Scheduled banks now seem to be in a quandary with excess liquidity buildup following deposit resurgence and weak loan demand amid prolonged economic slowdown, bankers say. Amid various regulatory moves and deposit-mobilising drives by the country's banks, people's trust in the once-shaken&nb

Banks' liquidity bloats amid sluggish credit demand, rising deposits

Economy 6 hours ago

S&P cuts Bangladesh outlook to negative

Trade 9 hours ago

Govt vows quick restoration of gas supply

National 10 hours ago

Russia offers Bangladesh urea at ‘$10 less per tonne’

National 12 hours ago

PM assures support for locally developed ventilator, high-flow oxygen machine

National 14 hours ago

6 Bangladeshis killed in South Africa fire

Education 6 hours ago

RUCSU VP 'threatens' journalists over assault reports

National 7 hours ago

Jamaat marches in Jashore over attack on MP's house

National 8 hours ago

5 of 6 South Africa fire victims from Narayanganj

Politics 8 hours ago

‘Attack’ on MP’s house over ‘mentally ill’ daughter’s conduct unacceptable: Jamaat

National 9 hours ago

Fire on parliament premises under control; probe committee ordered

National 7 hours ago

July uprising built on 17-year BNP struggle: Anee

World 7 hours ago

Rushdie stabbing trial: Defendant won't testify

World 7 hours ago

Only 1 in 3 Americans back Iran war: poll

Sports 7 hours ago

Zidane lands France job on deal to 2030

World 8 hours ago

‘Attack’ on MP’s house over ‘mentally ill’ daughter’s conduct unacceptable: Jamaat

National

Fire on parliament premises under control; probe committee ordered

National

July uprising built on 17-year BNP struggle: Anee

World

Rushdie stabbing trial: Defendant won't testify

World

Only 1 in 3 Americans back Iran war: poll

Sports

Zidane lands France job on deal to 2030

World

Trump cites 'good' talks on Iran, reiterates threat to hit targets

Latest NewsLatest News

Editorial& Op-ed

Editorial 6 hours ago

Achieving Ctg Port's global competitiveness

Bangladesh's premier seaport, Chattogram Port, still lags behind most of its regional and global competitors in terms of its operational metrics such as container import dwell time (CIDT). It directly inflates national logistics, causes disruption to manufacturing supply chains and risks fore

Columns 6 hours ago

Bus operation in city under a franchise-based model

The latest initiative to overhaul Dhaka's bus network may well prove to be the most ambitious attempt yet to bring order to one of the world's most chaotic urban transport systems. The Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA) has shortlisted 60 bus routes for operation under a single-company f

Opinions 6 hours ago

Bangladesh's leap to a civic digital future

A nation’s progress is contingent upon a multifaceted strategy, outlining how effectively and efficiently the lives of people improve through the adept management of various systems. This progress rests on four crucial elements: economic innovation, the human element, institutional & social m

Views 6 hours ago

Removing barriers to achieving goal of a trillion-dollar economy

The Bangladesh government is determined to build a US$1 trillion economy by 2034, and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has invited foreign investors to partner in the country's economic transformation. Highlighting Bangladesh's strengths, the Prime Minister emphasised that the country's large and exp

EconomyEconomy

Economy

S&P warns banking sector weakness, global risks threaten Bangladesh's economic recovery

S&P Global Ratings has revised Bangladesh's long-term sovereign credit outlook from stable to negative, citing persistent banking sector weaknesses, sticky inflation and uncertainty in global energy markets. The agency, however, affirmed B...

Economy

Development spending dips to a very worrying level

Government agencies exposed their weakest capacity in implementing development programme as an unprecedented slowdown in public spending left over Tk 1.0 trillion unspent until penultimate month of last fiscal year, squeezing Bangladesh's &...

Economy

S&P warns banking sector weakness, global risks threaten Bangladesh's economic recovery

Economy

Development spending dips to a very worrying level

Economy

Banks' liquidity bloats amid sluggish credit demand, rising deposits

Economy

China economic zone to usher in new era of industrialisation, jobs: Salahuddin

Economy

Defaulted loans leave many banks facing capital, provisioning deficits: BB

Economy

Number of ‘crorepatis’ jumped by 21pc during interim govt’s tenure: Bangladesh Bank data

Economy

Bangladesh sets $63.4b export target for FY27

Economy

NBR seeks 5yr pharma output data to verify VAT compliance

Economy

Bangladesh gets edge over competitors in US labour tariff on 60 countries

economy& Op-ed

Views

Removing barriers to achieving goal of a trillion-dollar economy

Views

World is sleepwalking into a development finance crisis

The world's next financial crisis is unlikely to begin on Wall Street. It may begin quietly-in the budgets of developing countries struggling to finance the future. For decades, financial crises have typically been viewed through the lens...

