Who pays the price for chronic budget underspending?
5 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Since fiscal year 2009-2010, Bangladesh’s budget has grown almost every year, with planned spending rising sevenfold to Tk 7.97 lakh crore in FY25. Yet not a single budget announced over the past 16 years has been fully implemented.
5 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Star Interview / Bangladesh has potential to be connectivity hub
26 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Bangladesh has “great potential” to become a regional hub for transportation, logistics, energy and digital connectivity because of its strategic location between South and Southeast Asia, Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masato Kanda has said.
26 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Bangladesh has ‘great potential’ to become regional hub: ADB president
25 May 2026, 19:54 PM
On a two-day visit to Dhaka from May 24, the ADB chief met with the prime minister and finance minister
25 May 2026, 19:54 PM
Budget to include support for every group
20 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Finance minister says
20 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Budget to include support for every group
19 May 2026, 21:05 PM
Finance minister says
19 May 2026, 21:05 PM
Bangladesh should move up the global value chain: ADB
7 May 2026, 00:00 AM
The study on GVCs, growth, and inequality was released yesterday
7 May 2026, 00:00 AM
ADB forecasts oil prices to be $96 this year
6 May 2026, 17:29 PM
The Manila-based lender downgrades growth projection for Asia and Pacific, including South Asia
6 May 2026, 17:29 PM
Import of soymeal, key feed ingredient, on the decline
The rise in soybean import and domestic production has largely displaced the import of soymeal, a key ingredient to
25 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Globe to invest Tk 450cr to produce sunflower oil
Globe Pharmaceutical Group is set to enter the edible oil market with sunflower oil with the view to catering to the increasingly health-conscious middle-class segment.
22 March 2017, 18:00 PM
BJMC takes up Tk 568cr project to make denim
Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) has designed a Tk 568 crore plan to establish a composite jute textile plant to make fabrics,
20 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Boro plantation to expand this season
Farmers are likely to plant boro paddy on increased area this season, encouraged by higher prices of rice in the last two months, said agricultural extension officials.
15 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Jute millers want low-cost funds
Jute millers have urged the government to ensure low-cost finance to establish new factories and diversify products to cater to both
14 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Lack of daycare centres frustrates working women
Bina Rani Dey got back to work after her maternity leave of six months. However, it was her parents who had to take a major life
7 March 2017, 18:00 PM
BHARAT BHAYNA
It was an evening of winter in December. The sun was hanging on top of the mound on its course to say goodbye for the day. The
23 February 2017, 18:47 PM
NBR unit seeks to freeze accounts of Titas, Bakhrabad over arrears
A field office of the National Board of Revenue has sought permission to freeze the bank accounts of Titas Gas and
22 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Industrial units setting up solar panels on rooftops
Entrepreneurs are making the best of the rooftops at their industrial units by installing solar panels to meet part of their energy demand and cut reliance on the national power grid.
21 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Cooking oil imports likely to drop
Cooking oil imports in Bangladesh may drop 2.33 percent to 2.10 million tonnes in fiscal 2016-17, according to the
20 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Run research on impact of patent waiver on drugs
Bangladesh should carry out studies in advance to assess the likely impact of the end of waiver on making patented
19 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Local manufacture of bikes taking shape
Eight firms, including Japan's Honda and Suzuki and India's Bajaj, TVS and Hero, are set to establish facilities to
14 February 2017, 18:00 PM
NBR moves to boost VAT compliance
The revenue authority plans to introduce lotteries and 'honour cards' for consumers and businesses, to boost VAT
12 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Rice yield to rise this year: USDA
Bangladesh's total rice acreage and production may rise in the year 2016-17 on increased aman harvest and prospect of higher boro plantation and yield, US Department of Agriculture said yesterday.
7 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Mechanised farming gets a boost
The government has raised the subsidy to farmers for purchase of agriculture machinery to 50 percent with a view to
6 February 2017, 18:00 PM
New varieties dominate rice farming
Acreage of high yielding varieties of rice has increased in the last three decades, replacing hundreds of local
4 February 2017, 18:00 PM
NBR rolls out Tk 100cr plan for electronic cash registers
The National Board of Revenue can collect an additional Tk 10,000 crore by ensuring the use of electronic cash registers at retail and
28 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Rice millers making jute bags as demand rises
Rice millers have now set their sights on manufacturing jute bags themselves to meet their own demand for
19 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Waste to electricity
The government is set to produce electricity and thermal energy from municipal solid wastes on a pilot basis with
19 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Online VAT registration begins in March
The National Board of Revenue plans to launch online VAT registration in March so that businesses can prepare to file returns
17 January 2017, 18:00 PM