Bangladesh has been experiencing a long episode of near-double-digit inflation since FY2023.

Three textile and apparel trade bodies have recommended 370 closed and struggling factories to the Bangladesh Bank for loans under the government’s Tk 60,000 crore stimulus package.

Oil prices rose on Wednesday after Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels said they attacked a Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea, denting hopes of a de-escalation in Iran war hostilities that could restore shipping traffic and oil flows in the Middle East.

The number of Bangladeshis leaving for overseas jobs fell to a five-year low in the recently concluded fiscal year 2025-26 as demand from the Middle East weakened amid uncertainty following the US-Israel war on Iran.

The Bangladeshi taka remained one of the most stable currencies in South Asia and neighbouring economies over the past year, depreciating by just 0.59 percent against the US dollar between March 2025 and March 2026, according to the Bangladesh Bank quarterly report.

Although the deadline for filing income tax returns was extended four times until March, the return filing rate fell in fiscal year 2025-26 from a year earlier.

According to BMET, more than 9.69 lakh people left Bangladesh for overseas jobs during the last fiscal year, down 5 percent from a year earlier

The central bank's latest data showed that only Cambodia performed slightly better, with its currency weakening by 0.44 percent during the period

Startup Bangladesh, the government’s venture capital arm, has sold its stake in health-tech company Pulse Tech Limited, marking its first-ever exit and what it says is the first such exit by any sovereign venture fund in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh stands at a historic crossroads. As the country prepares for the post-Least Developed Country (LDC) era, sustaining economic growth will require more than expanding exports and attracting investment.

Inflationary pressures remained a key challenge for the Bangladesh economy, continuing to erode the purchasing power of low- and middle-income households, said the Bangladesh Bank (BB) in a report.

The Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) and the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) will jointly organise an annual international exhibition in Dhaka, showcasing the latest technologies in the textile and apparel sector.

The ICT Division yesterday launched two digital platforms aimed at strengthening the country’s cyber security infrastructure and unveiled the draft National Cyber Security Strategy 2026-2030 for stakeholder consultation.

Bangladesh’s rooftop solar industry is nearing a milestone of 1,000 megawatts (MW) in installed capacity, but regulatory and policy barriers could undermine its growth momentum, according to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).

Economists said the target was unrealistic from the outset, given the NBR’s structural weaknesses

Bangladesh’s small-scale farmers, who make up more than half the country’s food producers, earn less than half the reported national average income, according to a new Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics survey published yesterday.

Central bank officials said the June figure was the weakest since 1993

The joint initiative aims to establish a one-stop business matchmaking platform that would facilitate investment partnerships

Prior to his appointment in Bangladesh, he was serving as general manager of BAT Switzerland and the BAT Austria Cluster

Ruhul Quddus Khan has been elected chairman of Unilever Consumer Care Limited (UCL) for a three-year term with effect from July 28 this year