Dhaka May 20, 2025, 7:05 pm
The Bangladeshi migrant workers sent US$ 2.59 billion remittance in July, which is a record for a single month and much higher than that of US$ 1.83 billion in June last
Govt's stimulus to save agriculture sector from coronavirus-inflicted damage
VAT wing faces the biggest blow
The disbursed amount is just 7.50 percent of total Tk 200 billion financial support meant for small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
Japan has been the single largest bilateral donor for Bangladesh since 2012, and the total amount of its aid as Yen Loan has reached $22 billion
Investment-GDP ratio stood at 31.75 percent in FY20 which was 31.57 percent in FY19
The size of the GDP stood past Tk 27.96 trillion while per capita GNI surged to $2,064 from $1,909 the previous fiscal year
Mannan meets top bureaucrats Wednesday
With less than five months away, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has yet to make any significant step to take over the system from the company
Among the projects, ERD has completed negotiations in 6 projects with the World Bank. It has also received approval of the World Bank board meeting in this regard
time-bound services will help expedite the opening up of foreign currency accounts with the local banks and repatriating profits or dividends
The discussion will be virtually held at the 21st Session of the BIMSTEC Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) comprising Foreign Secretaries of the BIMSTEC Member States on 02 September
Trade credit dominates the short-term while commercial borrowing dominates long-term external debt of the private sector during the period under review
The ministry of labour and employment issued a gazette notification on July 27, announcing the new minimum wages for the rice mills workers - more than seven years after the wages were fixed last time
The country has only 60-day oil consumption capacity against the global standard of around six months
Besides the project aid, Bangladesh also sought budgetary support from the Washington-based lender
The total project cost is estimated at$1.4 billion and it is scheduled to end by 2024
Coastal, Varendra (Barind) and drought-prone haor and flood-prone, Chittagong Hill Tracts, riverine and urban areas will get priority in the Delta Plan
Value of the secondary transaction of treasury bills and bonds stood at Tk 558.89 billion in FY20, which was Tk 183.09 billion in FY19
