Economy

SIDDIQUE ISLAM | Published: January 31, 2021 08:52:52 Farm credit disbursement grew by nearly 12 per cent in the first-half

FE REPORT | Published: January 31, 2021 09:10:15 Planning minister MA Mannan has laid emphasis on enhancing budget for social

FE REPORT | Published: January 31, 2021 10:47:14 The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has offered VAT exemption to the

SYFUL ISLAM | Published: January 30, 2021 08:50:14 | Updated: January 30, 2021 11:55:33 The Indian officials are now seeking

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | Published: January 30, 2021 09:02:27 | Updated: January 30, 2021 14:03:33 China has emerged as one

FE Report | Published: January 29, 2021 10:12:24 Bangladesh-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry organised a webinar on ‘Post-Covid economic

DOULOT AKTER MALA | Published: January 28, 2021 08:53:10 Picture used for representation. Courtesy: ADB Rules of origin of the

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | Published: January 28, 2021 10:01:53 | Updated: January 28, 2021 11:05:35 Bangladesh received 10 per cent

Ease of Doing Business FE Report | Published: January 28, 2021 11:04:41 Speakers at a programme on Wednesday said the

FE REPORT | Published: January 27, 2021 08:53:43 | Updated: January 27, 2021 11:33:58 The National Board of Revenue (NBR)

SIDDIQUE ISLAM | Published: January 27, 2021 10:59:19 The central bank is set to extend the enhanced credit limit under

FE Report | Published: January 26, 2021 09:07:53 The National Board of Revenue (NBR), on Monday, ruled out any possibility

FE REPORT | Published: January 26, 2021 08:26:37 | Updated: January 26, 2021 11:20:14 Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on

FHM Humayan Kabir | Published: January 25, 2021 12:35:38 | Updated: January 25, 2021 15:48:56 The Bridges Division, failing to

FE REPORT | Published: January 25, 2021 12:53:09 | Updated: January 25, 2021 16:56:55 Global inflow of foreign direct investment

FE Report | Published: January 25, 2021 12:35:50 Disagreeing with a recent survey that showed upper poverty rate reaching 42

FE REPORT | Published: January 24, 2021 08:47:33 | Updated: January 24, 2021 09:12:36 Despite the single-digit interest regime, the

FE REPORT | Published: January 24, 2021 08:54:30 | Updated: January 24, 2021 11:20:34 Upper poverty rate in Bangladesh almost

FE REPORT | Published: January 23, 2021 09:54:32 | Updated: January 23, 2021 12:18:20 The country’s current account balance recorded

Volume-wise shipments in Dec make strong rebound JASIM UDDIN HAROON | Published: January 22, 2021 08:29:08 | Updated: January 22,

SIDDIQUE ISLAM | Published: January 21, 2021 08:14:19 The surplus liquidity in the banking system might fuel inflationary pressure in

Doulot Akter Mala | Published: January 21, 2021 08:50:50 | Updated: January 21, 2021 11:22:10 The National Board of Revenue’s

FE Report | Published: January 20, 2021 09:01:55 | Updated: January 20, 2021 11:28:19 Bangladeshi women domestic workers receive the

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | Published: January 20, 2021 08:45:24 | Updated: January 20, 2021 11:12:31 The Planning Commission (PC) has

Published: January 19, 2021 20:14:15 The government has appointed Bangladesh Bank (BB) deputy governor Ahmed Jamal as the director of

FHM Humayan Kabir | Published: January 19, 2021 09:03:23 | Updated: January 19, 2021 09:47:10 The Roads and Highways Department

SYFUL ISLAM | Published: January 19, 2021 08:59:14 | Updated: January 19, 2021 09:47:10 Amid the skyrocketing prices of edible

FE REPORT | Published: January 18, 2021 08:15:55 | Updated: January 18, 2021 08:27:40 Bangladesh Bank (BB) has formed a

SIDDIQUE ISLAM | Published: January 18, 2021 08:27:21 The interest rate spread increased slightly in November 2020, as the banks

ISMAIL HOSSAIN | Published: January 17, 2021 12:28:25 The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has come forward with a US$47 million

FHM Humayan Kabir | Published: January 16, 2021 08:58:01 The annual development programme (ADP) is likely to be revised soon

FE Report | Published: January 15, 2021 09:23:18 The market capitalisation of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) crossed Tk 5.0

DOULOT AKTER MALA | Published: January 13, 2021 08:58:00 China is top foreign investor in the country’s economic zones (EZ)

