“I can’t get you to understand how I managed to pay for meals over the past four days,” a dejected labourer, Muzahid Hossain, said yesterday.

Operational activities at the Chattogram port moved at a snail’s pace on the fourth day of an unprecedented disruption due to the government’s imposition of a curfew and countrywide violence over the quota reform movement, hitting business and economy hard.

Rahidul Islam, a wholesaler at Mahasthan Bazar, one of the biggest wholesale markets in Bogura, said they cannot send fresh farm produce to Dhaka and other major cities due to the unavailability of trucks.

The Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (Beza) has taken the initiative to set up 17 economic zones in the southwestern part of

Two years have passed since the inauguration of Padma Bridge, but the southern region has still not managed to tap the potential brought about by the mega-project due to a lack of physical infrastructure and utilities.

Supply of vegetables and essential goods to Dhaka has also been disrupted as the number of goods-laden trucks entering the capital fell sharply yesterday and the day before, they said.

In the last one week, Bangladesh has been in the grip of student unrest over the quota system, rendering discussions over its merits and demerits a household phenomenon.

Bangladesh’s exports have been declining over the past three years, according to the central bank data.

Import and sale of reconditioned vehicles have increased in Bangladesh at a time when the country is suffering from high inflationary pressure and foreign currency crisis.

Despite suggestions for a policy rate hike from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and economists, the central bank of Bangladesh has kept unchanged the major tool of its monetary policy at 8.5 percent although inflation is running high.

Stocks in Bangladesh fell for a second consecutive day yesterday as skittish investors sold off their shares in panic amidst a countrywide shutdown enforced by students demanding withdrawal of a quota system in government jobs.

The Bangladesh Bank has identified several macroeconomic challenges that are hurting the economy such as higher inflation and widening income inequality.

Broadly, the policy measure to control inflation remains the same in the Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) of the Bangladesh Bank for July-December 2024.

In their Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) for the first half of FY25, Bangladesh Bank (BB) has stuck to the policy stance already in place. 

Broadly, the policy measure to control inflation remains the same in the Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) of the Bangladesh Bank for July-December 2024.

Stocks in Bangladesh fell for a second consecutive day today as skittish investors sold off their shares in panic amidst a countrywide shutdown enforced by students demanding withdrawal of a quota system in government jobs.

The latest inflation rate is the highest at least since 1984

The central bank today said Bangladesh's economy has begun to rebound though inflation has remained stubbornly high

The target for January-June was 10%

The crawling peg and the mid-rate were introduced on May 8 this year