Ahsan Habib

Dollar crunch dampens multinationals’ mood for eye-popping dividends

Last year, MNCs paid Tk 5,060 crore as dividends, representing 72 percent of the total earnings while in 2022, they gave out Tk 6,346 crore in dividends, which accounted for 95 percent of the profits.

9h ago

Stocks sink to lowest level in 3 years as investors sell and go away

Bangladesh’s stock market has been going through a bear run for the last two months despite petering out of election-linked uncertainty, signaling that the worries about the macroeconomic challenges are far from over.

1d ago

Bangladesh: A rainmaker for Bata

Bangladesh is already one of the top 10 markets for Bata Shoe but its Chief Executive Officer Sandeep Kataria thinks the country offers further growth opportunities for the multinational company.

4d ago

Merger of banks: Who wins, who loses?

Initially, it is the general stock investors who might be at the receiving end of the process while the loan defaulters, whose misdeeds are largely responsible for Padma Bank’s current misfortunes, might come out victorious.

5d ago

Companies scramble to repay bank loans

Since the interest rates may rise further, the companies are taking steps to quickly pay back loans using funds from alternative sources, according to business leaders.

1w ago

Bangladeshi banks’ profitability lowest in South Asia

The profitability of the banking sector in Bangladesh is the lowest in South Asia due to the prevalence of higher non-performing loans, lower efficiency, and an elevated level of costs of funds.

1w ago

Drug sales grow at slowest pace in five years

Experts and industry people blame higher inflationary pressure confronting a larger section of the population, especially low-income households, since May 2022, for the slower growth since their purchasing power has eroded significantly.

1w ago

Bangladesh turning into a consumer electronics manufacturing hub

Bangladesh is turning into a manufacturing hub for consumer electronics thanks to its affordable wage structure, expertise in information technology and light engineering industries, according to Singer Bangladesh.

1w ago
March 29, 2024
March 29, 2024

Dollar crunch dampens multinationals’ mood for eye-popping dividends

Last year, MNCs paid Tk 5,060 crore as dividends, representing 72 percent of the total earnings while in 2022, they gave out Tk 6,346 crore in dividends, which accounted for 95 percent of the profits.

March 28, 2024
March 28, 2024

Stocks sink to lowest level in 3 years as investors sell and go away

Bangladesh’s stock market has been going through a bear run for the last two months despite petering out of election-linked uncertainty, signaling that the worries about the macroeconomic challenges are far from over.

March 24, 2024
March 24, 2024

Bangladesh: A rainmaker for Bata

Bangladesh is already one of the top 10 markets for Bata Shoe but its Chief Executive Officer Sandeep Kataria thinks the country offers further growth opportunities for the multinational company.

March 24, 2024
March 24, 2024

Merger of banks: Who wins, who loses?

Initially, it is the general stock investors who might be at the receiving end of the process while the loan defaulters, whose misdeeds are largely responsible for Padma Bank’s current misfortunes, might come out victorious.

March 22, 2024
March 22, 2024

Companies scramble to repay bank loans

Since the interest rates may rise further, the companies are taking steps to quickly pay back loans using funds from alternative sources, according to business leaders.

March 21, 2024
March 21, 2024

Bangladeshi banks’ profitability lowest in South Asia

The profitability of the banking sector in Bangladesh is the lowest in South Asia due to the prevalence of higher non-performing loans, lower efficiency, and an elevated level of costs of funds.

March 19, 2024
March 19, 2024

Drug sales grow at slowest pace in five years

Experts and industry people blame higher inflationary pressure confronting a larger section of the population, especially low-income households, since May 2022, for the slower growth since their purchasing power has eroded significantly.

March 18, 2024
March 18, 2024

Bangladesh turning into a consumer electronics manufacturing hub

Bangladesh is turning into a manufacturing hub for consumer electronics thanks to its affordable wage structure, expertise in information technology and light engineering industries, according to Singer Bangladesh.

March 16, 2024
March 16, 2024

Secrets of an informal commodity exchange

The narrow streets of Old Dhaka’s Moulvibazar hum with activity: commodity trading. On mobile phones, wholesalers fervently follow prices on trading floors in Chicago and London to bet on the local prices of sugar and edible oil. In and around tea stalls in this gloomy corner of Dhaka, even idle chats are centred around the price movement on the London Commodity Exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade, and the Bursa Malaysia.

March 16, 2024
March 16, 2024

Does SO system impact prices of essentials?

Some think that the existing supply order (SO) system is one of the reasons for the spike in the prices of essential goods such as sugar and edible oil simply because prices increase each time the document changes hands.

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