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Bangladesh equity market 2nd worst in Asia in H1 2025

Bangladesh's stock market was the second worst performer among Asian frontier markets in the first half of 2025, with the benchmark index sliding and no new listing. Sri Lanka showed the best performance as its equity index had a 13.9 percent return, while Thailand is at the bottom of the...

FAS Finance sinks deeper into the red

FAS Finance & Investment offers no good news to investors as the non-bank financial institution (NBFI) reported a bigger loss -- Tk 3.19 billion - for 2024, compared to the year before. The poor performance, however, was no surprise as the company's financial results for the nine months through September...

World economy faces 'pivotal moment'

LONDON, July 1 (Reuters): Trade tensions and fractious geopolitics risk exposing deep fault lines in the global financial system, central bank umbrella body the Bank for International Settlements, said in its latest assessment of the state of the world economy.Outgoing head of the BIS, often dubbed the central bankers' central...

Ctg Port handles record 3.29m containers in FY25

CHATTOGRAM, July 1: Chattogram Port, the country's premier seaport, handled a total of 3.29 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) of containers in the fiscal year 2024-25, marking an increase of 0.13 million TEUs compared to the previous year.In FY2023-24, the port handled 3.17 million TEUs, while in FY2022-23, the figure...

BRAC Bank hosts Compliance Meet for bank officials

BRAC Bank has hosted a Regional Compliance Meet 2025 aimed at reinforcing the importance of good governance, compliance and strict regulatory adherence among its officials. Some 250 officials from 38 branches and sub-branches across three regions, as well as Premium Banking and Retail Sales, participated in the Compliance Meet held...

National Bank launches new campaign 'Uttoron'

As part of its initiatives for deposit mobilisation, consumer financing, and credit card services, National Bank PLC has officially launched a special campaign titled 'Uttoron -- Rise Again, Rise with Trust'. The campaign has been specially designed to offer a wide range of services and benefits related to deposit collection,...

Shippers' Council holds 3rd emergent meeting

The 3rd emergent meeting of the Board of Directors of Shippers' Council of Bangladesh (SCB) for the term 2024 & 2025 was held at its office at Dhanmondi in Dhaka on Tuesday, with its Chairman Md. Rezaul Karim in the chair. The meeting approved the minutes of the previous meeting,...