Dhaka January 23, 2026, 12:20 am
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has said that Bangladesh achieved the fastest growth in the Asia-Pacific economies comprised of 45 countries.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed interest to know about the definition of wilful loan defaulters, which will be used for identifying them legally.
The new VAT law, to be effective from next month (July), will cause price hike of commodities at consumer level, the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has said.
Achieving the 'biggest' revenue target would be a challenging task with so many tax exemptions proposed in the budget, the revenue board chief said on Tuesday.
Industry and Investment Adviser to the Prime Minister Salman Fazlur Rahman today underscored the need for taking action plans to remove the barriers on way to the country’s economic development.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed concern over the rising trend in stressed assets in the banking sector.
Indonesia's PT Bayan Resources is set to supply around 4.0 million tonnes of coal annually for generating electricity in the 1,320-megawatt (MW) coal-fired thermal power plant at Payra in Patuakhali for ten years.
Country’s foreign exchange reserve now stands at US$33 billion.
Claiming that the country has the resources to spend even 2-3 times more in development projects in the future, Planning Minister MA Mannan on Saturday underscored the need for taking integrated efforts to reap their benefits
US President Donald Trump said “it doesn’t matter” if Chinese leader Xi Jinping attends the Group of 20 summit later this month in the Japanese city of Osaka, predicting a trade deal with Beijing would occur at some point any
A mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is scheduled to visit the country from June 16 (tomorrow) to June 27 to review the overall macro-economic situation.
Bangladesh was elected a member of the prestigious Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations for the term 2020-2022 from the Asia-Pacific region by securing 181 votes out of 191.
Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) in a post budget reaction today said the government has set different targets, including investment, revenue collection and private sector growth as realistic manner in line with GDP.
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) and Bangladesh Commerce of Industries (BCI) have hailed the proposed budget for fiscal 2019-2020 describing it as time-befitting and business-friendly.
Benapole port has earned Tk 51.85 billion revenue in the current fiscal year, said Mamunur Rahman, Deputy Director of Benapole Port Authority.
Use of mobile phone is likely to be costlier with a two-fold hike in the existing Supplementary Duty (SD) on voice and data services in the budget for the upcoming fiscal year (FY), 2019-20.
The current development of special economic zones (SEZs) through public-private partnership in Bangladesh and other Asian countries is likely to help attract more foreign direct investment (FDI).
The government has scaled down its bank borrowing target by more than 26 per cent for the outgoing fiscal year (FY), mainly due to the lower implementation of the annual development programme (ADP).
The government is going to approve today (Tuesday) a Tk 2.02-trillion Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the next fiscal year (FY), 2019-20, allocating the highest fund to the transport sector, officials said on Monday.
The government has revised the tax collection target downward to Tk 2.80 trillion for the current fiscal year following lacklustre trend in receipts, people familiar with the development said.