Views

Beyond the FDI rebound

When UNCTAD released its World Investment Report 2026 on July 7, the headline appeared encouraging. Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bangladesh rose 45 per cent in 2025, reaching $1.78 billion — the fastest growth rate in South Asia...

Views

Bangladesh's cashless economy

Bangladesh’s digital payment ecosystem has made remarkable progress over the past decade. Mobile financial services have accumulated hundreds of millions of registered accounts, transaction volumes continue to grow at double-digit rat...

Columns

A misguided proposal of demonetization

It was 51 years ago that the Bangladesh government, for the first time in the country’s history, demonetised the Tk 100 banknote. The decision to invalidate the banknote, the highest-value note at the time, was driven by the urgency t...

VideosVideos

StockStock

Stock

Hossain Sadat appointed BSEC commissioner for four years

The government has appointed Hossain Sadat, FCS, as a commissioner of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) for a four-year term, completing the five-member commission led by its chairman. A notification issued on Tuesda...

Stock

Stocks open higher as earnings hopes lift sentiment

Stocks opened higher on Tuesday as bargain hunters continued accumulating fundamentally strong and selective shares, encouraged by optimism surrounding the ongoing quarterly earnings season. Market operators said investor sentiment improve...

Stock

Hossain Sadat appointed BSEC commissioner for four years

Stock

Stocks open higher as earnings hopes lift sentiment

Stock

Confidence Infrastructure to enter stock market, appoints UCB Investment as IPO issue manager

Confidence Infrastructure PLC, a member of Confidence Group, has decided to enter the capital market through an Initial Public Offering (IPO), appointing UCB Investment as the issue manager for the proposed IPO. The company has signed an i...

Opinions

The myth of 300,000 registered entities with RJSC

Bangladesh's business landscape is often described with a headline statistic: more than 300,000 entities are registered with the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSC). This figure is quoted routinely — by policymakers, d...

Columns

Bringing truth back to land registration

As the National Board of Revenue embarks on its customary round of pre-budget consultations with business associations, economists, journalists and other stakeholders ahead of the upcoming national budget, the fiscal pressures bearing down...

TradeTrade

Trade

Govt vows quick restoration of gas supply

The government on Tuesday once again apologised for the public suffering caused by the ongoing gas crisis, saying it is working on multiple fronts to restore normal supply after a major mechanical fault at a floating storage and regasificat...

Trade

Standard Islami Bank holds its 430th board meeting

430th board meeting of Standard Islami Bank PLC was held on 28 July 2026 at the bank’s Boardroom, Head Office, Dhaka. Chairman of the Bank Mohammed Abdul Aziz presided over the meeting, according to a press release. It was attended...

Trade

Govt vows quick restoration of gas supply

Trade

Standard Islami Bank holds its 430th board meeting

Trade

Turkey’s Sanko plans $300m investment in Bangladesh

Turkish textile major Sanko is keen to invest around $300 million to establish an integrated textile manufacturing facility in Mirsarai industrial zone. The investment plan was discussed at a meeting between a Sanko delegation and Minister...

Analysis

Made in Faridpur, sold in America

Embracing Bangladesh as their adopted home, American couple Jacob and Joya Berlin have built Action Joy Enterprise, a social venture that helps trafficking victims and trauma survivors heal and also reclaim their lives by earning a dignifie...

Opinions

Ten industrial economy myths

For developing high-performing industrial economy, Bangladesh must pay attention to wealth creation from technology possibilities to be in the global race to migrate the innovation epicentres in selected areas...

NationalNational

Prof Selim Raihan joins TIB Board of Trustees

Dhaka University economics teacher Prof Selim Raihan has joined Transparency International Bangladesh’s Board of Trustees for a three-year term. Raihan, also the executive director of the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SAN...

NationalNational

Prof Selim Raihan joins TIB Board of Trustees

National

BNP laid groundwork for July uprising through 17 years of struggle: Anee

National

Jamaat holds protest march in Jashore over attack on MP's house

National

5 of 6 South Africa fire victims from Narayanganj

National

‘Invest Bangladesh’ to drive industrial growth, attract investment: Titumir

National

Fire on parliament premises under control; probe committee ordered

National

Russia offers Bangladesh urea at ‘$10 less per tonne’

National& Op-ed

Columns

Bus operation in city under a franchise-based model

Columns

The retreat that has raised a few eyebrows

The government's decision to abandon its plan to halve the monthly vehicle maintenance allowance for a section of senior civil servants has raised a few eyebrows. What initially appeared to be a modest but symbolically important austerity m...