FE REPORT | Published: January 13, 2021 10:24:00 | Updated: January 13, 2021 10:35:03 The government on Tuesday presented the

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | Published: January 12, 2021 08:30:24 | Updated: January 12, 2021 08:41:59 Bangladesh would seek revision of

Speakers tell a virtual discussion, express concern over sustainability of development FE REPORT | Published: January 11, 2021 08:51:15 Country’s

FE REPORT | Published: January 10, 2021 09:38:16 | Updated: January 10, 2021 10:54:20 The government will continue to float

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | Published: January 10, 2021 09:48:48 Japan has emerged as Bangladesh’s largest lender in terms of aid

SYFUL ISLAM | Published: January 09, 2021 08:40:08 Picture used for representation. Courtesy: ADB The government has backtracked from a

The government’s net borrowing from the country’s banking system is expected to be negative in January, as a move is

FE REPORT | Published: January 08, 2021 08:24:50 | Updated: January 08, 2021 08:31:28 The Bangladesh Bank seal is pictured

JASIM UDDIN HAROON | Published: January 07, 2021 09:30:20 | Updated: January 07, 2021 10:12:07 The deposit growth in the

Doulot Akter Mala | Published: January 07, 2021 09:34:05 | Updated: January 07, 2021 10:12:06 A total of 2.6 million

FE REPORT | Published: January 07, 2021 09:40:11 | Updated: January 07, 2021 10:12:06 The country’s economic growth rate for

FE REPORT | Published: January 07, 2021 09:42:51 | Updated: January 07, 2021 10:03:03 Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on

SYFUL ISLAM and REZAUL KARIM | Published: January 07, 2021 10:00:38 The rich nations are yet to support a request

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday reiterated that the economy of Bangladesh is in good shape as it is

DOULOT AKTER MALA | Published: January 06, 2021 08:20:27 | Updated: January 06, 2021 12:58:49 The National Board of Revenue

SIDDIQUE ISLAM | Published: January 06, 2021 08:41:21 | Updated: January 06, 2021 12:58:49 All the scheduled banks will have

Commitment dives as fallout of Covid FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | Published: January 05, 2021 09:34:53 Foreign aid disbursement by development

FE ONLINE REPORT | Published: January 05, 2021 09:46:32 | Updated: January 05, 2021 11:57:19 Net outflow of foreign direct

FE ONLINE REPORT | Published: January 03, 2021 16:46:49 | Updated: January 03, 2021 20:21:19 The central bank has extended

Published: January 03, 2021 20:02:32 | Updated: January 03, 2021 21:33:53 Inward remittances witnessed a massive growth of 37.6 per

FE ONLINE REPORT | Published: January 03, 2021 21:28:44 The inflow of remittances crossed the $21billion-mark for the first time

FE REPORT | Published: January 03, 2021 08:26:45 | Updated: January 03, 2021 11:22:22 The apex body of tea producers

FE REPORT | Published: January 03, 2021 08:36:24 | Updated: January 03, 2021 11:25:38 Concerted government efforts backed by political

M AZIZUR RAHMAN | Published: January 03, 2021 08:17:10 | Updated: January 03, 2021 08:36:49 The government has kept almost

8th Five-Year Plan FHM Humayan Kabir | Published: January 02, 2021 09:16:10 Creating as many as 11.33 million jobs during

FE REPORT | Published: January 02, 2021 10:37:56 Commerce Secretary Dr. Md. Jafar Uddin, on Thursday, said Bangladesh will lose

SYFUL ISLAM | Published: January 01, 2021 09:27:02 | Updated: January 01, 2021 13:11:28 Bangladesh’s economy will eke out “satisfactory”

MONIRA MUNNI | Published: January 01, 2021 09:35:16 File photo of BGMEA President Dr. Rubana Huq. After an ‘unprecedented’ year

FE REPORT | Published: January 01, 2021 09:42:30 | Updated: January 01, 2021 10:41:00 The net sale of state-run savings

FE REPORT | Published: December 31, 2020 09:24:43 | Updated: December 31, 2020 14:54:10 Borrowers who rescheduled their defaulted loans

Published: December 31, 2020 22:25:26 The recovery of the country’s economy following the coronavirus crisis is long and slow due

UNB | Published: December 31, 2020 18:21:05 | Updated: December 31, 2020 18:25:17 The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

The public finance went through a difficult phase between the months of April and September this year because of the

