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Investors face uncertainty as stock prices fall sharply after gains

TDS Desk Investors in Dhaka’s stock market are facing a renewed dilemma as stock prices that surged on Tuesday fell sharply on Wednesday. A total of 306 companies saw their

300 bank accounts frozen to crackdown money laundering

UNB, Dhaka The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has frozen nearly 300 bank accounts since August 5 as part of an intensified effort to combat money laundering. Significant sums of

Govt decides to limit tourism in St. Martin’s Island in peak season

BSS, Dhaka: The government has decided to limit tourism in Saint Martin’s Island in Cox’s Bazar during the peak season aiming to protect the country’s lone coral island from environmental

Revenue collection falls in Q1 of current fiscal

UNB, Dhaka The revenue collection of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) suffered in the first three months of the running 2024-25 fiscal. The total collection in this period, the

Now IMF slashes Bangladesh’s economic growth forecast to 4.5pc

TDS Desk: In line with the predictions made by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, now the International Monetary Fund (IMF) too has lowered the economic growth forecast

Traders on the prowl to disrupt rice market

TDS Desk Now rice traders are on the prowl to make exorbitant profit by raising rice prices notably despite having an all-time high production of the food-grain in the country.