Banking & Commodity

The country’s ballooning foreign exchange reserves may come under stress if the infrastructure projects to be bankrolled by the excess external capital are not monitored properly, experts warn.

This bond will pave way for recapitalisation of banks through optimising their capital structure via a more efficient mix of debt and equity

State lenders in Bangladesh are sometimes in the news for all the wrong reasons. But they also carry the weight of the fast-expanding economy.

Bangladesh government has set the prices of edible oil for a second time, raising them by Tk 2-6 a litre from the previous prices.

The decision was taken at a meeting between the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) and Bangladesh Bank (BB)

Abu Farah Md Naser has been appointed as deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank (BB) on contract basis.

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has extended policy supports by three months up to June 30 from March 31 this year to facilitate the country’s export trade amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

The government-owned companies will be eligible to take loans from the central bank reserves against the sovereign guarantee

Onion prices shot up in Dhaka markets over the last one week as supply of imported bulbs and early harvested varieties declined.

Prices of onion and soya bean oil increased further in the kitchen markets of the city over the week ending on Friday.