SIDDIQUE ISLAM | Published: December 30, 2020 08:39:59 The country’s trade deficit narrowed down by 30.77 per cent or US$

FE ONLINE REPORT | Published: December 29, 2020 18:24:32 | Updated: December 29, 2020 18:27:15 NEC Chairperson and Prime Minister

FE Online Report | Published: December 29, 2020 18:46:21 | Updated: December 29, 2020 21:24:30 The country’s remittance earnings may

REZAUL KARIM | Published: December 27, 2020 09:40:35 | Updated: December 27, 2020 14:15:07 Troubled by huge capital shortfall, the

JASIM UDDIN HAROON | Published: December 28, 2020 09:34:03 | Updated: December 28, 2020 09:50:56 In this Feb 13, 2014

REZAUL KARIM | Published: December 27, 2020 09:40:35 Troubled by huge capital shortfall, the Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) has recently

Published: December 23, 2020 22:07:17 | Updated: December 24, 2020 09:20:34 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presiding over a meeting at

FE REPORT | Published: December 24, 2020 09:06:10 | Updated: December 24, 2020 14:15:41 The central bank on Tuesday issued

Published: December 24, 2020 18:50:13 | Updated: December 25, 2020 00:02:46 Bangladesh had shown interest in joining the New Development

Published: December 23, 2020 15:39:07 India has assured Bangladesh of cooperation in ensuring barrier-free trade. Accordingly, the assurance was conveyed

SAIF UDDIN, BACK FROM RAJSHAHI | Published: December 23, 2020 10:20:52 The construction of key facilities at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib

The slower global economic recovery amid the second wave of Covid-19 may hinder Bangladesh’s effort to overcome the fallouts from

FE Report | Published: December 22, 2020 10:19:35 The Planning Commission and Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority will conduct a piloting

REUTERS | Published: December 22, 2020 15:00:06 | Updated: December 22, 2020 15:03:01 Larger-than-expected money transfers from migrants overseas have

FE REPORT | Published: December 22, 2020 09:57:11 | Updated: December 22, 2020 11:41:50 The government will review the progress

SIDDIQUE ISLAM | Published: December 21, 2020 10:13:59 | Updated: December 21, 2020 15:34:12 The country’s spending on imports increased

FE Report | Published: December 21, 2020 10:24:35 The central bank has slashed significantly the interest rate on loans under

Published: December 21, 2020 20:32:46 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of Bangladesh on Monday signed agreements for

FE REPORT | Published: December 20, 2020 11:34:54 The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is exploring possibilities to make online

Annual loss jumps to Tk 560b from Tk 370b in 2018 KAMRUN NAHAR | Published: December 18, 2020 08:17:16 |

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | Published: December 18, 2020 10:24:41 The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has proposed to purchase a

Published: December 17, 2020 18:40:33 The government is likely to decide on borrowing funds for different projects from foreign exchange

Greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bangladesh declined by 84 per cent during the first half of 2020 over that

Published: December 16, 2020 12:53:51 | Updated: December 16, 2020 14:17:56 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $0.5 million

FE ONLINE REPORT | Published: December 15, 2020 19:18:57 | Updated: December 15, 2020 20:00:00 The country’s foreign exchange (forex)

Published: December 15, 2020 19:25:07 Jordan’s readymade garments (RMG) sector will recruit over 12,000 skilled workers from Bangladesh in one

FE REPORT | Published: December 15, 2020 10:04:27 The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has waived advance income tax (AIT)

Siddique Islam | Published: December 14, 2020 08:58:37 | Updated: December 14, 2020 19:15:50 The advance-deposit ratio (ADR) of the

FE ONLINE REPORT | Published: December 14, 2020 16:58:48 The government has selected 38 non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) to award commercially

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | Published: December 13, 2020 10:20:18 Economists on Saturday urged the government to make ‘complementary’ investments and

FE REPORT | Published: December 13, 2020 10:38:08 Catastrophic health expenditure due to rise in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has been

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | Published: December 12, 2020 10:34:00 Two major lenders are expected to provide US$1.0 billion in loans

JASIM UDDIN HAROON | Published: December 12, 2020 08:53:15 | Updated: December 12, 2020 09:30:09 Picture used for representation. Courtesy:

FE REPORT | Published: December 10, 2020 08:45:53 | Updated: December 10, 2020 15:16:39 As much as 90 per cent

FE Online Desk | Published: December 09, 2020 17:11:48 | Updated: December 09, 2020 21:44:52 A subsidiary of the state-owned

