Dhaka March 5, 2026, 12:35 am
Banking experts are divided over the latest central bank circular centring the suspension
Currently, bKash is offering international remittance services from 93 countries in partnership with six different local commercial banks
Bangladesh Bank (BB) aims to release new currency notes of Tk 250 billion in the market before the Eid.
The government is likely to set a 6.0 per cent GDP (gross domestic product) growth target for the fiscal year, 2020-21, finance ministry officials say.
Asia’s factory activity was ravaged in April, business surveys showed on Monday
The world’s richest nations must ensure their COVID-19 recovery
The flow of inward remittance dropped by nearly 25 per cent in April following the coronavirus outbreak
The government has set a Tk 3.30-trillion revenue collection target for the National Board of Revenue
According to the report, Bangladesh has featured as strong or relatively strong and is ahead of China, India, Vietnam, Malaysia, UAE, Mexico, Brazil and other South Asian countries in the ranking
A global dispute settlement body has made Canadian oil firm Niko liable for two consecutive gas field blowouts at Tengratila in northeastern Chhatak gas field in 2005.
Bangladesh received remittance worth $945 million in the first 29 days of April, compared to $1.43 billion in the same month last year
With this grant, the EU recognises and supports the government’s commitment to the eradication of poverty and extreme inequalities, and its commitment to achieve SDGs
The Netherlands has assured Bangladesh that the Dutch buyers will not cancel or suspend their orders from the Bangladeshi readymade garment (RMG) factories.
All field-level value-added tax (VAT) offices will work on a limited scale during public holidays until May 05 to keep the revenue collection process uninterrupted.
The country's foreign exchange (forex) reserve reached at US$33 billion-
Saudi Arabia’s central bank foreign reserves fell in March at their fastest rate in at least 20 years
High Street fashion emporiums around the world have closed their doors for lockdowns, but the largely forgotten victims are thousands of miles from the glass and steel-fronted shopping arcades.
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has advised the banking sector leaders to keep non-performing loan (NPL) at a tolerable level as the economic recovery after COVID-19 pandemic would be challenging.
This new framework sets the way UN entities will deliver this vision on the ground, it said. 'Decisions made in the next few months will be crucial for the progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)'
LIKE the rest of the world, developed and developing alike, Bangladesh is struggling to cope with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
