Dhaka April 20, 2025, 10:09 am
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) closed its headquarters and the Philippines senate went into lockdown on Thursday, after visitors to both buildings in Manila tested positive for the coronavirus.
The chances of a financial crisis are not high, Taiwan central bank governor Yang Chin-long told parliament on Thursday, reports Reuters.
The country's overall imports are maintaining a falling trend in the recent months mainly due to global economic slowdown and coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan of China
Swedish retail giant H&M has ordered its Dhaka office staff to work from home
Bankers said decline in profits had affected CSR activities
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal gave the information after inaugurating automation of postal savings scheme at finance ministry’s conference room on Wednesday
About seven of 10 firms are interested rapidly expanding their businesses while three of 10 believe in slow expansion and consolidation, according to the report
The government is thinking to expand tax net instated of increasing the tax rate. Side by side, the government is likely to reduce tax rate in different sectors. There will be necessary directives in the next national budget,
If it continues, local currency won't be more volatile, says expert
Bangladesh is doing better than the rest of the region, especially than India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan
The Bank of England (BoE), the central bank of the country, on Wednesday cut its main interest rate from 0.75 percent to 0.25 percent as part of a package of measures to cushion the impact of COVID-19.
Two key savings accounts such as postal demand deposits and time deposits will be brought under this programme
4th port of Bangladesh will be built in Matarbari of Cox’s Bazar by 2026
At the end of February, the government’s net borrowing from the banking sector stood at over Tk160,000 crore
Planning Minister MA Mannan revealed the latest progress of ADP implementation after weekly ECNEC meeting on Tuesday.
Analysts favour chasing big fish
The UN agency’s report says the economic impact of Covid-19 would be "uneven", with the greatest effects felt in countries worst affected by the outbreak
The potential sectors between the two countries can be identified primarily by forming a joint working group, Rezaul said
The current account deficit stood at $1.52 billion in the seven months of the current fiscal year, down from $4.04 billion in the same period of the last fiscal year
Services yet to meet BB's financial inclusion target