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
Investment hits record high
Overall investment crossed 31 percent of GDP for the first time in Bangladesh's history last fiscal year thanks to a spike in public spending on mega infrastructure projects now being implemented.
25 September 2018
Tk 80cr project may be placed at Ecnec today
Bangladesh and India are going to re-open another rail link between Chilahati in Nilphamari and Haldibari in Siliguri to boost sub-regional trade and tourism.
17 September 2018
US law firms to advise BB on damage claim
US law firms will provide reports to Bangladesh Bank in the next three weeks on the basis of which the central bank will file a damage
17 September 2018
Food ministry in overdrive
After facing strong criticism last year over poor food reserve due to failure in procuring targeted amount of rice from the domestic market, the Ministry of Food has made a complete turnaround this year.
9 September 2018
Ganges Barrage Project: Execution after changes in design
Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said the government will implement the Ganges Barrage project after making changes to its design.
4 September 2018
Delta Plan 2100: Draft made for spending $37b by 2031
The government would spend $37 billion by 2031 for ensuring food and water security and fighting disasters, according to a draft of the Delta Plan 2100.
2 September 2018
ADP spending off to a slow start
Development spending made a slow start to the current fiscal year despite a government order aimed at beginning project
1 September 2018
Fill vacancies in finance, planning ministries: PMO
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has directed to quickly fill over 50,000 vacant posts in different entities under the finance and planning ministries,
26 August 2018
BJMC gets Tk 100cr to pay jute mill salaries
The finance ministry has provided a Tk 100 crore loan under some conditions to Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) to help the state agency pay salaries and wages of the staff of its 25 loss-making jute mills.
19 August 2018
Name and shame loan defaulters
The finance ministry has recommended that state-run banks publish the details of large loan defaulters on their websites at regular intervals in order to make the defaulters feel embarrassed.
16 August 2018
Export subsidy gets bigger
The government is set to extend export subsidy to eight new products and increase the amount for existing ones with a view to boosting overseas shipments and encouraging environment-friendly industrialisation.
12 August 2018
Govt to buy Rose Garden
The government is going to buy the historic Rose Garden mansion in Old Dhaka -- that was the birthplace of ruling party Awami League -- at about Tk 331.70 crore.
8 August 2018
RESERVE HEIST: BB to file lawsuit in NY court by January
The central bank is going to file a damage claim with a New York court by January next year to recover its reserve money stolen through one of the biggest cyber crimes in the world in February 2016.
6 August 2018
ADB doubles commitment for next three years
The Asian Development Bank is ready to lend $8.01 billion to Bangladesh over the next three years, almost the double the amount it had committed in the previous three years.
23 July 2018
Committee formed to devise ways to recover money
The government is working to solve the state banks' longstanding problem of default loans against the Chittagong-based commodity traders, which has almost become a noose around the banks' necks over the last several years.
21 July 2018
Project cost rises as size expands
The government is on its way to doubling the size of a planned permanent exhibition centre in Purbachal new town to hold the annual Dhaka International Trade Fair, thereby increasing the project cost by about 64 percent, despite a scarcity of land in the country.
9 July 2018
Foreign aid in pipeline: $44b
Unused foreign aid has reached a new high of $44.51 billion despite a record disbursement of development assistance in the last fiscal year, data from the Economic Relations Division showed.
7 July 2018
China, India lead way in foreign aid
Bangladesh last year received record sums of aid commitments from China and India as the two regional giants look to one up each
4 July 2018
Govt mulls Tk 519cr jute textile mill
The government is going to set up a specialised jute textile mill at a cost of Tk 519 crore although public sector textile and jute mills
2 July 2018
World Bank may provide $400m for Rohingyas
The World Bank (WB) will provide around $50 million grant in the first phase to improve the health of Rohingyas who fled Myanmar persecution and took shelter in Bangladesh.
28 June 2018