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
Open bidding to save BPC Tk 100cr on oil imports
Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation will save 41-66 percent for importing two petroleum products under open tender
21 April 2016
Target Trans-Asian Railway linkage
The government has revised a project to lay a 129-km rail track from Dohazari to Gundum near Myanmar border via Cox's Bazar at a cost of Tk 18,034 crore.
19 April 2016
BPC to import 1.3cr barrels of oil under open tender
Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation is set to import 1.3 crore barrels of petroleum products from two Singapore-based entities, a move which will save the government $1 per barrel.
18 April 2016
Bangladesh govt to turn its bidding system fully online by year-end
The government is going to scrap the traditional tender floating system and introduce a full-fledged online tendering method for all public purchases from December, say planning ministry officials.
18 April 2016
Trade deficit narrows as imports slow
Trade deficit narrowed 0.25 percent in the first eight months of the fiscal year on the back of slow import growth.
16 April 2016
Taskforce formed to retrieve BB's stolen funds
The government yesterday formed a seven-member taskforce headed by the banking secretary to bring back the $81 million funds stolen from Bangladesh Bank's account with the New York Federal Reserve.
13 April 2016
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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