Published: December 09, 2020 17:18:21 | Updated: December 09, 2020 18:55:08 The coronavirus pandemic has slowed efforts to make safer

Published: December 09, 2020 18:52:39 | Updated: December 09, 2020 21:44:51 A full recovery of the economy from the coronavirus

Published: December 08, 2020 15:17:26 | Updated: December 08, 2020 21:47:03 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a 50-million

FE Online Report | Published: December 08, 2020 16:49:40 | Updated: December 08, 2020 21:48:24 The government will launch a

Published: December 08, 2020 17:43:52 | Updated: December 08, 2020 21:48:24 The government will construct a two-storey expressway from Panchabati

Published: December 08, 2020 21:00:15 The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has underscored the need for providing a special focus

SIDDIQUE ISLAM | Published: December 07, 2020 08:56:37 | Updated: December 07, 2020 22:59:54 Banks are going to face substantial

Siddique Islam | Published: December 06, 2020 08:41:59 | Updated: December 06, 2020 14:50:04 The interest rate spread dropped slightly

FE REPORT | Published: December 06, 2020 09:51:01 Experts at a webinar on Saturday said policymakers should put extra emphasis

Maiden preferential trade agreement to be signed with Bhutan on Sunday Published: December 05, 2020 19:49:59 | Updated: December 05,

JASIM UDDIN HAROON | Published: December 05, 2020 10:38:22 | Updated: December 05, 2020 14:30:54 The government is set to

The country’s merchandise shipments again showed positive trend with a meagre growth in November this year after witnessing a fall

FE REPORT | Published: December 04, 2020 11:05:51 | Updated: December 04, 2020 17:05:50 Planning Minister MA Mannan speaking at

FHM Humayan Kabir | Published: December 04, 2020 11:08:40 | Updated: December 04, 2020 11:50:50 The government would not have

DOULOT AKTER MALA | Published: December 04, 2020 11:11:07 | Updated: December 04, 2020 13:45:02 The government lowered the maximum

Published: December 04, 2020 17:05:50 The surplus in the balance of payments of Bangladesh has continued to rise amid the

SIDDIQUE ISLAM | Published: December 03, 2020 09:01:04 | Updated: December 03, 2020 12:17:27 The central bank has relaxed its

SIDDIQUE ISLAM | Published: December 02, 2020 09:05:20 | Updated: December 02, 2020 15:52:28 The flow of inward remittances reached

FE REPORT | Published: December 02, 2020 10:05:28 | Updated: December 02, 2020 11:18:17 The National Board of Revenue (NBR)

Published: December 02, 2020 19:11:23 | Updated: December 02, 2020 19:31:56 The government has decided to follow the direct procurement

Published: December 02, 2020 20:22:52 The government has approved a proposal to import 50,000 tonnes of parboiled non-Basmati rice from

SIDDIQUE ISLAM | Published: December 01, 2020 08:37:00 | Updated: December 01, 2020 15:15:44 The default loans dropped slightly in

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | Published: December 01, 2020 09:01:07 | Updated: December 01, 2020 16:24:16 World Bank President Jim Yong

PM asks BTCL to expand telecom coverage to remote areas Published: December 01, 2020 18:05:32 | Updated: December 01, 2020

FE ONLINE REPORT   | Published: December 01, 2020 19:29:23 | Updated: December 01, 2020 20:16:49 Exploitation of Bangladesh’s marine

FE Online Report | Published: December 01, 2020 19:36:00 Bangladesh will not fall into the so-called debt trap due to

FE ONLINE REPORT | Published: November 30, 2020 16:46:41 | Updated: November 30, 2020 23:25:47 The National Board of Revenue

Published: November 30, 2020 23:27:19 | Updated: November 30, 2020 23:30:19 National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Abu Hena Md

FE Online Report | Published: November 29, 2020 11:53:57 | Updated: November 29, 2020 16:12:36 External debt to the country’s

Published: November 29, 2020 19:12:04 The ‘National Income Tax Day-2019’ will be observed on Monday across the country aiming to

SIDDIQUE ISLAM | Published: November 27, 2020 09:43:05 | Updated: November 27, 2020 11:37:52 The central bank has extended the

FE REPORT | Published: November 27, 2020 10:40:09 | Updated: November 27, 2020 10:58:04 The contract manufacturers will enjoy a

