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Gold Prices Plunge Sharply in Global Markets Business & Economy

Gold Prices Plunge Sharply in Global Markets

Gold Prices Fall to Nearly Two-Week Low in Global Markets Gold prices fell sharply in international markets on Monday, August 31, reaching their lowest level in nearly …

31 Aug 2026
Banking Sector Reports Record Losses Business & Economy

Banking Sector Reports Record Losses

Bangladesh Banking Sector Faces Record Losses as Bad Loans Surge Bangladesh’s banking sector has fallen into record losses as loan fraud, rising defaulted loans …

30 Aug 2026
Bangladesh Could Lose 600,000 Jobs, Poverty May Rise: World Bank Business & Economy

Bangladesh Could Lose 600,000 Jobs, Poverty May Rise: World Bank

The ongoing conflict in the Middle East is creating growing economic pressure on Bangladesh, with rising fuel prices, gas shortages and disruptions to industrial …

30 Aug 2026
Matrix Dresses Limited Officially Announces Factory Closure Business & Economy

Matrix Dresses Limited Officially Announces Factory Closure

Matrix Dresses Limited, a garment factory located in the Rupnagar industrial area of Mirpur in Dhaka, has officially announced its closure.

30 Aug 2026
Army Chief Calls for an Export-Oriented Defence Industry Business & Economy

Army Chief Calls for an Export-Oriented Defence Industry

Bangladesh is working to develop its defence industry into an export-oriented sector while meeting the country’s domestic needs, Chief of Army Staff General …

28 Aug 2026
Tk 246 Crore Spent to Produce 4.1 Million Cards Business & Economy

Tk 246 Crore Spent to Produce 4.1 Million Cards

The government is expected to spend around Tk 246 crore to produce Family Cards for 4.1 million households under the first phase of the programme, with each card costing …

28 Aug 2026
328 Tonnes of Fertiliser Missing from Government Warehouse in Dinajpur, One Arrested Business & Economy

328 Tonnes of Fertiliser Missing from Government Warehouse in Dinajpur, One Arrested

Around 328 tonnes of fertiliser have allegedly gone missing from a government fertiliser warehouse of the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) …

26 Aug 2026
Decision to Import Two LNG Cargoes at Nearly Double the Price Business & Economy

Decision to Import Two LNG Cargoes at Nearly Double the Price

Bangladesh has approved the import of two cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for September at more than twice the price of LNG supplied under …

26 Aug 2026
Factories in Narsingdi Shut Down Amid Gas Crisis, Crores Worth of Fabric Damaged Business & Economy

Factories in Narsingdi Shut Down Amid Gas Crisis, Crores Worth of Fabric Damaged

A severe gas shortage is forcing factories in Narsingdi to shut down one after another, leaving crores of taka worth of chemically processed fabric to rot.

22 Aug 2026
25 Bangladeshi Agencies Approved to Send Workers to Malaysia, List Published. Business & Economy

25 Bangladeshi Agencies Approved to Send Workers to Malaysia, List Published.

Malaysia Lists 25 Bangladeshi Agencies to Recruit Workers Malaysia’s Foreign Worker Centralized Management System (FWCMS) has published a list of 25 Bangladeshi …

22 Aug 2026