The Bangladesh Travel & Tourism Fair (BTTF) 2026 will be held from October 29 to 31 at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Center in Dhaka, aiming to promote tourism, create new business opportunities and strengthen regional and international collaboration.

Bangladesh Bank has published a list of 131 institutions eligible to value collateral pledged against bank loans, aiming to standardise asset appraisal across the financial sector and curb the practice of artificially inflating collateral values to secure unearned credit.

Bangladesh is entering a crucial phase in its trade diplomacy as the government pursues Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and other preferential arrangements with several countries.

Bigger screens, modern features gain ground despite cautious spending amid high inflation

The Planning Division formed the committee through a notification issued on September 5 and made it public yesterday

Under the new directive, banks must complete verification of the academic credentials of all existing employees by March 31, 2027

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T. Christensen made the remarks during a meeting with Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir

Women currently account for 16.3 percent of EBL’s workforce, with the bank targeting 25 percent by 2030.

Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury today said the government is working to raise the contribution of the creative economy to 2 to 3 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP).

Businesses have called for time-bound services from the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSC), saying delays add to the cost and uncertainty of doing business

The panel will assess the feasibility of planting binna grass (vetiver grass) across the country to protect vulnerable slopes from erosion and other damage

Food inflation fell to 7.02 percent in August from 7.16 percent in July

Loans below Tk 1 crore may continue to be valued by the banks' internal management

Reserves under the IMF’s BPM6 methodology stand at $31.47 billion, enough to cover about 4.8 months of imports

WiserGates, a wealth fintech company founded by two Bangladeshis and registered under the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), has started its pre-seed funding round at a valuation of $30 million.

Customers can now get up to Tk 10,000 in short-term digital credit from banks to pay utility bills, mobile recharges, education and healthcare costs, insurance premiums, taxes, government service fees, deposit instalments, tolls and tickets.

Shares of Aamra Networks Ltd fell by 10.61 percent yesterday after the IT services provider reported losses in the first three quarters of the financial year 2025-26 and announced a 0.10 percent, or one paisa, cash dividend for its general shareholders for the year ended June 30, 2025.

Import-export activities between Bangladesh and India through Hili land port in Dinajpur resumed yesterday after remaining suspended for six days due to an indefinite strike by Indian traders.

It is very concerning that, despite having sufficient deposits in their bank accounts, depositors cannot withdraw funds because of liquidity crises and the inability of many banks and NBFIs to honour cheques or requests.

Bangladesh has one of the highest costs for remittance transfers among the least developed countries (LDCs), with the average transaction cost of sending remittances to the country standing at 7-8 percent.