SYFUL ISLAM | Published: November 26, 2020 12:35:52 Bangladesh’s inclusion in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Association

UNB | Published: November 26, 2020 18:21:26 Switzerland wants to strengthen and widen its ties with Bangladesh to explore ‘amazing

Published: November 26, 2020 20:38:30 Bhutan will sign the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with Bangladesh in December to further enhance

Foreign secy to fly to Delhi on Dec 9 MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | Published: November 25, 2020 10:02:11 | Updated:

FE Online Report | Published: November 25, 2020 12:55:56 | Updated: November 25, 2020 18:14:01 Bangladesh’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves

FE Online Report | Published: November 25, 2020 17:11:08 | Updated: November 25, 2020 22:48:09 Farm entrepreneurswill be able operate

The World Bank (WB) has assured Bangladesh of providing US$500 million worth of funds for procuring coronavirus vaccine to be

FE Online Report | Published: November 24, 2020 15:21:03 | Updated: November 24, 2020 20:15:55 The net inflow of foreign

SYFUL ISLAM | Published: November 23, 2020 10:04:08 | Updated: November 23, 2020 13:23:11 Flags of Bangladesh and India are

MONIRA MUNNI | Published: November 23, 2020 10:36:41 The state-owned Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) has reduced the service charges under

Narayan Das and Asma Tabassum | Published: November 23, 2020 16:13:50 | Updated: November 23, 2020 20:00:08 In South Asia,

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | Published: November 22, 2020 10:06:32 | Updated: November 22, 2020 14:24:17 The Bangladesh Power Development Board

DOULOT AKTER MALA | Published: November 22, 2020 10:00:12 | Updated: November 22, 2020 14:02:49 The average annual VAT payment

FE ONLINE REPORT   | Published: November 21, 2020 23:05:01 Powerful groups in society push their own agendas to frame

DOULOT AKTER MALA | Published: November 20, 2020 10:06:45 | Updated: November 20, 2020 15:22:54 Mini-tax fairs have started gaining

Re-alignment of public, private financing critical for better jobs, says Ambassador Fatima UNB | Published: November 20, 2020 14:58:36 |

FE Online Report | Published: November 18, 2020 20:16:13 | Updated: November 18, 2020 20:52:23 The central bank has extended

FE ONLINE REPORT | Published: November 18, 2020 11:16:40 | Updated: November 18, 2020 13:10:35 Stocks posted a marginal gain

FE ONLINE REPORT | Published: November 17, 2020 20:54:43 The central bank has asked scheduled banks to facilitate repatriation of

Published: November 17, 2020 18:56:45 | Updated: November 17, 2020 20:54:57 The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC)

More than 75 per cent bondholders do not submit documents for auditing DOULOT AKTER MALA | Published: November 17, 2020

Price fall in large-cap drives stocks down Stocks on Sunday closed the day with downward trend due mainly to price

The submission of income tax returns through online has resumed as the income taxpayers of Taxes Zone-6 of the capital

Expatriate Bangladeshis sent around US$ 1.22 billion remittances during the first fifteen days of November in the fiscal 2020-21. According

UNB | Published: November 15, 2020 17:23:03 | Updated: November 15, 2020 17:52:42 The National Board of Revenue (NBR) seems

FE REPORT | Published: November 14, 2020 09:53:59 | Updated: November 15, 2020 19:00:14 Bangladesh is among top five economies

FE Online Desk | Published: November 15, 2020 17:38:24 | Updated: November 15, 2020 17:52:42 Many emerging economies like Bangladesh

No extension of return submission deadline FE REPORT | Published: November 13, 2020 10:20:32 | Updated: November 13, 2020 13:20:39

FE REPORT | Published: November 13, 2020 10:14:37 | Updated: November 13, 2020 13:20:27 Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on

FE Report | Published: November 13, 2020 10:05:11 | Updated: November 13, 2020 17:35:16 The central bank has asked all

Published: November 12, 2020 21:06:27 The Bangladesh government has adopted an inflation target of 5.2 per cent for the 2022-23

ADP execution during July-Oct period of current FY lowest in 5 years FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | Published: November 12, 2020

Half of the project fund will remain unspent DOULOT AKTER MALA | Published: November 12, 2020 09:51:27 | Updated: November

SYFUL ISLAM | Published: November 12, 2020 09:44:10 | Updated: November 12, 2020 11:07:28 Amid slow disbursement of Covid-19 stimulus

