Swiss Banks: Bangladeshis’ deposits surge 41%
19 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Bangladeshis’ deposits in Swiss banks rose over 41 percent in 2025 to 834.16 million Swiss francs, which is about Tk 12,751 crore, the highest level in four years.
19 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Fiscal reforms needed for LDC graduation delay
18 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Bangladesh will need to make substantial progress on domestic reforms aimed at addressing its deep-rooted structural weaknesses if it is to get a three-year extension to the timeline of its graduation from the least-developed country category, said the UN Committee for Development Policy.
18 June 2026, 00:00 AM
China zone across the tunnel gets green light
17 June 2026, 00:00 AM
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) yesterday approved a Tk 4,189 crore project to build supporting infrastructure for the Chinese Economic and Industrial Zone (CEIZ) in Chattogram’s Anwara.
17 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Subsidy for gas trebles in Iran war fallout
15 June 2026, 00:00 AM
The gas subsidy has more than trebled this fiscal year, along with subsidies for electricity and fertiliser, due to costly purchases from the international spot market as a result of the Iran war.
15 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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 44,000 crore 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
Fuel prices may see cuts by 15-25pc
The government plans to slash the prices of diesel, kerosene, octane and petrol by 15 to 25 percent to allow the economy to benefit from the slump in oil prices in global markets, officials said.
11 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Govt spots challenges to higher economic growth
Slow implementation of development projects, low investment and sluggish growth of revenue are the three major challenges the government faces in steering the economy to a higher growth trajectory.
10 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Banks' profits rise 32pc on a slide in default loans
The banking sector's net profit increased 32 percent year-on-year to Tk 7,918 crore in 2015 on the back of a decline in default loans.
9 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Private consumption falls as remittance slows
The private consumption to GDP ratio fell 2.23 percentage points in the current fiscal year, mainly due to a decline in inward
7 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Private investment sees first fall in three years
Private investment has declined this fiscal year, a development which does not bode well for the economy even though GDP growth is
6 April 2016, 18:00 PM
7pc growth first time in 9 years
Bangladesh's gross domestic product (GDP) growth would exceed the 7 percent mark in the current fiscal year, according to provisional
5 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Govt sets new rules for fuel import
The energy ministry has for the first time prepared a policy for petroleum import to make the process transparent.
2 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Chinese company gets $3.33b deal
China will construct a rail route between Dhaka and Jessore through the Padma bridge, cutting travel time significantly and boosting national and regional connectivity.
30 March 2016, 18:00 PM
BoP surplus widens 58pc
The balance of payments surplus widened about 58 percent in the first seven months of the fiscal year from a year
26 March 2016, 18:00 PM
SWIFT urges banks to take fitting measures
Global banking cooperative SWIFT has advised its user-banks in Bangladesh to employ appropriate security measures to eliminate risk exposure to malicious software in the wake of the attack on the central bank's reserves.
23 March 2016, 21:17 PM
Development budget to be scaled down
The revised development budget for fiscal 2015-16 is likely to be Tk 90,000 crore, which is about 7 percent less than the original outlay.
23 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Conduct thorough probe
US Congresswoman Carolyn B Maloney has raised some serious questions about the New York Federal Reserve Bank's actions regarding the $101-million heist from the Bangladesh Bank account.
23 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Hunt on for the heist bug
US cyber security firm FireEye, which is charging Bangladesh Bank $400 an hour to probe the $101 million heist, is hunting for a malware that it believes is still hiding in the bank's network.
20 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Not so SWIFT
Two engineers of SWIFT have come to Bangladesh to review its servers with the central bank -- 38 days after a band of hackers breached the payment system in an attempt to steal about $1 billion.
19 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Confusion, panic order of the day
Confusion and panic was the order of the day at the Bangladesh Bank yesterday, a day after its governor Atiur Rahman stepped down and two deputy governors were removed hastily amid strong criticism over the central bank's handling of the $101 million cyber theft.
16 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Malaysia to build power plant
Malaysia plans to set up a 1,320-megawatt power plant at Moheshkhali and provide 70 percent of the project cost as loans to Bangladesh.
13 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Forensic team examining BB computers
A forensic team is examining all computers of the Bangladesh Bank to determine how a malware hacked into the payment system of the central bank and stole $101 million.
13 March 2016, 18:00 PM
BB installing monitoring software
To stop any further hacking of its network, Bangladesh Bank is installing monitoring software on all its computers that would instantly
12 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Hackers' bid to steal $870m more foiled
The hackers who stole Bangladesh Bank's money were on their way to pull off a heist of about $1 billion, but the banking system responded in time to stop the transfer of $870 million from the central bank's account with the New York Federal Reserve Bank.
9 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Hackers chose weekend to break into BB systems
A band of hackers chose the weekend in four countries as the opportune moment to break into Bangladesh Bank's systems to steal its money deposited in an account with the New York Federal Reserve Bank.
8 March 2016, 18:00 PM