The new year has begun with disappointing news for investors nationwide. On Thursday, 1 January, the Directorate of National Savings, operating under the Ministry of Finance’s Internal Resources Division, issued an official notice announcing revised interest rates for various government savings instruments. Under the updated framework, the maximum interest rate on savings bonds has been […]

Bangladesh’s economy is navigating a period of rapid transformation and diversification. Expanding industrial production and exports, large-scale infrastructure projects, modernised transport networks, and the swift growth of digital business operations have fundamentally reshaped the nation’s risk profile. Alongside these new opportunities, businesses face a complex array of risks—including fire, industrial accidents, natural disasters, supply chain […]

The Bangladesh Bank has announced that customers of five recently merged Islamic banks will be able to start withdrawing their deposits from today. In the first phase, up to BDT 200,000 per depositor will be returned, ensuring that ordinary account holders have access to their funds promptly. The banks involved in this consolidation are: Bank […]