
Standard Chartered to Sell Bangladesh Wealth and Retail Business After 120 Years
The transition is expected to take up to 24 months as the British lender shifts its strategic focus to corporate and investment banking.
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The transition is expected to take up to 24 months as the British lender shifts its strategic focus to corporate and investment banking.

Dhaka prepares dollar, Panda, and Samurai bond issuances to replace high-cost bank debt and fund a targeted 1 trillion dollar economy by 2034.

Payment blocks and indirect transit routes cut Bangladeshi apparel exports to Russia by 61 percent, leaving suppliers chasing over $1 billion in trapped dues.

Actual active investors are estimated at no more than 200,000 despite over 190 million bank accounts in the country.

Weekly arrivals of imported sweet oranges dropped as low as 12 containers against a domestic requirement of 15 containers per day.

The telecom regulator in Dhaka will proceed with the sale of frequencies between 880 MHz and 888.4 MHz despite operator friction over policy reforms.

Specialty items like orphan drugs and plasma therapies qualify for zero duties under Section 232, but domestic manufacturers lack production capacity.

Indoor heat stress erases 4.1 per cent of annual revenue across plants in Dhaka, making shop-floor insulation and airflow ventilation commercially viable.

Lenders in Dhaka are restructuring debt for the maker of Teer food staples as industrial borrowers face rising borrowing costs and a 32.8 percent banking default rate.

The carrier is preparing agreements for 21 planes, including 11 Boeing jets alongside the European aircraft package.

Bangladesh telecom operators lost 170 base transceiver station cards and thousands of metres of power cable to organised theft across Greater Dhaka this year.

The currency appreciated 0.77 percent to Tk 123 per dollar between August 30 and September 17, according to Bangladesh Bank.

The Dhaka government increased diesel and petrol rates on Monday to trim state petroleum losses of $1.9 billion, putting immediate margin pressure on garment factories and freight networks.

The Bangladesh Fertilizer Association also called for a freeze on new distributor appointments, warning that operating costs create losses of up to Tk 55 per sack.

Around 5,000 runners joined the Hatirjheel race as the carrier linked consumer outreach with its wider trade and cargo presence in Dhaka.

Gazetted on September 3 under the Civil Aviation Act, 2017, the order establishes legally binding security rules and statutory penalties across Bangladesh airports.
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