Bangladesh should focus on job creation and integrating vulnerable people into the workforce as well as boosting productivity, experts said at a seminar yesterday.

The government plans to design a Tk 7,96,900 crore outlay in the new budget with a focus on tight spending policy as economic headwinds are expected to persist in the next fiscal year.

No employees of the merged entity can be fired within three years of a takeover by the acquirer, said the BB.

Bangladesh should fast-track the production of garments from man-made fibre (MMF), as the global exports of such apparel is projected to increase from 50 percent in 2022 to 60 percent in 2030, according to a recent study by Price Waterhouse Cooper (PwC)

Renata PLC has begun exporting medicines to the US market, becoming the sixth pharmaceutical manufacturer from Bangladesh to directly ship products to the world's largest market

Bangladesh's debt and repayment obligations are escalating, forcing the government to continually resort to borrowing to repay loans amid insufficient revenue collections, according to the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)

This will be the first meeting of the council since the new government took office after the January 7 parliamentary elections. Thus, it is the maiden meeting for the new finance minister on the budget and the overall macroeconomic situation.

At present, taxpayers show their undisclosed assets in their tax returns through investment in apartments, buildings and economic zones and high-tech parks.

On April 2, the World Bank forecast that inflation in Bangladesh might stay elevated at 9.6 percent in fiscal year (FY) 2023-24 before moderating to 8.6 percent in FY 2024-25.

The World Bank defines extreme poverty based on an international poverty income of $2.15 a day.

They face setbacks for Ramadan and fallout from Bailey Road fire

In the tumultuous landscape of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSEX), investors find themselves navigating through a maze of uncertainties.

The benchmark index of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) staged a comeback yesterday, snapping a two-day losing streak.

NRBC Bank PLC has sent a rejoinder in response to our story “Capital Flight Covered Up”, published on March 22, 2024, and a follow-up rejoinder in response to our story titled “Gun in Boardroom”, published on March 21, 2024.

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday filed a case against five officials of Janata Bank for embezzling Tk 5.22 crore from Tamai branch in Sirajganj.

Bangladesh's financial account deficit is still widening, signaling that the pressure on the foreign exchange regime will continue in the upcoming days.

The government yesterday decided to buy edible oil and lentils worth Tk 350 crore from five local firms in order to sell them among the poor and low-income people at subsidised rates.

The unit will identify whether defaulting borrowers (individuals and institutions) are willful defaulters, as per the central bank notice issued on the day.

Around 5 lakh people in Bangladesh likely fell into extreme poverty between the fiscal years 2022-23 and 2023-2024 due to the erosion of purchasing power, said the World Bank

The WB measured VAT losses based on an analysis of the VAT gap -- an estimate of the overall difference between theoretical VAT revenue and the amount actually collected.