KSA set to slash oil prices to Asia for January
Business Desk : The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is expected to slash the prices for its crude bound for Asia in January to the lowest premium to benchmarks in five years, as the world’s...
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India’s economy surges ahead of full US tariff hit
Reuters : India’s economic growth accelerated to 8.2 percent year-on-year in the July-September period, boosted by strong consumer spending and a front-loading of production ahead of local festivals and punitive US tariffs. Economists polled...
Southeast Bank appoints new Managing Director and CEO
Business Desk : Md Khalid Mahmood Khan has joined Southeast Bank PLC as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, effective Thursday, 27 November 2025. Before joining Southeast Bank, he served as Additional Managing Director...
Eastern Bank expands retail network with mirpur sub-branch
Business Desk : Eastern Bank PLC (EBL) has expanded its retail footprint with the opening of a new sub-branch at Mirpur-10 on last week. The sub-branch, located at Central Plaza on Begum Rokeya Sarani,...
Pubali Bank launches Co-Branded Card with Dhaka University
Business Desk : Pubali Bank PLC launched a Co-Branded Card with the University of Dhaka recently at Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban Seminar Room of the University. Professor Dr. Niaz Ahmed Khan, Vice-Chancellor of...
Income gap to deepen further by 2025 as inflation bites in Bangladesh: WB
Business Report : Economic inequality in Bangladesh is expected to widen further in the short term as persistent inflation, stagnant wages, and falling household purchasing power push vulnerable families deeper into economic distress, according...
Digital Banking Adoption: 75pc of customers still outside digital services
Business Report : Despite rapid digital transformation in Bangladesh’s banking sector, nearly 75 per cent of customers still remain outside any form of digital banking, according to a new study by the Bangladesh Institute...
BSRB, BSTI sign MoU to boost safe ship recycling
Business Desk : The Bangladesh Ship Recycling Board (BSRB) and the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) formalised a partnership Thursday with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), aiming to strengthen standards...
Garment workers still face fear, low wages a decade after Rana Plaza Amnesty
Business Report : Global fashion brands, factory owners, and governments across Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are profiting from the repression of garment workers, according to two new Amnesty International reports released on...
Return to Nagad or open new account, win surprise gifts
Business Desk : Nagad has once again come up with an exciting year-end campaign titled “Asha Aar Fera, Surprise Sera” [Come back or start fresh, surprises at their best] for its customers.Under the campaign,...
