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The Financial Express

ESCAP sees BD's positive trade growth in 2019

Despite sluggish merchandise exports from Bangladesh in the outgoing year...

'Single digit lending rate for manufacturing sector from January 1'

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has expected that the bank...

RMG export drops 6.61pc in July-Nov

The country's ready-made garment (RMG) export to major non-traditional markets...

'Poverty rate drops to 20.5pc in FY19'

The poverty rate in Bangladesh came down to 20.5 per...

ECNEC approves nine projects involving Tk 32.27b

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on...

Transfer Pricing Cell to put 921 foreign cos under scanner

The Transfer Pricing Cell (TPC) would put some 921 foreign...

Online VAT project fated to miss its Dec ’20 deadline

A Vietnamese firm that has been assigned to automate the...

Hard-term loan kitty set to be bigger

The volume of the country's hard-term loan is likely to...

Industrial sector to get single-digit lending rate, loan defaulters barred

The Bangladesh Bank (BB)-formed committee submitted its report to the...

Service charge not major issue in India transit: Mustafa Kamal

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday said service charge...

Dhaka, Prague sign double taxation avoidance agreement

Bangladesh and Czech Republic entered into a double taxation avoidance...

Govt initiates climate smart agri projects

The government  in collaboration with the World Bank on Wednesday...

'GDP indicators don't amply reflect living standards of all'

Mario Pzzini, a global scholar, has said the GDP (gross...

Bangladesh to seek higher aid flow from WB

Bangladesh will request for extended support from the World Bank...

Central bank to release new taka 50 notes

Bangladesh Bank (BB) will release new Taka 50 notes on...

ECNEC approves cost revision of HSIA extension project

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has...

President calls for mutual cooperation for SDGs implementation

Noting that the financing gap is the main challenge for...

$540m ADB funding for human resource development

Asian Development Bank (ADB) would provide US$540 million as concessional...

Inflation reaches 6.05pc in November

The general point-to-point inflation rate reached 6.05 percentage point in...

BD’s economic growth hits record 8.15pc in FY19

The economy of Bangladesh grew by a record 8.15 per...

Trade deficit ups slightly in July-October

Country’s merchandise trade deficit with the rest of the world...

NBR opens 03 more LC stations for trade with Nepal, Bhutan

The revenue board has opened three more customs ports for...

BB body explores options to cut lending rate

The Bangladesh Bank (BB)'s high-powered committee is trying to explore...