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.

The government will allow all exporters to import required materials duty-free for the production of export items, Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said on Wednesday.

Many carriers outside the Gulf are still diverting Europe-Asia flights to avoid the region

The Bangladesh Bank is now reconsidering an application by Meghna Group of Industries to obtain an $80 million loan from the International Finance Corporation for the purchase of four ships, after initially turning it down.

The newly appointed chairman of the commission says in his first press conference

The event will cover major semiconductor and innovation hubs in the US from June 5 to 13.

The latest USTR proposal on forced-labour-related import restrictions raises issues that go well beyond Bangladesh’s immediate export interests.

Around 93.7 lakh livestock animals were slaughtered during Eid

The Ministry of Finance issued a notification today regarding his appointment to the post for four years

Rising fuel and transport costs continue to push up the prices of essential goods, the independent think-tank said

He served as chairman for the past 21 months

The government is set to backtrack from its plans to reintroduce a wealth tax and impose a first-ever advance income tax (AIT) on motorcycles and battery-run auto-rickshaws in the upcoming budget for fiscal year 2026-27, according to officials familiar with the matter.

The Financial Institutions Division has directed Bangladesh Bank representatives and managing directors of all scheduled banks to take necessary steps to enrol their officers and employees in the Pragati Scheme under the Universal Pension System.

The government yesterday approved the purchase of five liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes, including three from the spot market, to help meet the country’s energy demand as supplies under long-term contracts face uncertainty amid the conflict in the Middle East.

Bangladesh is one of the fastest-growing economies, with expanding trade and GDP growth of around 4 percent.

The internet regulator has granted the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) temporary access to 20 MHz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band to test a private 5G network aimed at transforming the Chattogram seaport into a smart port.

Protests at Islami Bank PLC entered a third day yesterday as a group of demonstrators, operating under the banner of the Islami Bank Conscious Customers’ Forum, demanded the removal of newly appointed Chairman Md Khurshid Alam.

The government is planning to form a high-level committee to implement and monitor the action plans it has committed to the United Nations Committee for Development Policy (UN CDP), as part of efforts to ensure a smooth graduation from the least developed country (LDC) group.

Bangladesh should show clear progress in the reforms it has committed to the UN CDP to secure a short deferral of its LDC graduation, said Debapriya Bhattacharya, a distinguished fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), yesterday.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to Bangladesh’s request for a new loan programme to replace the existing $5.5 billion arrangement, with a staff mission expected to visit Dhaka soon to begin discussions.