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
Bringing light to visually impaired
MD Sanwar Hossain and Selina Begum's family has got a new lease of life. After remaining visually impaired for eight years, their eldest
26 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Tax receipts rise, but miss target
Tax collection rose 9.5 percent year-on-year to Tk 30,905 crore in July-September, according to provisional estimates of the National Board of Revenue.
25 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Call for TIN verification gets poor response
A rule of the National Board of Revenue to verify taxpayer identification numbers (TINs) has received a lukewarm response from various
15 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Taxmen hunting for 7 lakh manual TIN holders
The National Board of Revenue is looking for nearly seven lakh taxpayers who held the now-invalid manually-issued TINs but are yet to
12 October 2015, 18:00 PM
NBR to extend duty benefits to investors in hi-tech parks
The National Board of Revenue plans to offer duty benefits and increased tax breaks to investors and developers of
11 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Shrimp industry's woes see no end
Losses of shrimp growers and processors are piling up in the face of sluggish global demand for black tiger bagda
8 October 2015, 18:00 PM
222 taxpayers legalise Tk 676 crore in Bangladesh
The amount of undisclosed money legalised in fiscal 2014-15 surged to Tk 676.87 crore from Tk 176 crore in the previous year, according to the National Board of Revenue.
8 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Soaring jute prices worry exporters
Raw jute prices have gone up further amid low supply, making manufacturers and exporters anxious about the negative impact on
6 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Tourism takes a blow from killings of foreigners
Foreign tourists have started cancelling their trips to Bangladesh in the wake of the killings of a Japanese and an Italian national in less
5 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Economic zones for Indian investors get major boost
India has agreed to extend part of its fresh $2 billion loans to develop two economic zones in Bangladesh for its investors, said a top official of the economic zones authority.
1 October 2015, 18:00 PM
NBR looking into tax status of private univs
The National Board of Revenue has started examining the past few years' tax payment status of private universities, officials say.
13 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Rice output hits record, farmers not so happy
Farmers bagged a record 1.91 crore tonnes of boro rice last season, enabling the country to log in its highest rice output and attain
12 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Local firms eye global fish fillet market
Local firms are pouring in crores of funds to tap the huge global market for fish fillets, a move that will diversify the country's fish export basket now largely dominated by shrimps.
6 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Jute farmers get better prices
Jute growers are receiving better prices this season amid higher exports of the raw fibre to India and fears over low local output due to unfavourable weather, said traders and exporters.
30 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Sugar imports become costlier
The National Board of Revenue yesterday imposed a 20 percent regulatory duty on raw and refined sugar imports to safeguard the local mills from the shock of sliding global prices.
26 August 2015, 18:00 PM
New compliance rules for vegetable and fruit exports
Fruit and vegetable exporters will soon have to register with the Plant Protection Wing of the government if they want to ship fresh
25 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Fruits, vegetables fail to enter EU markets
Fruit and vegetable shipments from Bangladesh continue to be turned down at the port of entry to European markets due to non-compliance by exporters and poor monitoring by the related government agencies.
19 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Tax privilege for fish farming to come back
The National Board of Revenue may soon reinstate a tax concession for fish farming, which was withdrawn 10 months ago.
15 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Farmers coming back to wheat
Farmers are slowly returning to wheat cultivation, encouraged by higher yields and good prices in recent years, farmers and
12 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Govt to give awards for industrial development
The government is set to honour local firms next month for their contributions to the country's industrial development and
8 August 2015, 18:00 PM