Dhaka stocks suffered a steep fall on Wednesday, with the key index plummeting over 3 per cent to a nearly five-year low, as investors engaged in panic-driven sell-offs amid escalating geopolitical tensions between India and Pakistan...
Prime Bank PLC shareholders on Monday approved 17.50 per cent cash dividend and 2.50 per cent stock dividend for the year ended December 31, 2024, said a press release...
Fisheries and livestock adviser Farida Akhter on Tuesday said the interim government has taken a plan to create a separate bank for livestock farmers...
Stockpiling is the reflex response by firms to the imposition of tariffs, but with the rapidly-changing position of the Trump administration, companies are finding that it is not so straightforward this time around...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange has rebounded after nine-day losing streak...
Asian stocks climbed on Friday, buoyed by a rally on Wall Street, strong earnings from Google parent company Alphabet, and the prospect of diffusing tensions in US president Donald Trump鈥檚 trade war.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Friday placed prime accused Meheraj Islam on a five-day remand in a case filed over the killing of Primeasia University student Jahidul Islam Parvez in the capital鈥檚 Banani area on April 19.
A rally on global stock markets fizzled Thursday as China poured cold water on US president Donald Trump鈥檚 comments talking up the prospects of a deal to end their trade war...
The prolonged decline in indices has dragged Dhaka鈥檚 stock market turnover to a yearly low, with daily transactions plunging from over Tk 450 crore to just Tk 300 crore...
Bangladesh鈥檚 capital markets are mired in an escalating crisis, marked by a mass exodus of retail investors, paralysed regulatory decision-making, and eroding confidence...
Country鈥檚 both the bourses, Dhaka Stock Exchange and Chittagong Stock Exchange on Wednesday plunged due to mainly price fall in large-cap securities...
Leaders of the DSE Brokers Association (DBA) on Saturday expressed frustration over the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission鈥檚 (BSEC) inaction, even after the major political shift on August 5.
THE Trump tariff shock is going to take a bit of time to sink in, though stock markets worldwide have already sunk. Altogether, 60 countries have been slapped with at least 10 per cent tariffs; those with large trade surpluses with the US will pay a much higher rate. Trump鈥檚 public argument was two-fold: force US trade partners with the highest surpluses to lower their...
Stock markets and the dollar tumbled Thursday after president Donald Trump鈥檚 latest tariffs salvo against countries worldwide, fanning a trade war that many fear will spark recession and ramp up inflation...
Stock markets diverged Wednesday as investors fretted over what shape US president Donald Trump鈥檚 fresh wave of tariffs would take later in the day...
Stock markets fell on Friday as a closely-watched US inflation reading heated up, adding to concerns over the fallout from an incoming wave of tariffs by president Donald Trump.
Major stock markets extended losses on Friday on heightened concerns over the potential fallout from US president Donald Trump鈥檚 tariff agenda.
Dhaka stocks saw decrease in its indices in the past week, after an increase in the previous week, as a section of investors chose to sell shares to realise their gains after the recent price appreciations.
Economists in a pre-budget discussion on Sunday in the capital Dhaka suggested employment generation schemes, expansion of social spending and maintenance of a high food stock in the forthcoming financial year...
Dhaka stock market witnessed an increase in its indices in the past week after a decline in the previous week, as a section of optimistic investors chose to buy shares after the situation at the stock market regulatory commission stabilised.
The stock markets in Dhaka and Chittagong continued to experience an upward trend on Wednesday, with the main index in Dhaka rising by 16 points...
Dhaka stock market saw a decline in its indices in the past week for the second consecutive week as a section of investors chose to sell shares to realise short-term profits.
Global stock markets tumbled and the dollar retreated Friday as uncertainty over US president Donald Trump鈥檚 trade policies roiled markets and traders awaited key US jobs data.
Stocks has ended the week in positive territory as investors showed buying interest in particular large-cap scrips, especially the Bank stocks, as anticipation builds ahead of their year-end earnings and dividend declarations...
Fisheries and livestock adviser Farida Akhter on Friday inaugurated selling of milk, eggs and meat at fair price on the occasion of holy Ramadan at Siraj Mia Memorial Model School premises at Merul Badda in the capital Dhaka.
The stock market was politically exploited under the previous Awami League-led government, claimed BNP Standing Committee member and former commerce minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury...
Wall Street stocks tumbled Friday on worries about slowing US growth, concluding the week on a downcast note following gains in Asia and a mixed session on European bourses.
Dhaka Stock market saw a rise in its indices in the past week for the second consecutive week, as investor confidence have got a little bit stronger than before with the macroeconomic outlook improving and the Bangladesh Bank鈥檚...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange on Wednesday downgraded Global Islami Bank PLC to 鈥榋鈥� category from 鈥楢鈥� category due to non-compliance with securities laws...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange on Thursday awarded financial information exchange certification, or FIX certification, to three brokerage houses to help them offer value-added services to their investors...