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UK consumer confidence fell 11 points to minus 24 in October, the sharpest monthly drop since April 2020, deepening concerns for a major Bangladesh export market ahead of the UK budget.
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⚡ Breaking Bangladesh Bank will relax lending rules so eight private banks can extend Tk 1,700 crore in fresh loans and LCs to debt-laden City Group, which owes around Tk 26,000 crore to 48 lenders.
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Sri Lanka is accelerating its renewable energy transition after spending up to 30 percent of foreign reserves in a single month on fuel imports, with a 70 percent clean-power target for 2030.
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Bangladesh will ask Japan to reconsider JICA loan rates that rose to 3.5 percent from 3.05 percent in October, as the visit agenda also seeks 40-year loans and a three-year post-LDC concessional window.
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Bangladesh's development spending fell to Tk 12,017 crore, just 3.89 percent of the ADP allocation, in the first quarter of FY27 — the lowest implementation rate in at least 17 years.
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GPH Ispat Limited has approved a 2 percent cash dividend for FY2025-26 at its 20th AGM, as management reported steady operations despite inflation, high interest rates and irregular gas supply.
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Dhaka Bank PLC has opened its 41st sub-branch at Katirhat under the Hathazari branch in Chattogram, advancing its low-cost network expansion under the Transforming Together vision.
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Construction of the long-discussed Padma Barrage will be inaugurated in January or February next year, with the full project estimated to cost Tk 50,000-55,000 crore and benefit seven crore people in the southwest.
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BRAC Bank is set to issue a Tk 1,000 crore green bond, the first by a Bangladeshi bank, with an S&P second-party opinion and an ICMA-aligned framework, to fund renewable energy, green buildings and industrial efficiency.
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Dhaka stocks opened lower after the week-long Puja holiday, with the DSEX falling 0.10 percent to 5,445 as lacklustre earnings, Middle East tension and the latest fuel price hike weighed on sentiment.
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Mutual Trust Bank holds its non-performing loan ratio slightly above 6 percent against a banking-sector average above 32 percent, MD Syed Mahbubur Rahman says ahead of the bank's 27th anniversary.
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Bangladesh's capital market recovery depends on stronger corporate earnings, fresh fund inflows and rebuilt investor confidence, analysts say, with the DSEX at 5,451 and turnover down 17.9 percent after the Puja holiday.