Dhaka March 20, 2026, 9:20 pm
BNP's mayoral candidate for the upcoming Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) polls Engineer Ishraq Hossain on Tuesday announced his manifesto promising to work for building Dhaka as a 'world class metropolis'.
Low-sulphur fuel prices see choppy trading
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday stressed the need for exploring various avenues for greater cooperation between Bangladesh and Kosovo.
Bangladesh had to overcome many of the challenges to come to this stage of development. The fighting spirit of its creative people unleashed seamless entrepreneurship of low cost solutions for some of these challenges and mad
Funding requirement pared down by a quarter for FY'20
The decision has been taken in a bid to check duty evasion through abusing the benefit, offered for attracting power sector investment
Monetary policy keeps private borrowing rate unchanged
Bangladesh also has the least gender monthly pay gap, which means that women earn only 2.2 per cent less than men per month
Economists blame macroeconomic malaise for Q3 falloff
Dramatic rise in waivers blamed
regional GDP growth fell faster than the global average, dropping from 5.6 percent in 2018 to 3.3 percent in 2019, but was moderated by strong growth in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives and Nepal
Dip in govt borrowing from savings tools key factor
A couple of schemes under first LoC still incomplete
Bida has signed five MoUs with five government agencies to provide 11 such types of business related services in the shortest possible time
Local initiative RMG Sustainability Council will handle all operations, staff, infrastructure, and functions of Accord
Govt likely to add more projects to the list
We achieved spectacular success in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and we’re already on right track to achieve the SDGs
The NBR Chairman presented the initiatives taken by the government to solve the existing problem regarding setting up scanners in custom houses and implementing the VAT law for getting a refund
Economists tell IFC-PRI event
Decision clashes with ministry's pro-LPG stance
