issued your membership card. We are generous with criticism, stingy with gratitude and quick to suspicion.

South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics posted on Thursday a massive 19-fold jump in second-quarter operating profit from last year, buoyed by frenzied demand for memory chips used in AI data centres.

The minimum Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) -- the fee merchants pay on each Bangla QR transaction -- is discouraging adoption of the interoperable payment platform, industry insiders say, even after Bangladesh Bank made it mandatory from July 1.

Bangladesh should continue preparing for graduation from the group of Least Developed Countries (LDCs), even if the transition is deferred by a few years, as postponement should not distract from the reforms needed to ensure a smooth and sustainable graduation, an economist said on Wednesday.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Qingfeng Zhang as its new country director for Bangladesh.

Businesses in some sectors need nearly two years and over 30 licences to start operations, a study by Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) has found, exposing regulatory bottlenecks that continue to discourage formalisation.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Qingfeng Zhang as its new country director for Bangladesh.

The CPD said it conducted the research to trace the supply chains of selected essential food commodities from retail markets back to producers

The losses rise sharply on days when temperatures exceed 37°C

With mill production reportedly nearly halved over the past week, textile millers yesterday pressed Prime Minister Tarique Rahman for a solution to the gas crisis.

Lending by foreign banks operating in Bangladesh declined 11 percent in 2025, with a Bangladesh Bank (BB) report describing the contraction as a “cautious business strategy”.

People are opting for more than plain milk as demand for value-added dairy products rises

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has instructed banks not to provide any policy support or incentives to borrowers until they withdraw lawsuits filed against the government, the central bank, or the concerned banks.

Adil Chowdhury, managing director of National Bank, has resigned, citing personal reasons.

For more than four decades, Bangladesh’s readymade garment (RMG) sector has been the backbone of the national economy.

More than half of Bangladesh’s rivers and canals have lost their functionality, forcing around 77 percent of the country’s freight transport onto roads, making logistics significantly more expensive and environmentally damaging, according to the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI).

The Bangladesh Bank has allowed banks to partner with foreign payment platforms to process outward remittances, in a bid to modernise the payment ecosystem and widen digital financial inclusion.