Banks' non-performing loan (NPL) volume reaches a record-high of over Tk 2.11 trillion as of last June-end, official statistics show and economists worry over its domino effect. Bankers and economists say the pressure on the banking sector continues mounting under the load of NPLs or class

Much-hyped Nagad Digital Bank is on the brink following paradigm shift as the regulator is considering cancelling its licence allegedly for intervention of two influential persons of the immediate-past government. It became Bangladesh's first digital bank in the process of transformation fro

The upcoming interim government should take the macrocosmic issues seriously as many economic parameters are unfavourable or destabilized, including inexorable inflation, economists say after an unceremonious exit of the Awami League regime. First to come is the financial sector which they suggest

Life gets crippled and the economy continues to bleed amid unrelenting violence following the anti-discrimination student movement that severely disrupted business and economic activities across the country, businesses and economists said. Such disruptions to trades and businesses come at

Bangladesh would need a fresh start on socioeconomic front to heal accumulated ills with decisive reformative actions after the forthcoming polls, as leading economists think entrenched uuncertainties may not all clear with elections. The most pressing problems currently confronting the nation are

Funds for doing business get costlier as the central bank raised again the policy rate by 50 basis points along government line of aggressive action against high inflation and price rises. In a span of less than two months of last raise comes the Bangladesh Bank (BB) step enhancing the policy or r

Non-performing loans (NPLs) belonging to banks edged down by a meagre Tk 6.41 billion to Tk 1.55 trillion in September, quarter on quarter, following two major rescheduling events. However, competent sources have said, the real burden would be heavier with rescheduled and written-off credits appor

The sluggish economic situation in China may help stimulate to some extent the manufacturing sector of Bangladesh that largely depends on raw materials and intermediate goods from the world's second largest economy. Most of the local industrial outputs both for exports and domestic markets are b