Published: November 11, 2020 16:25:00 | Updated: November 11, 2020 17:40:56 Bangladesh’s forex-fetching readymade garment industry had begun to show

FE REPORT | Published: November 11, 2020 10:20:42 | Updated: November 11, 2020 15:57:59 Manufacturing industries will have to pay

Deal on $500m loan shortly FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | Published: November 07, 2020 09:52:33 | Updated: November 07, 2020 13:51:50

Published: November 07, 2020 20:07:14 | Updated: November 07, 2020 22:44:54 Around 72 per cent of the firms surveyed are

JASIM UDDIN HAROON | Published: November 07, 2020 09:44:21 | Updated: November 07, 2020 11:57:49 Bangladesh has been ranked the

FE ONLINE REPORT | Published: November 05, 2020 16:06:05 The bilateral trade between Bangladesh and Pakistan reached US$543.90 million in

JASIM UDDIN HAROON | Published: November 05, 2020 11:27:19 Bangladesh is mulling the introduction of its own index to assess

Published: November 05, 2020 10:20:53 | Updated: November 05, 2020 14:56:42 Bangladesh’s point-to-point general inflation rate has increased to 6.44

FE REPORT | Published: November 05, 2020 09:47:23 | Updated: November 05, 2020 10:47:13 Policymakers should focus more on newly-vulnerable

Published: November 03, 2020 21:09:33 Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday published ‘Manual of Credit Guarantee Scheme’ for the banks to follow

Monira Munni | Published: November 02, 2020 10:09:45 | Updated: November 02, 2020 16:03:09 Brands and retailers must improve their

FE REPORT | Published: November 02, 2020 09:42:38 | Updated: November 02, 2020 15:53:43 The resumption of economic activities reduced

FE Report | Published: November 01, 2020 09:48:48 | Updated: November 01, 2020 15:49:09 Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has

JASIM UDDIN HAROON | Published: November 01, 2020 09:36:09 | Updated: November 01, 2020 13:10:02 The public expenditure increased in

SIDDIQUE ISLAM | Published: November 01, 2020 09:30:26 | Updated: November 01, 2020 15:32:36 The interest rate spread in the

The country is going to record an 8.0 per cent growth in remittance receipts, when the world is set to

UNB | Published: October 31, 2020 19:46:19 The government is preparing to bring black money back to the country.  News

Published: October 28, 2020 19:13:24 | Updated: October 28, 2020 21:54:03 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the private

Published: October 28, 2020 16:25:36 | Updated: October 28, 2020 18:58:13 Bangladesh Tea Research Institute (BTRI), a body of the

MONIRA MUNNI | Published: October 28, 2020 10:07:10 | Updated: October 28, 2020 14:01:37 The country’s plastic and packaging industry

REZAUL KARIM | Published: October 27, 2020 09:54:47 | Updated: October 27, 2020 13:26:47 Country’s banks are reluctant to establish

FE REPORT | Published: October 26, 2020 11:28:12 | Updated: October 26, 2020 12:53:16 Some leading economists on Saturday suggested

Open account financing FE REPORT | Published: October 24, 2020 09:37:54 | Updated: October 24, 2020 13:00:29 Open account financing

BB’s expansionary monetary policy does the trick SIDDIQUE ISLAM | Published: October 24, 2020 09:31:52 | Updated: October 24, 2020

Published: October 23, 2020 19:30:37 | Updated: October 24, 2020 10:15:43 The following article appeared on indiaspend.com on October 20,

Published: October 23, 2020 13:30:58 Labourers wearing face masks carry iron rods by a push-cart, as the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak

FE REPORT | Published: October 23, 2020 09:45:26 | Updated: October 23, 2020 10:03:59 Bangladesh needs to focus more on

Banks achieve 17.82pc of FY 21 target SIDDIQUE ISLAM | Published: October 23, 2020 09:32:23 | Updated: October 23, 2020

Published: October 21, 2020 22:08:53 | Updated: October 21, 2020 23:28:06 Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said at least

Published: October 21, 2020 21:52:33 To tighten the noose around tax evaders and expand the tax net, the National Board

Published: October 21, 2020 18:03:59 Bangladesh and Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday agreed to undertake ‘special actions’ in order

DOULOT AKTER MALA | Published: October 21, 2020 10:47:09 | Updated: October 21, 2020 14:03:34 Tax revenue collection started gaining

Only 0.4 per cent of the country’s micro, small and medium enterprises (Msmes) received financing from banks and financial institutions

