Business Report : The net sales of national savings certificates further plunged in FY24 compared with that in the previous financial year due to high inflation and rising bank interest rates. Bangladesh Bank data showed that net NSC sales were negative Tk21,124 crore in July-June of FY24 compared with that of negative Tk3,295 crore in the same period of FY23. In June alone, the net sales dropped to negative Tk3,381 crore, contrasting with a negative Tk267 crore in June of...
Business Report : Stock markets on Monday finished the session of the week flat as the major indices of the both Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges showed slightly down amid lower activities of large-cap securities. The benchmark index of the Dhaka bourse closed the day with 3.15 points down at 5,775.49. The Shariah DSES also followed the same trend with 5.47 points down at 2,121.14. But, the blue-chip DS30 closed the day with 5.97 points up at 1,246.16. Out of...
Business Report : Planning and Education Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud emphasised on Monday that generating more employment is now a higher...
Business Report : Expatriates sent $1.144 billion in remittances to Bangladesh through legal channels in the first 17 days of...
Business Report : Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Chairman Hafiz Md Hasan Babu has resigned from the stock exchange board.Babu placed...
Business Report : Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury, a former adviser to the caretaker government, has been appointed as the new chairman...
Business Report : Adviser to the Ministries of Finance and Commerce Dr Salehuddin Ahmed on Sunday said that the prices...
Business Report : Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) President Mahbubul Alam has paid a courtesy call on newly appointed Home Affairs Adviser to the interim government Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury.The meeting was held yesterday at the adviser’s residence in the capital’s Baridhara area. During the meeting, the FBCCI President discussed with the adviser on various economic activities including country’s trade and business, keeping supply chain stable, ensuring safety in industrial hubs, stopping extortion on...
Business Desk : Country’s both the bourses– Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE)– Sunday plunged due to mainly price fall in large-cap securities.DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down by 125.20 points or 2.12 percent to 5,778.64. Two other indices also ended sharply lower with the DSE 30 Index, comprising blue chips, plunged 52.74 points to finish at 2,126.61 and the DSE Shariah Index (DSES) lost 24.54 points to close at 1,240.19.Turnover,...