For new loan, IMF may seek deadline for fixing weak banks
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is likely to seek time-bound measures to resolve problems in vulnerable banks and set specific targets and deadlines for domestic revenue collection as conditions for a new loan programme, according to government officials.
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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
Legal battle begins
With the help of Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Bangladesh yesterday launched a legal battle to recover the full amount stolen from its central bank's reserve.
1 February 2019
BB Cyber Heist: Malware sent to BB network thru' emails
It looked like any other email job-seekers send. The sender Rasel Ahlam attached a cover letter and a resume apparently hoping for a call for a personal interview.
28 January 2019
$5.9b siphoned off in 2015
Some $5.9 billion was siphoned out of Bangladesh in 2015 through trade misinvoicing, the Global Financial Integrity (GFI) said in a report yesterday.
28 January 2019
Dream comes true next year
The much-anticipated Padma Bridge is expected to open to traffic within June next year, as the complexity over some of the piers has been addressed.
24 January 2019
Tk 1,893cr projects await nod
Eight projects are likely to be placed in today's Ecnec meeting, in what can be viewed as a return to normal order following the flurry of project approvals in the three months to the 11th general elections.
21 January 2019
WB's assertive plan for job creation
The World Bank has attached several conditions to its budget support programme that it extended to Bangladesh for three years with a view to creating faster job growth, which has slowed down in recent times.
23 December 2018
Import tax for gold on cards
The government may impose an import tax of Tk 1,000 to Tk 2,000 per bhori of gold under a new policy, mainly to discourage smuggling and use of legal channels to bring in bullion.
15 December 2018
Victory Day: Written by hand, driven by heart
October, 1971.
The war waged by the Pakistani occupation army on Bangalees had just entered its eighth month.
15 December 2018
Little impact on loan rescheduling
Bankers' hopes of making substantial loan recovery in the lead up to the polls did not come about as many sharp-witted election
2 December 2018
Savings instrument database from Feb
The much-awaited database of national savings certificate holders, which is expected to check the current misuse of the high-yielding savings tools, is expected to take off from February next year.
28 November 2018
Utilisation back on slow lane
The use of foreign aid in the first four months of the fiscal year dropped 8.80 percent in spite of the ambitious utilisation target set by the government.
25 November 2018
Dhaka-Chattogram Highway: Rutted within a year after completion
Within a year of completion, overloaded lorries and high number of vehicles plying have created ruts on the expanded Dhaka-Chattogram highway.
12 November 2018
Tk 86,687cr projects get Ecnec nod
The government yesterday approved 39 development projects worth Tk 86,687 crore in an apparent move to woo voters ahead of the general election.
4 November 2018
Project Rush at ECNEC: 35 more lined up for nod
More than 35 projects, mainly involving police, rural and urban infrastructure development, are likely to be placed for approval before a special Ecnec meeting today.
3 November 2018
Bangladesh comes last in South Asia
Bangladesh ranked 176th out of 190 countries in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business index this year, which is the lowest ranking for a South Asian nation -- an alarming development given the government's claims of reforms to improve the score.
31 October 2018
Govt on pre-poll project spree
The Ecnec is set to approve more than two dozen projects today, just a week before the Election Commission is expected to announce the schedule for the upcoming general election.
29 October 2018
Amend coastal shipping deal with India
Local seagoing container shippers have urged both the Bangladeshi and Indian governments to allow them to carry goods of third
20 October 2018
Dhaka-Delhi ports deal next week
Dhaka and New Delhi are going to sign next week three important agreements, including one allowing India to use Chittagong and Mongla ports to transport cargoes to its north-eastern states.
18 October 2018
Ecnec to sit again today
The planning ministry has convened another Ecnec meeting today where nearly two dozen projects would be placed, setting a rare
10 October 2018
Govt approves country's first gold policy
The cabinet yesterday approved the first-ever gold policy for the country aiming to make import and export of the precious metal easy, stop its smuggling, and ensure transparency in its trade.
3 October 2018