For new loan, IMF may seek deadline for fixing weak banks
11 October 2026
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.
11 October 2026
Govt secures $3.1b loan to keep fuel and LNG flowing
9 October 2026
Bangladesh has secured a $3.1 billion non-concessional loan to finance fuel oil and liquefied natural gas imports, as the government moves to safeguard energy supplies from disruption.
9 October 2026
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
BB to focus on small, farm loans to meet credit target
Bangladesh Bank will put more emphasis on small and medium loans, including agricultural credit, to meet higher
30 July 2016
Development spending lowest in six years
Ministries and divisions spent Tk 28,171 crore, or 34 percent of their total development budget, in the last month of fiscal 2015-16, in
28 July 2016
BB to set higher credit growth target
Bangladesh Bank may set the private sector credit growth target at 16.5 percent in the monetary policy for the first half of the fiscal year, in keeping with the present momentum.
25 July 2016
Remittance inflow from Middle East slows
Remittance inflow from Middle Eastern countries declined last fiscal year but receipts from the US and the UK increased.
21 July 2016
China Railway gets final nod to build Padma rail network
The government has given the final go-ahead to a Chinese company to start construction of the 215km-long Padma rail link from Dhaka to Jessore.
20 July 2016
Chinese contractor to build landline network
A Chinese consortium will get a contract to set up a countrywide telecom network in Bangladesh for digital connectivity through landline phones at a low cost.
18 July 2016
Monetary policy to focus on growth momentum
The central bank is set to announce the new monetary policy next week that will aim to maintain the private sector credit growth
17 July 2016
Govt's cost of debt to double
Government borrowing through savings instruments in fiscal 2015-16 is most likely to be nearly double the
16 July 2016
Inflation lowest in 12 years
Inflation stood at 5.92 percent on average in fiscal 2015-16 -- the lowest in 12 years and even lower than the government's budgetary
12 July 2016
State banks still in capital deficit
The government provided Tk 1,578 crore to state banks last fiscal year to meet their capital deficit and yet it was not enough for the
9 July 2016
Most banks have sound capital base
Most of the private and foreign commercial banks succeeded in maintaining the new international standard capital adequacy ratio.
4 July 2016
Govt moves to improve ADP performance
The government has big plans to speed up the implementation of the annual development programme this fiscal
3 July 2016
Banks' profits rise on small loans
Most private banks saw their operating profits rise in the first six months of the year riding on returns from small
2 July 2016
New VAT measures to bring in Tk 6,423cr
The government is set to rake in an additional Tk 6,423 crore next fiscal year due to various value added tax measures proposed in the
28 June 2016
Petrobangla to pay $90m a year to use LNG terminal
Petrobangla will pay about $90 million a year to use the planned LNG terminal of US-based Excelerate Energy in
21 June 2016
Local firms still can't invest abroad
The central bank has not allowed any Bangladeshi national to invest fresh capital abroad, meaning the money
11 June 2016
Subsidy to soar 37pc next fiscal year
Expenditure on subsidy is set to soar about 37 percent in fiscal 2016-17 from that in the current year owing to food distribution at lower prices through public channels and opening up of new sectors to financial support.
6 June 2016
BPC profits to treble this year
Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation is set to log in profit of Tk 12,186 crore for fiscal 2015-16, which is three times
4 June 2016
Safety net outlay to go up 16pc
The allocation for safety net programmes is set to rise about 16 percent year-on-year to Tk 43,500 crore in the
31 May 2016
Muhith to cut handouts for state banks by half
The allocation for state banks' recapitalisation is set to be slashed by more than half in the forthcoming budget -- the strongest indication yet of the government's intent to crack down on the lenders' errant ways.
30 May 2016