Interest rates on government treasury bills have dropped sharply by 2.5 percentage points over the past three months as the government reduced its borrowing from commercial banks and easing liquidity pressure on the money market.
Interest rates on government treasury bills and bonds have dipped below 10 per cent for the first time in two years, driven by the government鈥檚 reduced borrowing from commercial banks, which has eased demand for funds in the money market and...
The Maldivian parliament has passed legislation to regulate journalists and media institutions despite widespread concerns that it would curb press freedom in the atoll nation...
Bangladesh Bank is preparing to launch a unified interoperable instant payment system that will bring all banks, mobile financial services, microfinance institutions, and digital banks onto a single platform with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation...
British mining group Anglo American and Canadian peer Teck Resources on Tuesday announced plans for a multi-billion-dollar merger, creating a champion of copper production and other critical minerals...
Bangladesh Bank will make a payment of $1.5 billion to the Asian Clearing Union on September 7 to settle import bills for July and August...
Interest rates on government treasury bills and bonds have fallen sharply in recent weeks as the government has scaled back its borrowing from commercial banks, easing demand for funds in the market...
Individual investment in government Treasury bills and bonds increased more than sevenfold over the two years ending in June 2025, reflecting a clear shift toward risk-free instruments amid high interest rates, limited investment options, and growing economic uncertainty...
Interest rates on treasury bills and bonds have climbed sharply to 12 per cent after the Bangladesh Bank discontinued its 28-day repo facility, tightening liquidity in the banking system and making banks more hesitant to invest in government securities...
US president Donald Trump said Tuesday he could consider deporting Elon Musk, after the South African-born billionaire slammed his flagship spending bill...
TENSIONS between Elon Musk and Donald Trump erupted Tuesday as the world's richest man derided the president's key piece of economic legislation in a startling rupture just days after exiting a controversial job in the White House...
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said artificial intelligence will play a key role in unlocking new tools for health, education and agriculture at a meeting with Indonesia鈥檚 president on Wednesday...
The Bangladesh Bank on Thursday allowed mobile operators to collect payments in the local currency taka for roaming services used by resident Bangladeshi travelers...
Major political parties, opposed to one another in field politics, wanted Article 70 of the constitution reformed but restricting lawmakers from voting against party decisions on money bill and no-confidence motion...
Asian crime networks running multi-billion-dollar cyber scam centres are expanding their operations across the world as they seek new victims and new ways to launder money, the UN said on Monday...
The Bangladesh Bank on Sunday allowed banks to make payments against discrepant import bills if the importer accepts the discrepancies on reasonable grounds...
Interest rates on treasury bills and bonds have climbed sharply after the Bangladesh Bank discontinued its 28-day repo facility, tightening liquidity in the banking system and making banks more hesitant to invest in government securities...
Indian diamond merchant Mehul Choksi has been arrested in Belgium, his lawyer said Monday, in connection with a case of alleged bank fraud...
The Islami Andolan Bangladesh on Sunday urged the Bangladesh government to stand against the controversial Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2025, recently passed by the Indian Parliament, terming the move as oppression on Muslim minority people in India...
The Bangladesh India Friendship Power Company Limited has sent a statement in reaction to the 抖阴精品 report published on March 29 titled 鈥楶ower plants exaggerate bills.鈥�...
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday called on the Indian government to reconsider the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, recently passed by the Indian Parliament, saying that the move could undermine religious harmony in the region...
The Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh on Saturday strongly condemned the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 passed in the Indian parliament recently.
The government has increased the interest rate on treasury bills and bonds as banks were reluctant to invest excess liquidity in the securities ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr vacation...
The Bangladesh girl鈥檚 Under-16 tennis team returned home on Thursday, after competing in the Junior Billie Jean King Cup 2025 tournament in Kuching, Malaysia.
The interest rate on treasury bills has fallen to 10 per cent, driven by increased bank investment in risk-free government securities and a reduction in the government鈥檚 borrowing target.
US president Donald Trump painted Elon Musk as his enforcer-in-chief Tuesday, hailing the tech billionaire鈥檚 zeal in implementing the blizzard of executive orders the president has issued since returning to office...
THE virtually overnight suspension of the US government鈥檚 multibillion dollar foreign aid programme channelled through USAID has been headline news in the US and in other parts of the world where this aid has been very important. In the US itself the suspension of USAID programmes has been accompanied by large scale loss of jobs in the aid sector without due...
The Bangladesh Cold Storage Association (BCSA) has demanded a reduction in bank loan interest rates and electricity bills aiming to lower potato storage rent...
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday sought support from foreign friends to bring back billions of dollars stolen from the country as he spent a busy day at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland...
The Bangladesh Bank has extended the payment period for imported raw materials and agricultural inputs from 180 days to 360 days...
