The Financial Express (FE), the country's first and largest-circulated English financial daily, steps into the 30th year of its publication today (Thursday). On this auspicious occasion, we express our gratitude to our valued readers, contributors, patrons, well-wishers, advertisers and relevant o

The country's stock market has been behaving normally until recently. Though bearish, the market was not that volatile. But the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24 last and its impact on the global market triggered a clear panic among investors who started offloading their holdings, although

A couple of decades back, policymakers concerned gave the impression that Bangladesh was floating on gas. And then there were heated debates and street protests over the possibility of gas export to a giant neighbour. A large Indian business conglomerate opened its liaison office in Dhaka to disc

The burden of default loans of the country's banks became even heavier in 2021 despite the relaxed approach pursued by the central bank in the last two years to help businesses withstand the onslaught of the pandemic. The ratio of default loans in the total outstanding loans of the banks increas

The numbers that refer to positive development could often be misleading. The country's per capita income is one such number.  The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), in its final estimate, has hiked the country GDP growth rate to 6.94 per cent for the year 2020-21 from the provisional esti

'IPO pipeline dries as cos duck listings' screamed the headline of the page-one lead story of the FE's last Wednesday's issue. The IPO (initial public offering) basket of the securities regulator, according to the FE report, is almost empty. One IPO will be opened for subscription on February 27

Bangladesh, in the second week of this month, reportedly placed a proposal with the African nation of South Sudan for allowing Bangladeshis to do contract farming there. Foreign Minister Dr Abdul Momen made the proposal when a high-level South Sudanese government delegation comprising deputy for

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) circular on salaries of private sector bank officials at the entry-level, issued a couple of weeks back, came all of a sudden. Both bank owners and bankers became surprised, although a salary structure for the officials and employees has been long overdue. In its January 2