Business

Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has day lifted the floor price from 169 companies. Downward price change limit (circuit breaker) for the 169 companies/securities will be one percent based on the reference price or previous trading day’s closing price, as per a BSEC circular issued on Wednesday. However, according to the rules, upward price change limit (circuit breaker) will ...

The new look of banknotes featuring the image of King Charles has been unveiled by the Bank of England. The portrait will be the only change to existing designs of £5, £10, £20 and £50 notes and will start to enter circulation from mid-2024. New notes will feature the King’s portrait on the front and in the see-through security window. ...

The Embassy of Bangladesh in Rome, Italy has honoured five expatriate Bangladeshi nationals with ‘Remittance Award’ on the occasion of International Migrants Day-2022. The embassy organized an event on December 19 at the Chancery. Five Bangladeshis received awards as top remittance senders from Italy between the period of July 2021 and June 2022, reports UNB. Md. Shameem Ahsan, Bangladesh Ambassador ...

Walton has launched two new CiNEd gaming monitors with IPS panels. These monitors can be used for different purposes, including gaming and graphic designs, reports UNB. Touhidur Rahman Raad, chief business officer of Walton Digi-Tech Industries, said: “Modelled as WD27GI06 and WD27GI07, the new gaming monitors feature 27-inch QHD IPS LED-backlit display with 2560 and 1440 pixel resolution and frameless ...

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has taken a decision to form a fund, title ‘Bangladesh Bank Agricultural Development Common Fund (BBADCF)’ for increasing farm production. Under the initiative, banks would deposit money equivalent to the undisbursed amount of farm and rural loans in the fund and the BB would give 2 per cent interest on the deposits, as per a BB circular ...

Country’s both the bourses, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – on Sunday plunged further due to mainly price fall in large-cap securities. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down by 11.21 points or 0.18 percent to 6,245.61. Two other indices also ended sharply lower with the DSE 30 Index, comprising blue ...

A rout in global equities extended on Friday and government bond markets came under fresh selling pressure as hawkish tone from central bankers and weak data stoked recession fears. The selling spilled over into commodities markets, where oil prices dropped over $2 per barrel. Gold prices faced their biggest weekly loss in four weeks after the Federal Reserve indicated it ...

The price of soybean oil has decreased in the retail market of the country. This information was learnt from an emergency instruction of the Ministry of Commerce on Thursday. The revised price will be effective from December 18. According to the latest prices of soybean oil, the government has decided to decrease Tk 5 for one litre, Tk 19 for ...

The dip in the overall rate of inflation in the year to November should be the start of a few months of falls. October’s four-decade high now looks to have been the peak. But inflation will remain very high for months to come. Even talk of a moderation in the rate of price rises seems out of kilter with everyday ...

The government has fixed a target to increase the money supply to 16.5 per cent from the existing 15.6 per cent in the next two fiscals, reports UNB. As per a government document, in the 2022-23 fiscal the rate of money supply is at 15.6 per cent. For the next 2023-24 fiscal the government has projected to increase the rate ...