Opinions

Microplastics becoming a public health threat

A year-long study by a Non-Government Organisation (NGO) found microplastics in 26 out of 34 toothpaste samples representing 19 brands. Notably, 22 of 25 locally manufactured samples and four of six children's products tested positive for m...

Opinions

Felling of trees by forest officials

Every human being has his arguments to justify whatever he does irrespective of whether his reasoning is sound and acceptable or if it stands careful scrutiny. The Forest Department officials in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar did not also...

BanglaBangla

কালিয়াকৈরে কৃষি ব্যাংক ব্যবস্থাপককে অপহরণ ও নির্যাতনের নিন্দা জেবিএবির

গাজীপুরের কালিয়াকৈরে বাংলাদেশ কৃষি ব্যাংকের শাখা ব্যবস্থাপক আব্দুস সবুরকে অপহরণ, মুক্তিপণ আদায় এবং ভল্টের চাবির জন্য নির্যাতনের ঘটনায় তীব্র নিন্দা জানিয়েছে জাতীয়তাবাদী ব্যাংকার্স অ্যাসোসিয়েশন বাংলাদেশ (জেবিএবি)। রোববার সংগঠনের যুগ্ম আহ্বায়...

BanglaBangla

কালিয়াকৈরে কৃষি ব্যাংক ব্যবস্থাপককে অপহরণ ও নির্যাতনের নিন্দা জেবিএবির

Bangla

ব্যাংক কর্মকর্তা আরিফুল হত্যায় জড়িত ব্যক্তিদের গ্রেপ্তার দাবি জেবিএবির

Bangla

নতুন বছরে যে স্কিলগুলো আপনাকে এগিয়ে রাখবে

Bangla

শিশুর বিকাশে যে দশটি বই গুরুত্বপূর্ণ

Bangla

২০২৬: প্রযুক্তিতে যা থাকছে

Bangla

আইপিএল: ক্রিকেটের মুখোশে পুঁজি, ক্ষমতা ও নৈতিক সংকটের গল্প

Bangla

কেন আখতারুজ্জামান ইলিয়াস পড়া জরুরি?

Bangla

ঢাকার শীতে 'সাশ্রয়ী' কেনাকাটা: সেরা কিছু গন্তব্য

ব্যস্ততম ঢাকা শহরে শীতের আগমন মানেই ফ্যাশন আর কেনাকাটার ধুম। ছোট বাচ্চাদের শীতপোশাক থেকে শুরু করে বড়দের পোশাক উভয়েরই এই সময়ে বেশ চাহিদা থাকে। তবে স্টাইলিশ শীতের পোশাক মানেই যে অনেক খরচ, তা কিন্তু নয়। ঢাকার এমন কিছু জায়গা আছে যেখানে তুলনামূল...

Bangla

শীতকালে যেভাবে ঘরোয়া উপায়ে ত্বকের যত্ন নেবেন

শীতকাল এলেই ত্বকের উপর এর প্রভাবটা যেন সবার আগে চোখে পড়ে। বাতাসের আর্দ্রতা কমে যাওয়া, চারপাশের শুষ্ক পরিবেশ আর ঠান্ডা বাতাস ত্বকের কোমলতা কেড়ে নেয়। অনেকের ত্বক খসখসে হয়ে যায়, কারও কারও ত্বকে টান-টান ভাব দেখা দেয়। আবার অনেকের নিশপিশ ও ত্বক ফ...

Bangla

আতশবাজি থেকে যেভাবে নিরাপদ রাখবেন আপনার পোষা প্রানীকে

নতুন বছর মানেই মানুষের জীবনে হাসি, গান আর আতশবাজির ঝলকানি। আমরা যখন ঘড়ির কাটার দিকে তাকিয়ে কাউন্টডাউনের অপেক্ষা করি, ঠিক তখনই শহরের প্রাণীগুলো মুখোমুখি হয় অন্য এক বাস্তবতার। আতশবাজির বিকট শব্দে কেঁপে ওঠে পথকুকুর, কার্নিশে বসে থাকা পাখিরা দি...

SportsSports

Sports

Zidane confirmed as France head coach

Former Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has been confirmed as the head coach of the France national team. Didier Deschamps, France's longest-serving manager, ended his 14-year stint in charge after the nation's semi-final exit to Spain...

Sports

Zidane lands dream job as France hand him reins through 2030 World Cup

France great Zinedine Zidane's long-held ambition to coach the national team became reality on Tuesday when the French Football Federation appointed the former captain and World Cup winner as Didier Deschamps' successor on a four-year contr...

