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
NBR plans Tk 532cr project for six buildings in six regions
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) plans to undertake a Tk 532 crore project for infrastructure development outside the capital in order to safeguard taxpayers’ files and expand the tax net to collect more revenue.
18 October 2023
House rent on the rise: BBS
House rent in different parts of Bangladesh rose by 5.93 percent in the April-June period of fiscal 2022-23
11 October 2023
Earnings from spice exports rise 25%
Bangladesh’s earnings from spice exports increased 25 percent year-on-year in the first three months of fiscal 2023-24 due to demand from expatriates of Bangladesh and other Asian countries.
11 October 2023
Pain deepens as food inflation stays above 12%
Food inflation in Bangladesh stayed above 12 percent for the second consecutive month in September as prices showed no signs of cooling down, hitting the pockets of the consumers who spend most of their incomes to feed their families.
4 October 2023
Construction costs keep climbing
Construction costs in Bangladesh rose by 6.98 percent in August, making it costlier to implement both public and private construction projects, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).
1 October 2023
Tourists daily dump 3,000kg of plastic waste in Saint Martin's
About 3,000 kilogrammes of single-use plastic waste are dumped by tourists on the Saint Martin's Island of Cox's Bazar every day during the peak season, according to The Earth, a non-profit organisation working on community development and environment.
30 September 2023
Arrival of foreign tourists far below potential
Bangladesh is home to the world's longest sea beach as well as the world's largest mangrove forest alongside numerous places of outstanding natural beauty. But despite its potential, the country still could not explore the global markets and attract foreign holidaymakers..Even 52 years aft
27 September 2023
Revenue collection up 15% in Jul-Aug
Government revenue collection in the July-August period, the first two months of the current fiscal year of 2023-24, has increased by nearly 15 percent year-on-year, thanks to a rise in VAT from multinational companies.
22 September 2023
Uncertainty lingers over Chhatak Cement’s return to operation
State-run Chhatak Cement Company in Sunamganj might not return to production anytime soon as its modernisation project is set to miss the deadline for the second time while uncertainty over the supply of the key raw material persists.
21 September 2023
Foreign loan utilisation slightly down
Utilisation of foreign assistance under the government’s Annual Development Programme (ADP) by ministries and divisions has slightly declined year-on-year in the first two months of fiscal year 2023-24.
20 September 2023
Banking Sector: Female workforce rises but slightly
The number of women bankers has gone up slightly over the last three years, after it saw a drop during the Coronavirus pandemic in 2020.
18 September 2023
Krishi Market traders left clutching at straws
If you had visited the Krishi Market in the capital’s Mohammadpur during the first half of yesterday, you might have noticed two young men trying to sell half-burnt soaps, packets of detergent and several containers containing cleaning agents on a rickshaw-van.
17 September 2023
Why sustainable Finance?
Sustainable finance is the process of incorporating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations into financial investment decisions, resulting in longer-term investments in sustainable economic activities and projects.
16 September 2023
Gone with the blaze
Almost 10 years ago, Sondha Rani, 45, started her small betel leaf shop in Mohammadpur Krishi Market, after taking a loan from a relative. She, along with her husband, ran this small shop, which served as the only means of income for their three-member family.
14 September 2023
Fire only left my misfortune: jewellery shop owner
"I couldn't get anything out of the shop. Some of the gold and silver that I had burned and melted. The fire took everything. What it left is just my misfortune," said Ashraf Uddin, the owner of a jewellery shop.
14 September 2023
4-year BSCIC project now entering 14th year
A four-year industrial park project undertaken by the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) in Sirajganj will enter its 14th year of construction due to delays in land acquisition and difficulties in obtaining approval from relevant ministries.
13 September 2023
No respite for workers as wage growth stays behind inflation
Mrinal Biswas, a resident of Botiaghata upazila in Khulna, doesn’t find job opportunities every day. And when the 62-year-old fisheries worker is lucky to be employed, he earns Tk 500 per day.
12 September 2023
Tk 209cr project to boost char crop output
The government has initiated an agricultural project at a cost of Tk 209 crore with the aim to increase production of crops in char areas by expanding the use of modern technologies.
9 September 2023
Export of paper, paper products jumps 85%
The export of paper and paper products from Bangladesh rose 85 percent year-on-year in the first two months of fiscal 2023-24 as the country is grabbing a bigger share of the global market in face of reduced competition.
7 September 2023
Record potato production, yet prices going up
Potato prices are soaring even though farmers this year grew a record 1.04 crore tonnes, cutting the buying power of consumers, especially fixed and low-income people already battered by sustained high inflation.
29 August 2023