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Bangladesh showcases export potential at Korea Import Expo with 32 companies

Dhaka, June 29 -- Bangladesh showcased its growing export potential and investment opportunities at the three-day Korea Import Expo 2026 in Seoul, with the participation of 32 companies representing a... Read More


Al-Arafah Islami Bank signs Cluster Financing Refinance agreement with Bangladesh Bank

Dhaka, June 29 -- Al-Arafah Islami Bank PLC has signed a refinance agreement with Bangladesh Bank under the Cluster Financing Scheme, supervised by the SME and Special Programmes Department (SMESPD) o... Read More


Sonali Bank signs agreement with LABAID

Dhaka, June 29 -- Sonali Bank PLC signed an agreement with Labaid Limited, Labaid Cancer Hospital & Super Specialty Centre and Lifeplus Bangladesh Limited at the bank's head office conference room on ... Read More


Grameen Communications, Japan's Wick sign MoU to launch digital platform 'SPARK'

Dhaka, June 29 -- Grameen Communications and Japan-based Wick Co. Ltd. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly develop SPARK, a digital platform aimed at connecting Bangladeshis at ... Read More


Universal healthcare: rhetoric & reality

Dhaka, June 29 -- Sonia Akhter is a mother who lives with her middle-class family in Gopalganj. She came to Dhaka with her measles-afflicted daughter Ramjana on June 22 for treatment at the advice of ... Read More


Banks need higher operational risk capital

Dhaka, June 29 -- Operational risk is no longer a secondary concern for Bangladesh's banking sector. Under the Basel framework, it refers to the risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed intern... Read More


Government appoints Ahsan Habib as acting NBR chairman

Dhaka, June 29 -- The government has appointed tax cadre official Ahsan Habib as the acting chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR). A 15th batch officer of the income tax cadre, Ahsan replac... Read More


Bangladesh cuts private university corporate tax to 5pc, urges more research investment

Dhaka, June 29 -- The corporate tax rate for private universities in Bangladesh has been cut from 10 percent to 5 percent after parliament approved an amendment to the Finance Bill. The proposal was ... Read More


BB caps loan-deposit interest spread at 4pc

Dhaka, June 29 -- Bangladesh Bank (BB) has instructed banks to maintain the average gap between loan and deposit interest rates within a specific limit, setting the maximum interest rate spread at 4 p... Read More


DBL Group eyes five more IPOs in four years

Dhaka, June 29 -- One of Bangladesh's leading industrial conglomerates, DBL Group, plans to list at least five more companies on the country's capital market over the next four years as part of its st... Read More