Social safety net budget: Pro-poor schemes to get less than 40%
14 June 2026, 00:00 AM
As much as 43.2 percent of the allocation under the social safety net overhead for the next fiscal year will go towards government employees’ pensions and agricultural subsidies.
14 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Tk 44,000cr set aside for new pay scale
12 June 2026, 00:00 AM
The proposed budget for FY2026-27 has earmarked Tk 44,000 crore for partial implementation of the new pay structure for government employees, although the government has yet to specify how it will be rolled out.
12 June 2026, 00:00 AM
New pay scale for govt employees from July 1
11 June 2026, 12:39 PM
Tk 55,000cr additional allocation under public service head
11 June 2026, 12:39 PM
ADB may fund 19 projects worth $3.8b
11 June 2026, 00:00 AM
The Asian Development Bank has shortlisted nine projects to fund in 2027 and 10 in 2028 involving a total of $3.8 billion as part of its proposed Integrated Growth Network Development (IGND) initiative.
11 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Education, health outlay to rise 63%
11 June 2026, 00:00 AM
The government is set to place education and health at the centre of its spending plan for the next fiscal year, with the combined allocation for the two sectors likely to rise by nearly 63 percent from this fiscal year’s revised budget.
11 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Budget deficit financing: Govt to borrow more abroad, less at home
10 June 2026, 23:22 PM
Govt targets $13.27 billion foreign assistance in next fiscal year
10 June 2026, 23:22 PM
Largest budget in the works
10 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Outlay to focus on economic recovery, jobs and electoral pledges amid high inflation
10 June 2026, 00:00 AM
100 days of BNP govt: Economy / A tough journey starts, mired in controversies
9 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Finance minister inherited a ruptured economy. Now comes the harder part -- fixing it
9 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Inflation hits five-month high in October despite steps
Inflation once again grazed double digits in October, advancing 30 basis points to 9.93 percent despite the government’s repeated assurances of measures to rein it in.
6 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Cities recycle just 4.05pc solid waste
A shockingly small amount of the solid waste, produced by cities and municipalities across the country, are being recycled, according to a Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics survey.
6 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Private sector foreign loan on the decline
Short-term foreign debts in the private sector have declined every month since January as repayments outpaced fresh loans, contributing to the depletion of foreign currency reserves of Bangladesh, official figures showed
5 November 2023, 01:04 AM
Govt’s interest expenses jump
The government's expenses on interest payments rose 22.14 percent year-on-year to Tk 92,538 crore in the last fiscal year due mainly to a higher cost of borrowing.
1 November 2023, 02:03 AM
Ecnec Meeting Today: 2 projects worth Tk 19,353cr may get go-ahead
With less than three months remaining of its tenure, the government has decided to take up two large projects worth Tk 19,353 crore to connect the country’s tourist town Cox’s Bazar and Matarbari seaport with Chattogram.
30 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Fall in jobless rate raises questions
The number of unemployed people in Bangladesh declined by 1.80 lakh year-on-year in the third quarter of 2023 despite the country’s major economic indicators having slowed down.
29 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Reserves to hit $24.5b by June next year
Gross foreign currency reserves will bounce back to $24.5 billion by the end of the fiscal year on the back of a 5 percent export growth, 2 percent remittance growth and 7 percent import de-growth, as per the central bank’s projections.
26 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Fixing the economy: BB drawing up roadmap to tackle 3 key challenges
Bangladesh Bank is preparing a roadmap for the next government to address the three major issues of exchange rate instability, high inflation and high defaulted loan ratio bearing upon the economy.
25 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Local govt outspends all other ministries, divisions
Ahead of the upcoming national elections, the local government division (LGD) has spent more money from the annual development programme (ADP) than other major ministries and divisions.
23 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Delaying key measures may prove costly for economy
In the past 18 months, Bangladesh has largely failed to take appropriate measures to curb higher inflation and reverse the fall of foreign currency reserves, both at the heart of the country’s persisting economic plight.
22 October 2023, 01:00 AM
$4.7B loan from IMF: Next tranche of $681m expected in Dec
Bangladesh is hopeful of receiving the second tranche of the IMF’s $4.7 billion loan programme in December as the authorities agreed to further monetary policy tightening, tighter fiscal policy and greater exchange rate flexibility.
19 October 2023, 18:00 PM
IMF to suggest new exchange rate system
The IMF staff mission is willing to set a lower target for foreign currency reserves for this December and June next year provided the Bangladesh Bank adopts the crawling peg method to manage the exchange rate.
17 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Beneficiaries to enjoy tax waiver
The beneficiaries of the universal pension scheme (UPS) will get tax waiver facilities on their investment and profits.
16 October 2023, 02:00 AM
IMF loan conditions: Govt seeks lower reserve target
Bangladesh has requested the visiting International Monetary Fund staff mission to revise down some of the targets as the existing numbers are not achievable in the present context.
15 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Sincerity should matter, not failure
The government’s sincerity in bringing in reforms set by the International Monetary Fund should matter rather than its failure to meet a couple of targets set, said Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal.
14 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Govt to buy 261 SUVs in times of austerity
At a time when the government has undertaken austerity measures to reduce public spending, it is going to purchase 261 Sport Utility Vehicles for deputy commissioners and Upazila Nirbahi Officers ahead of the national election.
11 October 2023, 18:00 PM
IMF downsizes growth forecast
The International Monetary Fund yesterday trimmed Bangladesh’s growth forecast for this fiscal year to 6 percent, following in the lead of its sister organisation, the World Bank.
10 October 2023, 18:00 PM
IMF Staff Mission: Concern raised over inflation, reserves, bad loans
The International Monetary Fund staff mission yesterday raised four burning issues in their meetings with the Bangladesh Bank and the finance ministry: foreign currency reserves, inflation, banking sector and revenue collection.
4 October 2023, 18:00 PM
$27b health budget in the works
The government is preparing a $27 billion budget for the upcoming five-year health sector plan, up 52.5 percent from the ongoing programme that ends in June 2024.
26 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Now Fitch has negative outlook on Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s credit rating came under further threat yesterday as Fitch put the country on a “negative” outlook while giving a damning verdict on the central bank’s policy response to the fast-depleting foreign currency reserves.
26 September 2023, 05:00 AM