DSE app goes haywire amid investor influx Stock investors faced problems executing trade through the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) mobile app last week as the system was caving in to participation influxes. The problem was turning acute in the first and last few minutes of the designated trading period, for

Private credit growth inches up in Dec Despite demand for loans being suppressed by the ongoing business slowdown, private sector credit growth crept up in December after undergoing a steep descent in the previous two months. The year-on-year credit growth stood at 8.37 per cent in December, up from 8.21

Major drug makers pull in bigger profits Bangladesh’s leading listed pharmaceutical companies have bagged higher profits in the first half of the current financial year which began in July 2020, a result of people starting to see doctors again. Despite the November to January period being a slow season from

Branchless banking gaining ground A good number of banks are going towards branchless banking in recent times by way of rolling out different digital products as a part of their efforts to reach out to more people both in rural and urban areas. This is also helping them decrease the

Tk 6.0tn budget on June 3 The government is expected to place a Tk. 6.0 trillion national budget for the fiscal year (FY2021-22) in parliament on June 03 next, people familiar with the development said on Wednesday. They said the new budget would set an economic growth target at 7.0