Dhaka April 21, 2025, 6:53 pm
South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) revealed the findings in fifth edition of its study titled “Covid-19 and Business Confidence in Bangladesh” on Saturday
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, policy changes are taking place across the world in recent times to facilitate international trade
A significant part of revenue was lost for the lockdown, causing negative growth in VAT collection by 25 percent in the month of July
Kenichi Yokoyama, Director General for the ADB's South Asia Department, in his remarks appreciated policies and programmes for expeditious socio-economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic
The net inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) stood at $592 million, up by 1.64 percent in the first quarter of 2021, compared to $582.17 million of 2020
Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun on Wednesday called upon domestic and foreign investors, especially Japanese stakeholders, to accelerate industrialisation process in the country eyeing the implementation of Vis
The multinational conglomerate Facebook has been submitting its VAT return after incorporating its overall income and expenditure as well as incorporating data on the overall amount of services it is delivering every month
The project will contribute to the process of the economic transition of Bangladesh towards a greener economy
In Bangladesh, IFC made total commitments of $791 million, an increase of almost 33 percent from last year
The dropping trend of yield on bank deposits due to BB’s expansionary monetary policy and higher inflow of remittance are the main reasons behind the increased sales of NSCs
The general point-to-point inflation rate came down to 5.36 percentage points at the end of July from 5.64 percentage points in June
Government has a good collaboration with the private sector which will take Bangladesh to a new destination. For policy reforms, tax reforms or tariff structure reforms, the government will continue its attachment with the pr
The extra subsidy will be necessary as the gas-based power plants are suffering shortage in gas supply which forces the government to depend on costly diesel to mitigate the crisis
With the systematic planning, the government has been able to bring about a big change in the economy as well as the lives and livelihoods of the country’s people
BB’s monetary policy stance for FY22 is designed to continue the ongoing expansionary and accommodative mode supporting the disrupted economic recovery process while maintaining appropriate cautions for overall price and fina
The approval came from the 20th meeting of the CCEA in this year held virtually with Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in the chair
Of the amount, Facebook Ireland Limited paid Tk2,43,27,599, Facebook Payments International Limited Tk 24,070 and Facebook Technologies Ireland Limited paid Tk25,006 in VAT
A total of 10 projects were approved today involving an overall estimated cost of Taka 2,575.42 crore. “Of the total project cost, Taka 2,150.42 crore will come from the Government of Bangladesh while the rest of Taka 425 cro
With this investment, Nagad would enhance the digital ecosystem that will help to cater to more people with innovative services and eventually that will be helpful to achieve Digital Bangladesh goal
The impact of the second wave could lead to 8.9 percent GDP growth of South Asia in 2021, which was 9.5 percent in last April