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StanChart announces sale of retail business in Bangladesh

The bank reaffirms its commitment to Bangladesh through its Corporate and Investment Banking franchise while six local lenders reportedly show interest in the retail business.

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Tk36 tax from Tk135 diesel: How govt's revenue drive fuels inflationary fire

BGMEA and World Bank officials pose for a photograph during a meeting at the BGMEA Complex in Uttara, Dhaka, on 7 October 2026. Photo: Courtesy

BGMEA urges WB to scale up funding, scope for RMG water management

Workers and members of the Bondar Rokkha Sangram Parishad take part in a torch procession in Chattogram on 7 October 2026, protesting the proposed handover of the New Mooring Container Terminal and its overflow yard at Chattogram Port to a foreign operator. Photo: TBS

Workers stage torch procession against leasing out Ctg Port's NCT to foreign operator

BKMEA leaders speak at a conference on renewable energy adoption and decarbonisation in Bangladesh’s garment and textile industry on 7 October 2026. Photo: Courtesy

BKMEA urges faster renewable energy adoption, decarbonisation to protect RMG exports

ERD Secretary Md Shahriar Kader Siddiky and ADB Bangladesh Resident Mission Country Director Qingfeng Zhang sign loan and grant agreements at a ceremony in Dhaka on 7 October 2026, attended by ADB Executive Director Satya Srinivas Lolla and senior government and ADB officials. Photo: Courtesy

ADB lends Bangladesh $275m for affordable housing, hill tracts power projects

Jute yarn rolls are staked inside a Bangladesh Jute Mills in Narsingdi. Photo: TBS

Industry growth accelerates in Q4, agriculture, services slow

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Fine Foods recommends 40.5% cash dividend for general shareholders

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Industry powers Bangladesh’s GDP growth to 4.60% in FY26 Q4

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Bangladesh weathers US apparel import downturn better than peers

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BB governor, Singapore envoy discuss trade expansion, economic cooperation

The photo shows a view of the New Mooring Container Terminal of Chattogram Port. A growing logjam of stranded import cargo at the port is eroding nearly two-fifths of the port’s operational capacity, dragging down turnaround times and inflicting severe losses on the country’s trade-driven economy. The photo was taken on Wednesday. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin

Bangladesh, DP World to sign 15-year New Mooring terminal deal tomorrow

Jute yarn rolls are staked inside a Bangladesh Jute Mills in Narsingdi. Photo: TBS

Partial production resumes at nine closed state-run jute mills