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
No concrete job plan in budget
The government has proposed a Tk 761,000 crore budget for fiscal year 2023-24 without offering any concrete roadmap or action plan for generating employment for its vast working age population, said an economist on Saturday.
13 June 2023
The Journey of Islamic Banking in Bangladesh
The journey of Islamic banking began with the goal of conducting banking business in Muslim countries around the world in accordance with Islamic Shariah.
10 June 2023
Gap between inflation, wage growth hits 9-month high
The gap between inflation and the wage rate growth in Bangladesh rose to a nine-month high in May, deepening the cost-of-living crisis for the poor and the low-income groups as consumer prices continue to outpace real incomes.
7 June 2023
Safety Net Allocations: Rise far from enough
Although the size of allocation for social security programmes has enlarged, the government has made no significant changes to cushion the vulnerable groups of people from persistent inflationary pressure.
1 June 2023
Govt aims to keep average inflation within 6%
In his budget speech for FY2023-24 at the national parliament today, Kamal said inflation would be largely controlled from here on.
1 June 2023
Social safety net allocation to rise 11%
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today proposed increasing the social safety net programme allocation by 11 per cent year-on-year for fiscal year 2023-24.
1 June 2023
Tk 2,000 minimum income tax imposed
Individuals who are required to submit income tax returns to avail of various government services will have to pay a minimum tax of Tk 2,000 even if they do not have taxable incomes.
1 June 2023
Govt raises tax-free income limit to Tk 3.5 lakh
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today proposed increasing the tax-free income limit to Tk 3.5 lakh from the existing Tk 3 lakh for individual taxpayers for 2023-24 fiscal year.
1 June 2023
Safety Net Programmes: Slice for the poor only gets thinner
Although budgetary allocation for social safety net programmes has increased over the past 13 years, the share of compatible programmes has declined significantly.
1 June 2023
Voices of poor remain unheard in policymaking
The voices of disadvantaged groups, the poor and small entrepreneurs have remained unheard when it comes to policy-making as fiscal policies have been captured by vested sections of society, alleged Towfiqul Islam Khan, a senior research fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue.
31 May 2023
No way but to unveil a restrained budget
Despite being the last budget before the next general election, the government has little scope to unveil a big spending plan for the next fiscal year owing to limited fiscal space driven by lower-than-expected revenue collection, a noted economist said.
30 May 2023
Take steps to roll out universal pension scheme
The government should take specific steps through the upcoming national budget for 2022-23 to roll out a universal pension scheme, said an economist.
25 May 2023
Assess gravity of current problems first
The government is yet to take any comprehensive corrective measures to tackle macroeconomic challenges as it has not properly assessed the gravity of the situation in the current fiscal year, an economist said.
23 May 2023
Govt plans Tk 303cr livestock, poultry project
The government is planning to undertake a Tk 303-crore project to increase milk, meat and egg production in char areas under Dhaka division by at least 15 per cent to 20 per cent and subsequently improve living standards.
22 May 2023
Major targets of current budget still unmet
The government is far away from achieving the major targets set for the current fiscal year when the national budget was unveiled in June last year, owing to its failures to assess the global scenario before fixing the goals, experts said.
18 May 2023
Govt plans smaller rise in next ADP
The government plans to increase its development spending slightly in the upcoming fiscal year due to the narrow fiscal space, the dollar crisis, the conditions attached to the IMF’s loan programme, and higher expenses on subsidies and interest payments.
5 May 2023
Inflation falls but still at an elevated level
Inflation in Bangladesh fell slightly to 9.24 per cent in April, driven by a decline in food prices, although it still remains at an elevated level compared to historic trends, official figures showed yesterday.
4 May 2023
BSCIC Barishal project in the slow lane
A project of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) aimed at developing its industrial estate in Barishal and improving infrastructure there has again missed the deadline for completion owing to sluggish implementation, official documents showed.
1 May 2023
Project for expanding artificial insemination of livestock delayed again
A project for expanding artificial reproduction and implementing embryo transfer technology in livestock farming has been delayed once again due to slow implementation.
30 April 2023
‘Compensation for workers’ deaths below per capita income’
The compensation for worker deaths due to factory accidents in Bangladesh is still lower than the per capita income of its nationals, according to the leader of a workers’ rights body.
30 April 2023