Business

The private sector credit growth inched up in September from that of the previous month as the country’s import payment increased significantly in the first quarter of this financial year. According to the latest Bangladesh Bank data released this week, the year-on-year credit growth rate in the private sector rose to 12.15 per cent in September ... Read more

The small entrepreneurs demanded collateral free loan facility and grace period for repayment through the SME banking window at a discussion meeting held in the capital on Thursday. The SME Foundation organised the discussion meeting at the SME fair jointly staged by the SMEF and the Bangladesh Bank. Entrepreneurs alleged that banks do not provide loans to

Dhaka stocks declined on Thursday, last trading session of the week, after a two-day rise due to a decreased participation of institutional investors. The key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, finished at 4,984.46 points, shedding 0.42 per cent or 21.19 points. The market on Thursday started positive with

Country’s trade deficit increased by 88.95 per cent to $2.39 billion in the first quarter of this financial year compared with that of $1.26 billion during the same period of the FY 2013-14 due to higher import growth against lower export growth. The deficit had posted a negative growth of 37.37 per cent in the July-September ... Read more

Global search engine giant Google Inc on Wednesday launched Google Bus project in Bangladesh to provide training and create awareness about internet. Google Bus will visit 480 educational institutions — colleges and universities — across the country where registered students will take part in training sessions

State-owned Ruposhi Bangla Hotel is yet to start physical renovation of the hotel and is set to missing the November schedule as it has failed to finish the tendering process for the work, said officials. RB officials said the reopening of the hotel might also be delayed by couple of months as the management missed asset ... Read more

The government has decided to intensify monitoring activities in implementation of mega development projects including Padma Multipurpose Bridge for ensuring speedy execution of projects under fast track initiative, officials of the Economic Relations Division said. ERD has also decided in principle to include the Matarbari 1200

The Chittagong Stock Exchange has got the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission approval to appoint Wali-ul-Maroof Matin, a former chief executive officer of the bourse, as its managing director. A letter of the stock market regulator issued on Tuesday said the BSEC, as per the provision of the Chittagong Stock Exchange (Board and Administration) Regulations 2013,

Businesspeople, experts make the call at SME Financing Fair 2014 Businesspeople and experts on Wednesday urged the scheduled banks to set rate of interest on the SME loans at single digit instead of the existing high interest rate in a bid to strengthen the country’s financial inclusion. The request came from the inaugural session of the ... Read more

Asks BSEC to take steps to cut stock market’s dependency on banks The capital market advisory committee at its second meeting on Wednesday expressed its concern over the growing criticism about the initial public offering approval process and Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission’s role in the process, sources present at the meeting told New Age. ... Read more

Dhaka stocks advanced sharply on Wednesday with the key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, rebounding above 5,000 points level as investors continued with optimistic share purchase. DSEX, increased to 5,005.65 points, adding 1.43 per cent or 70.87 points after a 21-point rise in the previous day. Market operators said that investors’ optimistic participation on the trading

About 4,000 garment workers of five companies have been passing through hardship for last couple of months as they were not getting their wages and dues as per the law. The companies are Doreen Fashions Ltd, LA Fashions, Ha-meem Sportswear Ltd, Tuba Group and Amco Fashions Ltd. Labour rights groups alleged that the authorities

The local and foreign investors are yet to get back their confidence which is a major challenge for the economic growth of the country, said the Metropolitan Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday in its first quarter economic review of the current fiscal year. The MCCI review published on the day said that in

The National Board of Revenue has formulated draft rules to give service providing agencies access to its online database so that the agencies can verify the authenticity of taxpayer’s identification numbers of the service seekers, officials of the NBR said. They said a committee of the NBR had already submitted the draft rules to the revenue ... Read more

The government will close two types of prize bonds — Tk 10 and Tk 50 denominations — permanently on January 31, 2015. Only the prize bonds worth Tk 100 will be valid after the period. The BB issued a circular to executive directors and general managers of all its branches and managing directors of scheduled ... Read more

All kinds of taxpayers including individuals and proprietors will have to pay tax at source at the rate of 3 per cent on total value of local letters of credit for procuring products from domestic markets, the National Board of Revenue said. In a clarification issued on Sunday, income tax wing of the revenue board said ... Read more

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday rejected proposals of four companies to issue rights shares as the investors got insufficient time to judge the performance of entities which were listed with the major bourse in last one year. The companies, Bangladesh Building Systems, Central Pharmaceuticals, Mozaffar Hossain Spinning Mills and JMI Syringes

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday allowed United Power Generation and Distribution Company to raise Tk 237.60 crore from the capital market — 13 days after penalising the company, its issue manager and auditor for providing inappropriate information in its financial statement. The BSEC allowed UPGD to offload shares through the

Dhaka stocks advanced on Tuesday amid investors’ optimistic purchasing as share prices of many companies came down notably in recent downtrend. The key index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSEX, increased to 4,934.78 points, adding 0.40 per cent or 20.07 points. As prices of stocks became lucrative following fall

An Asia-Pacific summit on Tuesday endorsed a Beijing-backed route towards a vast free trade area in the region, host Xi Jinping said, calling it a ‘historic’ step. At the same time the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting saw a flurry of diplomatic activity, with Russia’s president Vladimir Putin—often criticised by the