Md Asaduz Zaman

Industries embrace rooftop solar as Bangladesh balances climate risks, export competitiveness

According to a BBS report, female participation fell sharply from 2.53 crore to 2.37 crore in 2024.

Jucsu is expected to break a 33-year-long silence at Jahangirnagar University.

Employment policymaking reduced to guesswork amid rising joblessness

Despite underspending its budget, the government borrowed more from domestic sources than planned in the last fiscal year (FY), as revenue collection shortfalls, waning foreign aid, and rising interest costs forced it to plug a widening gap.

Consumer prices eased in August, reaching their lowest point in more than three years. Yet households faced higher food bills compared with July, at a time when shrinking purchasing power and declining jobs are squeezing many households.

The advisory council yesterday amended the much-talked-about tax reform ordinance, paving the way for revenue officials to head the top and senior positions of the Revenue Policy Division.

Experts call for tax reform to meet annual target

Slow start to development spending raises concerns about economic recovery

As prices soar, poor and middle-class struggle with rising cost of living

Inflation edged up in July on declining in the preceding three months, driven primarily by rising food prices, according to government data, renewing concerns over mounting pressure on consumers amid persistent supply side challenges.

Over the past decade, more and more industries have sprung up across the country, steadily increasing production. But while output rose, factories did not open their doors to more workers.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has fallen short of its revenue collection target for the 13th consecutive year, with experts opining that the existing framework for tax collection is inadequate.

Bangladesh’s real wage growth remained negative for the 41st consecutive month in June, even as the inflation rate eased to its lowest level in nearly three years, according to the latest data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).

Bangladesh’s average wage growth remained negative for the 41st consecutive month in June, even as the inflation rate eased to its lowest level in nearly three years, according to the latest data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)..Year-on-year, wage growth stood at 8.18 percen

ACC opens investigations into five more officials over alleged graft

Why should ordinary citizens bear the burden of a bureaucratic breakdown?

The interim government is likely to scrap the provision that allows black money to be legalised through the purchase of apartments and land in the next fiscal year (FY) 2025-26, amid criticism from civil society groups, think tanks and watchdogs.

NBR faces Tk 141,000 crore June target; analysts cite target impossible

The government proposes sharply increased commercial vehicle tax; operators warn of rising prices.