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SIDDIQUE ISLAM 2022-04-27 08:36:25
Credit flow into Bangladesh's private sector rebounds, after a downturn, on a demand surge for loans largely for trade financing amid rise in economic activity. Sources say settling higher import-pay...
-- 2022-04-26 20:56:18
Global food and fuel price shocks linked to the Russia-Ukraine war are set to last until at least the end of 2024 and raise the risk of stagflation, the World Bank said in its latest Commodities Marke...
-- 2022-04-26 19:52:42
The government is considering doubling the power sector subsidy to Tk180 billion in the upcoming budget of 2022-23 fiscal year (FY23). The overall subsidy and incentive allocation are estimated to ri...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2022-04-26 09:29:04
The government is likely to allocate Tk 930-billion funds from external sources in the forthcoming annual development programme (ADP) of the next fiscal year (FY), 2022-23, officials said on Monday....
JASIM UDDIN HAROON 2022-04-26 08:54:21
Bangladesh's 'terms of trade (TOT)' increasingly go against the country, according to a central-bank report, following faster growth of the import-price index relative to the export-price index amid g...
-- 2022-04-25 19:00:58
Sri Lanka and Pakistan can follow the economic miracle of Bangladesh to avert their economic crisis. As Sri Lanka is going through an economic recession, Bangladesh has been confirmed as a South Asian...
-- 2022-04-25 13:29:19
Bangladesh and Norway have expressed interest in broadening economic partnership through trade, investment and maritime sector cooperation. The two countries also discussed in particular the potentia...
-- 2022-04-24 09:52:26
The International Monetary Fund said on Saturday it held "fruitful technical discussions" with Sri Lanka on its loan request, while the World Bank said it was preparing an emergency aid package for th...
REZAUL KARIM 2022-04-24 08:46:02
A move is underway to prepare strategies for branding Bangladesh abroad, aiming to present correctly the country's image including its overall economic strength as a nation. To this effect, a Terms o...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2022-04-24 08:02:08
Bangladesh received a record $6.79 billion in foreign aid in the first three quarters of the current financial year, up 55 per cent from last fiscal's, officials say. In the past fiscal year (FY) 202...
-- 2022-04-23 09:09:31
The leaders of the International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization and the World Bank on Friday called for quick work on a new action plan on food security to be prepared by international financ...
-- 2022-04-22 19:27:14
Like thousands of women across the country, Nevia Alam, a middle-aged well educated woman of this city, is very happy being an entrepreneur by breaking all barriers to traditional marketing through th...
-- 2022-04-22 14:15:44
Bangladesh Bank has taken a series of measures in an effort to reverse a record slide in the value of the taka against the US dollar, but the moves appeared to be floundering, bdnews24.com reports. T...
-- 2022-04-22 11:28:21
Physical damage to Ukraine's buildings and infrastructure from Russia's invasion has reached roughly $60 billion and will rise further as the war continues, World Bank President Davi...
FE REPORT 2022-04-22 08:55:55
Microcredit programmes have played a significant role in reducing poverty in the country through financial inclusion and social development, said Finance Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal on Thursday. T...
FE ONLINE REPORT 2022-04-21 20:39:04
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and the-based CNN International Commercial (CNNIC) are willing to work in partnership to promote Bangladesh’s RMG sector by sho...
-- 2022-04-21 15:42:42
Bangladesh government is prioritising the food processing industry to boost the export of food items alongside meeting the growing domestic demand, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday. &nbs...
-- 2022-04-21 12:31:14
The world is facing a "human catastrophe" from a food crisis arising from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, according to the President of the World Bank, David Malpass. In an interview with BBC e...
DOULOT AKTER MALA 2022-04-21 08:27:18
Government's tightened money-whitening scheme for the current fiscal fails to rope in the hidebound wealth-holders because of high penal taxes charged for the seal of legitimacy. Economists and tax...
-- 2022-04-20 21:51:32
Digitisation of payments would boost gross domestic product (GDP) by 1.7 per cent, an addition of $6.2 billion (Tk 500.58 billion) annually to the economy of Bangladesh. The United Nations-based Bett...
-- 2022-04-20 19:46:36
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has informed that the budget for the upcoming fiscal year (FY23) would be placed in parliament on June 9. The minister said this in a press briefing after a meeting...
-- 2022-04-20 19:12:14
Home owners in small Chinese cities are battling a rare property market downdraft as buyers keep away, eroding the wealth of millions in a blow to already brittle consumer confidence in the world's se...
-- 2022-04-20 18:12:25
Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday started releasing new notes of Tk 10, Tk 20, Tk 50 and Tk 100 in the market ahead of Eid-ul Fitr. The central bank will continue releasing new notes until April 28 throug...
-- 2022-04-20 17:56:48
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will offer to help India cut reliance on Russian oil and defence equipment when he begins a two-day visit this week that will test his diplomatic skills and provid...
-- 2022-04-20 12:01:04
The International Monetary Fund said discussions with Sri Lanka on a potential IMF loan program are at an early stage and any deal would require "adequate assurances" that the island country's debts c...
FE REPORT 2022-04-20 10:33:25
The country's development programme implementation scenario has shown a sign of recovery in the third quarter (Q3) of the current fiscal year (FY), 2021-22, as the execution rate during the July-Mar...
FE REPORT 2022-04-20 09:26:06
Bangladesh can replicate South Korea's transformation from labour- intensive industries to export-oriented industrial sector, in order to face challenges after its LDC graduation, speakers said at a p...
FE REPORT 2022-04-20 08:53:33
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut Bangladesh's growth forecast for FY 2022 in view of the fallout from Russian invasion of Ukraine. The IMF projects that the country's GDP (real) will gro...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR 2022-04-20 08:33:01
Point-to-point inflation in Bangladesh hit a 17-month high at 6.22 per cent in March in a jump over government-set limit, officials said Tuesday, as prices of essentials spiked through declared and...
-- 2022-04-19 21:21:34
Russia’s war in Ukraine has worsened the ‘already dire’ food insecurity situation facing the world, with price and supply shocks adding to global inflationary pressures, US Treasury...
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