SAJIBUR RAHMAN | Published: October 19, 2020 10:09:29 | Updated: October 19, 2020 15:56:20 A weak and slow legal system

FE REPORT | Published: October 19, 2020 09:52:06 | Updated: October 19, 2020 20:10:01 The central bank on Sunday said

DOULOT AKTER MALA | Published: October 18, 2020 09:57:10 | Updated: October 18, 2020 13:21:31 The government has planned to

MONIRA MUNNI | Published: October 18, 2020 09:27:00 | Updated: October 18, 2020 13:15:50 Bangladesh’s expenditure in social protection is

BB asked to intervene Published: October 18, 2020 09:47:10 | Updated: October 18, 2020 13:34:53 Experts have suggested that mobile

FE REPORT | Published: October 16, 2020 14:34:32 | Updated: October 16, 2020 19:45:08 The Bangladesh Bank seal is pictured

JASIM UDDIN HAROON | Published: October 15, 2020 09:43:46 | Updated: October 15, 2020 13:35:08 The transactions through most of

FHM Humayan Kabir | Published: October 15, 2020 09:44:09 | Updated: October 15, 2020 13:35:17 The government has estimated that

FE Online Report | Published: October 15, 2020 19:46:56 | Updated: October 15, 2020 19:49:12 The Economic Reporters Forum (ERF)

MONIRA MUNNI | Published: October 14, 2020 09:35:36 | Updated: October 14, 2020 11:08:00 The country’s apparel exports to the

Two zones far from ready yet MUNIMA SULTANA | Published: October 14, 2020 09:39:29 | Updated: October 14, 2020 11:09:03

FE ONLINE REPORT | Published: October 14, 2020 10:02:33 | Updated: October 14, 2020 11:09:03 The International Monetary Fund (IMF)

SIDDIQUE ISLAM | Published: October 13, 2020 09:43:46 | Updated: October 13, 2020 13:55:28 A major portion of the stimulus

DOULOT AKTER MALA | Published: October 13, 2020 09:49:01 | Updated: October 13, 2020 11:14:34 File photo used for representational

JASIM UDDIN HAROON | Published: October 10, 2020 09:27:17 | Updated: October 10, 2020 16:09:12 The government’s debt soared in

UNB | Published: October 10, 2020 16:46:06 | Updated: October 10, 2020 19:27:03 Covid-19 has had a major impact on

SIDDIQUE ISLAM | Published: October 09, 2020 09:30:22 | Updated: October 09, 2020 13:47:30 Four state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) have

FE REPORT | Published: October 09, 2020 09:50:54 | Updated: October 09, 2020 13:21:49 Bangladesh needs to adopt twin strategies

Published: October 09, 2020 22:03:40 | Updated: October 09, 2020 22:06:46 Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Friday said that

SIDDIQUE ISLAM | Published: October 07, 2020 09:26:40 | Updated: October 07, 2020 13:56:58 The Bangladesh Bank seal is pictured

Published: October 06, 2020 15:29:09 | Updated: October 06, 2020 18:19:39 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina joins the weekly ECNEC meeting

Published: October 06, 2020 18:52:16 | Updated: October 06, 2020 19:18:58 At a time when the global economy is in

REZAUL KARIM | Published: October 04, 2020 10:53:43 | Updated: October 04, 2020 11:21:35 A preferential trade agreement (PTA) between

Analysts tell dialogue FE REPORT | Published: October 04, 2020 11:15:04 Reforming the tax administration will be possible only if

FE Report | Published: October 05, 2020 09:34:39 | Updated: October 05, 2020 15:14:33 The country’s merchandise shipments during the

JASIM UDDIN HAROON | Published: October 04, 2020 09:20:31 | Updated: October 04, 2020 09:22:14 The country’s current-account posted a

DSE market-cap exceeds Tk 4000b-mark after 15 months BABUL BARMAN | Published: October 03, 2020 10:40:48     Stocks rebounded

ARAFAT ARA | Published: October 03, 2020 09:23:58 | Updated: October 03, 2020 13:19:03 The picture of the overseas employment

FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | Published: October 01, 2020 10:11:39 The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) would provide US$70 million

Multi-modal transportation hub Munima Sultana  | Published: October 02, 2020 10:16:40 | Updated: October 02, 2020 11:10:15 The government is

Bangladesh is eyeing a robust economic growth on government measures to ensure flow of money amid the coronavirus crisis, but

The government has sought extended financial support from the development partners for implementing the upcoming 8th five-year plan (FYP) to

