Dhaka January 17, 2026, 7:47 pm
Subsidy is required to successfully implement crop insurance system in the country, Dr Shameem Hassan Bhuiyan, a crop insurance expert, told a roundtable at a city hotel on Wednesday.
Policy makers and experts have emphasised ensuring human dignity for all through expediting financial inclusion initiatives, saying that development without human dignity as the quintessential purpose is not a worthy goal.
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said five per cent tax at source will be applicable from July for investment of up to Tk 500,000 in all types of savings certificates.
Japan has lowered its target for economic growth forecast for this year largely due to weaker exports, in a sign the protracted US-China trade war is taking a bigger toll on the world’s third-largest economy.
The Netherlands has reassured Bangladesh of extending its support for implementing the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100.
The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) has requested the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to initiate some tax reforms as suggested in an action plan,
The ongoing liquidity crunch has forced many private commercial banks to raise their deposit rates, particularly that of term deposits.
The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) has requested the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to initiate some tax reforms as suggested in an action plan, prepared to help improve the country's position in the Ease
The government borrowing from the banking system more than doubled in the outgoing fiscal year (FY) to partly finance its budget deficit,
The Bangladesh Bank has raised the agriculture and rural loan disbursement target by 10.66 per cent for the current fiscal year (FY2019-20), compared to the immediate past fiscal year.
After a meeting with chairmen and managing directors of the SoBs at his secretariat office, the minister expressed satisfaction over the performance of the banks.
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) earned Tk 2,412.63 crore in the last two fiscal years by disposing of some 345 revenue-related cases through the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) system.
The Ministry of Industries (MoI) has prepared a draft of the Industrial Biotechnology Policy Guidelines 2019 with an objective to explore and utilise biotechnological knowledge for ensuring due contribution of bio-economy to
The Asian Development Bank said on Thursday developing Asia is on track to meet the lender’s growth expectations for this year and next, even as trade tensions between the United States and China keep casting a shadow over th
Bangladesh needs to be serious to get the fourth pillar for its growing economy giving much importance to financial sector development to successfully make the country one of the top 20 economies of the world, says Asian Deve
Singapore’s exports fell more than expected in June, marking their biggest decline in six years, as the city-state struggles against tepid global demand and the Sino-US trade war.
Country's imports grew by nearly 6.0 per cent in the first 11 months of fiscal year (FY) 2018-19, riding on higher construction material imports, officials said.
Bangladesh received foreign assistance amounting to US$ 6.21 billion in the last fiscal year (FY), 2018-19, which was nearly $150 million lower than that of the previous fiscal, official data showed on Monday.
Malaysia is expected to lift the moratorium on Bangladeshi workers next month, according to the Southeast Asian country's Human Resources Minister M Kulasegaran.
The government has finally decided to take out loan from Asian Development Bank (ADB) to reconstruct and expand the Dhaka-Sylhet highway, sources said.
