The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has temporarily loosened the rules so commercial banks can lend more to big borrowers, treat trade guarantees more lightly, and adjust large loan limits based on how healthy their loan books are.

Labour and Employment Minister Ariful Haque Chowdhury has directed factory owners to pay Eid bonuses to workers by May 21 and ensure monthly wages are cleared within the stipulated timeframe ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.

Chinese investment, technology transfer, and innovation-driven collaboration are crucial to transforming Bangladesh’s textile and apparel sector into a more sustainable, eco-friendly, and technology-oriented industry, Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir said yesterday.

Sustainable financing in Bangladesh reached Tk 8,375 crore during the October-December quarter of 2025, accounting for 35.87 percent of total disbursed loans, reflecting growing momentum in the country’s sustainable finance sector, experts said.

The government has raised Tk 42,400 crore through sukuk, a shariah-compliant investment instrument akin to bonds, since its launch in December 2020.

In Bangladesh, we have a beautiful management tradition. When an employee is stressed, we first advise him to “take pressure positively.”

Investors, processors and farmers in the country’s cashew sector are under growing pressure as cheaper imported cashew nuts continue to undercut locally processed products.

The government wants to end hasty spending on development projects in June every year, which Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir, finance and planning adviser to the prime minister, termed the “June syndrome”.

Jiji, a Nigerian classifieds marketplace, has acquired Bikroy.com, expanding into Bangladesh’s digital commerce sector just over a year after entering the local market.

The government has raised Tk 42,400 crore through sukuk, a shariah-compliant investment instrument akin to bonds, since its launch in December 2020.

The government wants to end hasty spending on development projects in June every year, which Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir, finance and planning adviser to the prime minister, termed the "June syndrome".

Jiji launched in Bangladesh in March 2025

The directive came from a meeting of the Tripartite Consultative Council

The second Bangladesh-China Green Textile Expo 2026 begins today

Bangladesh’s net foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows rose 39.36 percent year-on-year to $1.77 billion in 2025, according to a press release issued by the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority today

Retailers compete for share of supermarket sector growing about 20% annually as demand shifts from wet markets to organised retail

Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook on Bangladesh to “negative” from “stable”, citing rising external financing pressures and macroeconomic vulnerabilities linked to exposure to the Middle East conflict.

The GSMA, a global association of mobile operators, has urged Bangladesh’s National Board of Revenue (NBR) to withdraw the 7.5 percent VAT imposed on spectrum payments and abolish SIM-related taxes in its proposals for the upcoming FY2026-27 national budget.

The government yesterday fixed the price of rawhide to be generated during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, with the price of salted cowhide in Dhaka increased by Tk 2 per square foot (sqft) from last year.

European Union imports of Russian liquefied natural gas hit their highest level in the first quarter since Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, according to research published Wednesday.