Metro, Teesta, tax reform top govt’s 5yr plan
20 August 2026
The government has announced a five-year strategic framework outlining reforms and infrastructure projects.
20 August 2026
Govt sets five-year plan to clean up banking sector
20 August 2026
The government has set out a five-year plan to clean up the banking sector, with a focus on recovering bad loans, tightening supervision, improving governance and restoring depositor confidence.
20 August 2026
4 major bridges to get advanced monitoring system
19 August 2026
The government is set to introduce an advanced Structural Health Monitoring System (SHMS) on a pilot basis for four major bridges to improve structural safety, enable real-time monitoring, and extend the lifespan of key transport infrastructure across the country.
19 August 2026
MRT Line 1 and 5: Pricey dollar, inflation to double costs
18 August 2026
The Metro Rail Line-1 and -5 could end up costing more than double the original estimate because of the appreciation of the US dollar, inflation, and new taxes, found the government’s independent expert committee.
18 August 2026
The bridge that never came to be
17 August 2026
Khaleque Bhuiyan still remembers the day the piling equipment arrived at Payrakunj, seven kilometres from Patuakhali town, a spot where a bridge over the Payra river was finally meant to rise.
17 August 2026
Tk 567cr project on cards to tackle Dhaka waterlogging
17 August 2026
The government is set to undertake a Tk 567 crore project in its first phase, backed by World Bank funding, to protect the capital and surrounding areas from severe flooding and waterlogging.
17 August 2026
Patuakhali pins hopes on EPZ for jobs, industrialisation
16 August 2026
A total of 306 plots will be created in the EPZ and divided into three categories
16 August 2026
Family card: A cushion for those struggling to get by
9 August 2026
On a low-lying island in Patuakhali, 32-year-old Tanjila Begum’s husband works irregularly as a day labourer in nearby watermelon fields, where seasonal tidal surges often destroy crops and wipe out daily earnings.
9 August 2026
All low-priority projects to halt
As the government is having to allocate additional funds for certain sectors to combat the coronavirus outbreak, it has suspended financing for all “low priority” projects in the Revised Annual Development Programme (RADP) for this fiscal year, officials said.
23 April 2020
Remittance to nosedive 22pc in 2020: WB
Remittance flow to Bangladesh may plunge by as much as 22 per cent in 2020 because of the fallout of the global coronavirus pandemic, in a major blow to the economy, said the World Bank yesterday.
22 April 2020
Now 10 more industries are seeking help
At least 10 industry bodies have applied to both the finance ministry and the Bangladesh Bank to get financial support from the Tk 5,000 crore stimulus package for the export-oriented industries.
21 April 2020
Another $1.25b from ADB would be of great help
Bangladesh has sought an additional $1.25 billion from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to ballast the country’s purses in its fight against coronavirus and beyond.
20 April 2020
Kamal marshalling development partners to help with COVID-19 wreckage
Bangladesh has turned to multilateral lenders in earnest to pull the country out of the wreckage of COVID-19, which has left the country’s tremendous growth momentum of recent years coming crashing down.
19 April 2020
Incentives for those on the front line
The government will provide two months’ basic salary as incentive for doctors and other health workers who are on the front line in the war against Covid-19 pandemic.
19 April 2020
Govt in great pickle over next fiscal year’s budget
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal plans to unveil the national budget for next fiscal year on June 11 amid deepening uncertainties brought on by the deadly coronavirus.
16 April 2020
GDP growth to plunge to 33-year low this year
There is no denying that 2020 is a write-off for the high-flying Bangladesh economy, shot down to the ground by the novel coronavirus.
15 April 2020
Firms praying for an extension to hand in VAT returns
An announcement from the National Board of Revenue regarding the filing of value-added tax returns have thrown businesses into trouble.
13 April 2020
Direct cash transfer for 1.5cr poor during Ramadan
The government is set to transfer Tk 2,000 in cash to each of about 40 lakh families whose breadwinners have lost jobs because of lockdown, as part of its efforts to keep the most vulnerable segment of the society at home to tackle the deadly virus.
13 April 2020
Premature to project growth now
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday said it was premature to project what will be the country’s economic growth in the current fiscal.
12 April 2020
Outlook is grim for Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s tremendous growth momentum in recent years is set to come to a crashing halt for the coronavirus outbreak in the country, with the poor and informal sector bearing the most brunt, said the World Bank yesterday.
12 April 2020
Cash aid for extreme poor
The government is set to unveil its third stimulus package soon, offering cash aid to poor families that have been hit hard by the ongoing shutdown amid coronavirus scare.
10 April 2020
Govt battling an unknown quantity
Bangladesh has thus far announced a $8.56 billion stimulus package that is nearly three times the initial projected economic losses from the coronavirus pandemic.
6 April 2020
Factories can pay wages for 3 months from stimulus package
The owners of export-oriented companies and factories can pay wages to their workers for up to three months from the Tk 5,000 crore stimulus package unveiled by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
1 April 2020
OMS rice for Tk 10 a kg in cities from next week
The government is going to launch a special open market sale (OMS) of coarse rice at Tk 10 a kg in all city corporation areas to ensure food for the urban poor amid the countrywide shutdown.
31 March 2020
Bigger relief package needed to make up for lost economic activities
Bangladesh has announced one of the lowest stimulus packages among South Asian and Asian peers in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) to counteract the impact of the coronavirus pandemic that is on course to bringing about an economic recession.
31 March 2020
Soft loans, wages to come from stimulus package
The government will disburse interest-free soft loans for two years among the export-oriented sectors from the Tk 5,000 crore stimulus package the prime minister unveiled to cope with the fallout from COVID-19.
30 March 2020
Logistics for stimulus package allocation to be finalised by next week
The government has started work on devising a method to allocate its Tk 5,000 crore stimulus package for the export-oriented sectors announced by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on March 25.
29 March 2020
Funds begin to flow in from ADB
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $300,000 in emergency grant for Bangladesh in its first of the planned support that the lender is preparing to help the country’s fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic.
28 March 2020