Sports

Zidane lands dream job as France hand him reins through 2030 World Cup

Sports

Infantino accuses World Cup critics of spreading hate in open letter

Sports

Cape Verde's Vozinha finds new club after World Cup heroics

Sports

Argentina defender Otamendi retires from international football

Sports

Bangladesh to host SAFF Championship

EducationEducation

Education

Ammar claims assault was 'resistance', RUCSU VP 'threatens' action against journalists

Rajshahi University Central Students' Union (RUCSU) Vice-President Mostakur Rahman Zahid has accused journalists of publishing reports "against RUCSU and Islami Chhatra Shibir" over the alleged assault of three students on the campus. He a...

Education

Two years on, no memorial for July Uprising's first martyr Abu Sayed at BRUR

More than two years after Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) student Abu Sayed's killing became a defining moment of the July Uprising, there is still no sign of a permanent memorial in his honour at the university, leaving students, f...

Education

Ammar claims assault was 'resistance', RUCSU VP 'threatens' action against journalists

Education

Two years on, no memorial for July Uprising's first martyr Abu Sayed at BRUR

Education

Quality education for every student govt’s top priority: PM

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Tuesday reaffirmed the government’s commitment to overhauling the country’s education system through coordinated reforms, effective monitoring and the timely implementation of plans to bring qual...

Columns

Examination fiasco education ministry could avoid

Ever since the pandemic disrupted classrooms, the authorities have papered over the cracks with one temporary arrangement after another to move batches from one year to the next...

Columns

Technical education deserves more than promises

More than five decades after independence, Bangladesh continues to grapple with a paradox that has become increasingly difficult to ignore. While the country frequently speaks of becoming a knowledge-based and industrial economy, its techni...

Youth and EntrepreneursYouth and Entrepreneurs

Youth and Entrepreneurs

The rise of affordable mental health ecosystems

"First year at university felt like the ground had shifted under me. I was brilliant in school. Suddenly I was average, surrounded by people who seemed to have everything figured out. I stopped sleeping, eating properly. I told no one." Th...

Youth and Entrepreneurs

The hidden cost of the productivity imperative in higher education

Youth and Entrepreneurs

The road to a final for the ages

Youth and Entrepreneurs

The gender gap BD's youth statistics cannot hide

Youth and Entrepreneurs

Bangladeshi founders are quietly rerouting their fundraising maps towards the Gulf

Youth and Entrepreneurs

The hidden cost of the productivity imperative in higher education

Youth and Entrepreneurs

The road to a final for the ages

Youth and Entrepreneurs

The gender gap BD's youth statistics cannot hide

Youth and Entrepreneurs

Bangladeshi founders are quietly rerouting their fundraising maps towards the Gulf

Youth and Entrepreneurs

BRAC University Business Club announces ADwiz 2.0

The BRAC University Business Club (BIZ BEE) has announced the second edition of ADwiz, its flagship inter-university advertising competition, inviting students from universities across Bangladesh to showcase their creativity, strategic thin...

Youth and Entrepreneurs

Empowering youths: How Bangladesh can adopt Malaysian Qualifications Framework

Bangladesh today is home to one of the youngest populations in Asia, a generation whose ambitions are outpacing the systems meant to prepare them. As young people enter universities, polytechnics, and training institutes in record numbers,...

Youth and Entrepreneurs

Why Bangladeshi startups are being starved of cash and who are responsible

In developing countries such as Bangladesh, establishing and sustaining a startup remains an arduous undertaking, with inadequate access to capital standing as one of the most formidable barriers facing early-stage entrepreneurs. During th...

Youth and Entrepreneurs

Youths who inherited a broken system

The role of Dhaka University often becomes a matter of critical discussion. Educationists, leaders and ordinary people often express their frustration. In this article, we want to seriously review the roles of, and realities about Universit...

Youth and Entrepreneurs

JCI Dhaka Astral's Capitalizer 2026 concludes

The Grand Finale of JCI Dhaka Astral Presents Capitalizer 2026, powered by Eastern Bank PLC and ACI Limited, and co-powered by Gold Kinen, concluded successfully at Radisson Blu Dhaka recently. The flagship competition, organised by BUP Fin...

Youth and Entrepreneurs

A solution towards future unemployment problem of Bangladesh

A quiet revolution is taking place in a nation where almost one in three recent graduates find it difficult to secure official work. Bangladesh is becoming a worldwide leader in digital and platform-based labour as millions of young people...

Youth and Entrepreneurs

Why Bangladesh must build its brand before the world builds one for it

When a business owner in California types "hire virtual assistant" into a search engine, the results are not random. They are the product of years of deliberate positioning, cultural fluency in the global market, and a country that decided...