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved four projects involving a total cost of Tk

SIDDIQUE ISLAM | Published: September 30, 2020 09:24:51 | Updated: September 30, 2020 09:31:38 Bangladesh’s import orders dropped by nearly

Salman Rahman alludes at webinar FE REPORT | Published: September 30, 2020 09:29:41 | Updated: September 30, 2020 09:31:38 Prime

ERD-LCG parley on 8th FYP FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | Published: September 30, 2020 09:30:46 | Updated: September 30, 2020 10:03:32

Risk weight slashed by one-third FE REPORT | Published: September 30, 2020 09:43:12 The central bank has cut the ‘risk

Revival of economy NBR still lagging behind target DOULOT AKTER MALA | Published: September 28, 2020 09:43:36 | Updated: September

FE REPORT | Published: September 28, 2020 09:48:45 Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Sunday amended the guidelines for the Entrepreneurship Support

Published: September 28, 2020 19:41:59 | Updated: September 28, 2020 21:06:31 Although outflow of migrant workers in January-August period of

Disbursement of farm loans by banks in the first two months of the current fiscal year (FY), 2020-2021, has remained

FE Online Report  | Published: September 26, 2020 14:04:20 | Updated: September 26, 2020 21:05:37 The World Bank has approved

FE Online Report | Published: September 26, 2020 17:19:37 | Updated: September 27, 2020 10:44:07 Though the net financial transfers

Published: September 26, 2020 19:51:19 | Updated: September 27, 2020 10:42:34 The National Board of Revenue (NBR) will set up

FE REPORT | Published: September 27, 2020 10:38:37 | Updated: September 27, 2020 15:06:06 Experts on Saturday listed inconsistencies in

Signing proposed PTA FE REPORT | Published: September 24, 2020 10:08:18 | Updated: September 24, 2020 11:02:06 Bangladesh has requested

FE REPORT | Published: September 25, 2020 09:34:30 | Updated: September 25, 2020 10:07:39 The Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Thursday

Poor project execution, pandemic blamed FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | Published: September 25, 2020 10:07:05 The disbursements of foreign aid declined

The performance of government ministries and agencies in project execution was below the mark in the first two months of

The volume of fixed deposits with the banking system fell by 2.41 per cent in the second quarter ending in

“Extraordinary easy financing’ conditions may pose ‘upside risks’ in the case of price stability in the upcoming quarters, the Bangladesh

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved a project for development and management of hilsa resources

Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) has signed 56.33 million US dollar new investment agreement with seven companies during Coronavirus

Discrepancies in wealth distribution are wide and inherent in Bangladesh, planning minister MA Mannan told a webinar on Monday. “National

Bangladesh has lately strengthened its efforts to secure permission to use the Indian territory for the purpose of transporting goods

The government has taken an ambitious target to raise the revenue-GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ratio to 24.1 per cent as

Bangladesh fares better than many other countries in recovering from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, Finance Minister AHM

The country’s current account balance registered a surplus of approximately US$2.0 billion in July last against a deterioration of over

The state-owned Agrani Bank Ltd has supported 17,308 enterprises and individuals so far under the incentive packages declared by the

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has recommended the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to strengthen monitoring of the online return

The contribution of Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) in national export has increased in the fiscal 2019-20. The operational

Bangladesh’s economy is expected to grow at a rate of 6.8 per cent in the current fiscal year (FY 2021),

Bangladesh’s bond market is under-performing as sales of major such debt instruments are on the declining trend, officials said on

Outward foreign direct investment (FDI) from Bangladesh to other countries turned negative in the past year, according to the statistics

Speakers during a virtual consultation have suggested that Bangladesh should ensure periodic review of the UN-binding treaty on business and

Tech experts during a webinar on Friday underscored the need for developing a hi-tech manufacturing ecosystem in Bangladesh in a

Having a huge market, strong manufacturing base and strategic location, Bangladesh is an important country for US under Indo Pacific

As many as 65 per cent of the fund from the government’s social safety net programmes (SSNPs) goes to non-poor

Experts at a webinar on Thursday stressed the advantages of mediation over arbitration and litigation as a dispute resolution tool,

  The government has decided to import onion from multiple sources to ensure enough supply of the popular cooking ingredient

DHAKA, Sept 1, 2020 (BSS) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh would provide 50,000 tonnes of fertilizer to

DHAKA, Sep 1, 2020 (BSS) – The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved a project for