Import-export activities between Bangladesh and India through the Benapole land port will remain suspended for three consecutive days due to the assembly elections in West Bengal, India.

Oil prices were up more than 1 percent on Monday as peace talks ‌between the  US and Iran stalled while shipments through the Strait of Hormuz remained limited, keeping global oil supplies tight.

After more than 35 years in commercial banking, I have seen a troubling pattern: persistently high non-performing loans, limited product innovation, weak risk management, a shortage of capable and transformational leadership, and undue interference by owner directors.

Times are bad for Bangladesh's farmers. Right when they needed a steady diesel supply to irrigate vast swathes of cropland -- Boro paddies, seasonal vegetables, maize -- the world entered what the head of the International Energy Agency called “the biggest energy security threat in history.”

Talks with Japan ongoing; test run planned before full operation

Global oil price shocks are likely to affect Bangladesh’s economy mainly through higher inflation, a weaker exchange rate, and limited output losses

Japanese consortium led by Sumitomo Corporation will have privilege to choose

At the same time, Khalid Mahmood Khan has been appointed as senior vice president and Kanak Aditya as vice president

No restriction on movement of perishable goods, medical patients

Authority says alert issued after instruction from Police Headquarters

The company has invested $15.16 million in the zone since its establishment and currently employs 2,485 Bangladeshi nationals

Beza chief sets 180-day roadmap to break deadlock

The government’s development expenditure has fallen to its lowest level in at least five years in the first nine months of the current fiscal year 2025-26 (FY26).

Bangladesh will not be able to realise its ambition of becoming a trillion-dollar economy by 2034 unless it revives investment, foreign investors and development partners said yesterday.

Google is planning to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic, the artificial intelligence firm confirmed Friday, expanding a long-standing alliance between the two companies.

Bangladesh Bank has appointed an administrator to Aviva Finance Limited to ensure uninterrupted operations of the non-bank financial institution.

Team Six Seven of the Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) emerged champion at the Business Case Competition 2026, jointly organised by HSBC and BRAC University, held at the university’s multipurpose hall in Dhaka yesterday.

The US central bank is widely expected to keep interest rates unchanged at its policy meeting next week, as energy prices stay high and supply chains snarled due to war in the Middle East.

There are serious lapses in policies aimed at expanding the tax net, resulting in persistently low revenue collection and a weak tax-GDP ratio over many years.

The Barapukuria coal mine yard in Dinajpur is now storing more than twice its designed capacity, with stocks continuing to rise and raising concerns over fire hazards, possible heap collapse and declining coal quality.