Over 90% of economic units have no TIN
18 August 2026
Abul Kalam Azad runs a small grocery shop, about thirty-five square feet, next to his home at Ratankandi union in Sirajganj Sadar upazila. Like many village shops, it stocks almost everything from rice and biscuits to soft drinks and bakery items.
18 August 2026
GDP calculation methodology has ‘significant flaws’
15 August 2026
Review of BBS data finds inconsistencies in national income, industrial figures
15 August 2026
Rooftop solar panels can add 3,600MWp to national grid
12 August 2026
Bangladesh could generate more than 3,600 megawatts peak (MWp) of electricity from rooftop solar panels, according to a new assessment by the state-owned Infrastructure Development Company Limited (Idcol).
12 August 2026
Tax return filing rate falls in FY26 to multi-year low
6 August 2026
Although the deadline for filing income tax returns was extended four times until March, the return filing rate fell in fiscal year 2025-26 from a year earlier.
6 August 2026
NBR misses revenue target for 10th straight year
5 August 2026
Economists said the target was unrealistic from the outset, given the NBR’s structural weaknesses
5 August 2026
Foreign aid falls as debt repayments cut net inflows
3 August 2026
Total foreign aid disbursements fell 5.8 percent year-on-year to $8.07 billion in fiscal year 2025-26
3 August 2026
Source tax, AIT to deliver 83% of income tax
29 July 2026
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) plans to collect more than four out of every five taka in income tax through tax deducted at source and advance income tax (AIT) in the current fiscal year, extending a strategy that already delivered over 85 percent of income tax collection in FY2025-26.
29 July 2026
Four pillars to drive NBR’s VAT target for FY27
28 July 2026
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is banking on four key areas to achieve its value-added tax (VAT) collection target of Tk 2.57 lakh crore for the 2026-27 fiscal year.
28 July 2026
Consumption stays low for two straight years as inflation bites
According to a provisional estimate of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), consumption of goods and services grew 3.53 percent in 2023-24, up from 2.52 percent in the last fiscal year.
23 May 2024
Laptops may be cheaper in FY2025
The government is planning to reduce duties on imported laptops next fiscal year in order to make the devices more affordable and bring relief to freelancers and students.
22 May 2024
NBR plans self-assessment of tax liabilities for all firms
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is likely to introduce self-assessment for companies from 2024-25 to allow them to determine their own tax liabilities and cut reliance on taxmen.
20 May 2024
Investors in hi-tech parks, EZs may lose tax benefits
Investors in the economic zones and hi-tech parks in Bangladesh may see an end to the zero-duty benefit on imports of capital machinery, components and construction materials next fiscal year.
15 May 2024
From mobile users to metro commuters, Bangladeshis to face more tax
Mobile phone calls and metro rail commutes among other daily activities may cost more in the next fiscal year as the government looks to increase taxes to boost its revenue collections.
14 May 2024
MPs may lose duty waiver for car imports
The National Board of Revenue seeks to impose 25 percent import duty on cars for lawmakers, reversing a practice of tax exemptions that amounted to Tk 5,147 crore over the last 15 years.
13 May 2024
Industries created more jobs amid slowdown. Economists find it puzzling
However, the findings raised questions among economists, who were puzzled by the growth at a time when the economy had been facing a slowdown due to high inflation, a downtrend in export growth, and falling imports.
7 May 2024
The invisible ones
Of the over 7 crore people employed in Bangladesh, 85 percent (nearly 6 crore) are vulnerable as they work in the informal sector, which lacks basic social and legal protection, and employment benefits.
30 April 2024
IMF prescribes ending tax exemptions
It recommended the National Board of Revenue (NBR) discontinue the tax holiday for the information and communication technology industry and abolish the tax benefit for mining and petroleum extracting companies.
29 April 2024
ADP spending picks up in July-March
Development spending rose 42.30 percent in the first nine months of the current fiscal year (FY) thanks to a higher execution rate in March following the national election.
24 April 2024
Tax receipts rise 15% in July-March, close to IMF target
Bolstered by rising value-added tax (VAT) collection and increased income tax receipts, the tax administrator logged Tk 259,866 crore in total revenue in the July-March period of the current fiscal year, according to the NBR’s provisional estimates.
23 April 2024
Govt may lower corporate tax to encourage compliance
The National Board of Revenue will likely propose reducing the tax on corporate profits by 2.5 percentage points for both listed and non-listed companies.
22 April 2024
Migrant workers stare into uncertainty as global crises deepen
Moreover, further setbacks are posed by Malaysia's decision to freeze new foreign worker recruitment in March as well as Oman suspending the issuance of visas to Bangladeshi citizens at the end of 2023 due to an oversupply of workers from the South Asian nation.
21 April 2024
Sweet Success
On a warm March morning in front of a state-of-the-art facility in Gazipur, employees were found to be lining up at a large gate, designated as the entry point.
19 April 2024
Traditional sweet-makers struggle to stay afloat
Almost 60 years ago, Kali Saha opened a small sweet shop in Savar’s Namabazar after gaining experience as an apprentice. Despite offering only roshgollas, curds, and chamchams, the name and fame of “Kali Saha Mistanno Bhandar’’ spread.
19 April 2024
The cost-of-living crisis prolongs for wage workers
The cost-of-living crisis in Bangladesh appears to have caused more trouble for daily workers as their wage growth has been lower than the inflation rate for more than two years.
18 April 2024
Credit card use slightly down in Feb
Plastic money transactions fell 4.77% to Tk 3,057 crore
15 April 2024
Demographic dividend: How long can Bangladesh enjoy it?
The proportion of working-age people declined to 65.08 percent in 2023 from 66.58 percent in 2021, according to a survey of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). A year before, the proportion was 65.67 percent.
31 March 2024
Ageing in Bangladesh: Are we ready for more social spending?
The dependency ratio of the people who are over 65-plus years rose to 9.4 percent in 2023 from 8.6 percent in 2022.
26 March 2024
ADP spending in Jul-Feb 14-year low
Spending under the annual development programme (ADP) has been going slow in the current fiscal year (FY), with implementing agencies using just 31.17 percent of the total allocation till February this year, showed official figures.
21 March 2024