Dhaka March 15, 2025, 4:31 am
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) made the estimation in its annual flagship publication ‘Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2018’ released on Monday last in Bang
Three inspection teams of Bangladesh Bank (BB) started on-site inspection Sunday to find out alleged 'misreporting' on foreign exchange rate to the central bank by some banks.
Bangladesh economy is set to continue expanding at a rapid pace, underpinned by strong domestic demand, especially large infrastructure projects and new initiatives in the energy sector
Provisional estimation showed that the consumption-GDP ratio may reach 76.39 per cent in FY18, which was 74.67 per cent in FY17
According to the income tax ordinance, most of the imported items attract advance tax at a rate of 5.0 per cent. The rate of Advance Income Tax (AIT) is also 2.0 per cent for the imports of octane and petrol
The objective behind introducing the bonds is to meet the government's own rising financial need and develop debt profile
Recently the Chinese company had shown interest to build the second nuclear power plant which the government of Bangladesh is planning to set up.
state-run Bangladesh Railway (BR) revised its annual budget for the Tk 180 billion Dohazari-Cox's Bazar rail project, though the contract came into force on March 01.
To cope with its financial loss, the BPC has recently requested the government to set aside a budgetary allocation as subsidy for the corporation
TCB decided to reduce the prices of the three essential items considering the interest of the consumers.
The amount is almost twice as much as $3.13 billion registered in the same period or in July-March of the past fiscal year
The roundtable has provided the participants with greater insights on emerging energy efficient measures implemented in Bangladesh as well as those considered as global best practices.
The Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperative (LGRD), LGED has proposed to take up nine projects at nine divisions to widen and upgrade the quality of upazila- and union-level roads.
The four "fast-track" power and energy projects except one have failed to make any notable progress and these are still at the initial stage of implementation
The IFC wants to invest $50 million in Pran Agro Business Ltd, Pran Agro Ltd and Natore Agro Ltd to help meet the companies' capital expenditure and working capital requirements. Besides, the IFC wants to invest $22 million i
The increasing gap in both the merchandise and service trades of the country is pushing the current account deficit higher
US dollar was quoted at Tk 83.60 each in the inter-bank forex market on the day against Tk 83.10 of the previous working day
deficit in merchandise trade stood at $13.20 billion in July-March period of FY18. The amount was $7.04 billion in the same period of the past fiscal year. Thus trade deficit registered 87.5 per cent growth during the period
Vulnerable employment is often characterised by inadequate earnings, low productivity and difficult conditions of work that undermine workers' fundamental rights. But the green economy can enable millions of people to overcom
Necessary fiscal measures needed to combat illicit money outflow ahead of upcoming national election. Govt needs to have adequate measures to protect external account and reduce income inequality for the country's overall soc
