Rafiqul Islam

Rafiqul Islam is a Staff Correspondent at The Business Standard who covers the stock market, leather sector, jute and SME industry. He has almost a decade-long experience in the field. He can be reached at [email protected]

Stocks

BSEC plans to inspect 100 brokerage firms to curb major irregularities

Bangladesh

Beximco refuses to mortgage land, putting Tk3,000cr Sukuk at risk as maturity nears

An under-construction 26-storey building known as Swiss Tower stands on Tejgaon Link Road in Dhaka. Pubali Bank plans to buy the property from Bengal Group for Tk800 crore and use it as its new headquarters. The photo was taken on Thursday (23 July 2026). Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain/TBS

Banking

Pubali Bank to buy troubled Bengal Group's 26-storey Swissôtel building for Tk800cr

Stocks

Tk9,367cr provision gap: BSEC orders Dhaka exchange to ensure lenders' quarterly reporting

Stocks

BSEC pushes bourses for comprehensive direct listing, de-listing roadmap

Representational image. Photo: Collected

Stocks

Margin loans open to all, Tk5 lakh minimum investment to scrap

Telecom

5G readiness plan at a snail’s pace: What lies ahead for BTCL?

Panorama

Beyond outsourcing: How Betopia Group is anchoring Bangladesh's leap into Asia's leading AI economy

Stocks

ICB gets three years more to repay Tk3,000cr amid financial strain

The DSEX has typically absorbed excess liquidity as Treasury yields begin to fall from recent highs. Photo: TBS

Stocks

Overhauling delisting system: What DSE proposes to fix junk stocks

Bangladesh

Govt allows Starlink to export unfiltered internet bandwidth to neighbouring countries

Stocks

Foreign stock buy-sell up 25% amid sustained capital outflow

Markets