Business-Economy

Up to 65% of ADB’s energy investments in Bangladesh lack safeguard classification: NGO Forum

Staff Correspondent: A coalition of private watchdog groups has revealed that approximately 65% of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) energy investments in Bangladesh—totaling $11.36 billion—lack any safeguard classification, raising serious

Govt scrambles to expand air cargo capacity

TDS Desk: Bangladesh has initiated a flurry of urgent actions to expand its air cargo capacity, responding to India’s abrupt suspension of third-country transshipment facilities—a move that has sent shockwaves

Bangladesh pays $5m to Qatar Energy LNG, outstanding import bill stands at $32m

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh has paid $5 million outstanding LNG import bills to Qatar’s state-owned energy giant Qatar Energy LNG on Tuesday (April 22) from the total due of $37 million.

Borrowing turns bitter as lending rates surge

TDS Desk: From large industries to grassroot-level entrepreneurs, everyone is facing the harsh reality of high interest rates on bank loans, which in combination with the liquidity crisis is not

CAB demands strict action against Soybean oil syndicates

Staff Correspondent: Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) on Tuesday urged the government to take strict action against the Soybean oil syndicate as ‘edible oil is going beyond the reach of

Eight banks receive no remittance despite record inflows from Bangladeshi expats

Staff Correspondent: Even though Bangladesh witnessed record-breaking remittance inflows in recent times, eight banks failed to attract a single penny from expatriates. The banks with zero remittance receipts include two