Talks with IMF for new loan to continue in Bangkok
8 October 2026
Talks with the International Monetary Fund on a new loan programme worth up to $5 billion are set to continue next week in Thailand on the sidelines of the 2026 annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank.
8 October 2026
Manufacturing, services lift Apr-Jun GDP growth to 4.6%
8 October 2026
Industrial production grew 6.52 percent in the April-June quarter, compared with just 0.92 percent in the same period a year earlier
8 October 2026
6.2cr people one shock away from poverty: WB
7 October 2026
Nearly 6.2 crore people in Bangladesh are currently living just one economic shock away from falling below the poverty line, the World Bank has warned, as persistently high inflation and severe energy shortages reverse years of hard-won economic gains.
7 October 2026
Time for urgent, bold reforms
7 October 2026
Bangladesh needs urgent and bold reforms in the financial, energy and revenue sectors to arrest the economic slowdown, restore investor confidence and create jobs, said the World Bank yesterday.
7 October 2026
Growth to stay below 4% until FY28 on energy, banking woes
7 October 2026
Bangladesh is yet again set to register weak economic growth of 3.4 percent in the current fiscal year, according to the World Bank, marking a fourth straight year of slowing growth amid a deepening energy crisis, financial sector vulnerabilities and global uncertainties.
7 October 2026
Banking rot, energy crisis to choke growth: WB
6 October 2026
Escalating conflict in the Middle East has exacerbated pre-existing domestic vulnerabilities
6 October 2026
442MW Rampal solar power plant to get nod
6 October 2026
The government is set to construct a 442MW solar power plant at a cost of Tk 2,498 crore on the remaining land acquired for the coal-fired power plant in Rampal.
6 October 2026
Surplus liquidity at banks past Tk 4 lakh crore
5 October 2026
Surplus liquidity in the banking sector surged 45 percent over the past year to cross Tk 4 lakh crore, but the vast majority of the funds are parked in government treasury bills and bonds rather than trickling into private sector credit, according to a central bank report.
5 October 2026
Govt seeks funds from development partners to fight coronavirus
The government is seeking funds from development partners to help the health ministry combat the spread of the novel coronavirus.
18 March 2020
Tk 100cr subsidy earmarked for farm machinery
The government is putting its best foot forward to help farmers buy agricultural machinery with subsidy ahead of the next boro season so that the growers can bring down their production costs, said officials of the agriculture ministry.
12 March 2020
Farmers can now fire up a mobile app to sell paddy to govt
Technology can change the world, it is often said. And the lives of the country’s 1.5 crore farm families, who are often shorn of fair prices, are about to change with the government move to purchase paddy from them by way of a mobile application.
11 March 2020
CAG and ACC can team up to crack down on swindlers
A common platform comprising the Office of Comptroller and Auditor General (OCAG) of Bangladesh and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is on the cards to apprehend the financial wrong-doers and punish them, said the country’s top auditor.
10 March 2020
Matarbari to play host to deep seaport
The government is set to construct a deep seaport at Matarbari in Cox’s Bazar to help the country handle rising volumes of exports and imports and ease the pressure on the Chattogram port.
10 March 2020
Bangabandhu Railway Bridge Project: Cost revised, goes up by 72pc
The cost of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Railway Bridge Construction Project has gone up to Tk 16,781 crore from Tk 9,734 crore.
3 March 2020
ELECTRICITY gets costlier
At a time when people are grappling with high prices of many daily essentials, the government has hiked electricity prices.
27 February 2020
Coronavirus can’t tame Bangladesh’s growth momentum
Bangladesh’s export and import activities will both be affected by the coronavirus pandemic but the country would not face much difficulty in attaining its GDP growth target of 8.20 per cent for this fiscal year, according to an official document.
27 February 2020
Robust exchange rate critical for sustained growth
Poorly managed exchange rate, ad hoc-based incentive and existing domestic protection levels will not make Bangladesh’s exports competitive and help diversify both products and destinations, according to a new plan of the government.
25 February 2020
9 in 10 children suffer violent disciplining
Nine out of 10 children experience some form of violent disciplining by their caregivers, according to a recent survey by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) and Unicef, released yesterday.
24 February 2020
Japanese firms to invest $6.4b
Major Japanese large firms are to invest about $6.4 billion to implement six infrastructure projects in Bangladesh under the public-private partnership model.
24 February 2020
Wealthy turned to post office accounts after savings certificate rules shut them out
A section of well-off people have apparently made a mad dash for post office accounts right after the government tightened rules on investment in high interest-bearing national savings certificates.
23 February 2020
Accident fatalities in Bangladesh: Good trends ‘undermined’
Between 1990 and 2017, the increase in the road crash fatality rate per capita was three times higher in Bangladesh than that across South Asia, according to a World Bank report.
22 February 2020
Relocation of chemical factories from Old Dhaka still uncertain
It took the government almost nine years to draw up a project for relocating chemical factories and warehouses from Old Dhaka’s Nimtoli where an inferno claimed 124 lives in 2010.
20 February 2020
Rivers in Dhaka, Ctg: PM approves masterplan to save them
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has approved a masterplan to free all major rivers in and around Dhaka and Chattogram cities from encroachment and pollution by 2030.
16 February 2020
Soaring post office deposits to come crashing down
Savings accounts in post offices saw soaring deposits in recent years thanks to high interest rates offered by the government to tempt people in the suburbs and rural areas to use formal channels for parking their funds.
16 February 2020
BB braced for tighter grip on private banks
The rot starts at the top, it is often said. And it is this pandemic that the central bank is looking to tackle in the new Banking Companies Act.
11 February 2020
Ecnec pours cold water on Teletalk’s plans
Teletalk, it often seems, is overindulged.
11 February 2020
Govt has a new headache. It’s the high interest rates on T-bills and bonds
The interest rate on government Treasury bills and bonds, the main instruments for bank borrowing, doubled in the last one year -- a development that will fuel budgetary expenditure and may discourage private sector credit, both of which are already sources of concern.
8 February 2020
Bangladesh comes to Somalia’s rescue
Since time immemorial Bangladesh has been taking on aids, grants and financial assistance from the global community. But now, it is providing debt relief to another nation, in a testament of the progress the country has made.
5 February 2020