Dhaka May 2, 2025, 10:45 pm
The policymakers are inspired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s courage and leadership that helped the nation overcome all the challenges to build the Padma Bridge with own funds
Recent fall in inward remittances, earnings from exports, and a looming global recession are all signalling that the external account crisis will be prolonged further
Though Bangladesh’s per-capita GDP is set to continue growing, it has lost momentum as institutional challenges impact growth-promoting policies and insufficient diversification of earnings
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday vowed to overcome all economic challenges despite global economic downturn and other hurdles at home
The minister was speaking at a seminar on "Bangladesh's Journey to SDGs: From Negotiations to Implementation" organized by the Dhaka University's Department of International Relations at the foreign service academy
A formal proposal has been put forward to the Washington-based lending agency to obtain the required loans from the lender’s soft loan window International Development Agency (IDA)-20
Inflation would go down this month as essential commodities’ supply has increased due to strengthened supply chain
Poverty rose sharply during the pandemic, and the development lender estimates about 70 million people were pushed into extreme poverty in 2020 -- the biggest one-year spike since monitoring began in 1990
Bangladesh has also secured the best position among the four South Asian countries in the index
Bangladesh has to emphasize this issue by increasing export income
A move by the government to review a 14-year-old renewable energy policy has been lauded by experts and industry stakeholders as Bangladesh is desperate to find out alternative sources of power generation amid a volatile glob
The governor was speaking in the opening ceremony of a weeklong ‘world investors week’ held at Bangladesh Security and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Building, in Agargaon in the capital on Monday
Compared to the inflow of $2.03 billion in August, September’s receipts were down by a quarter, a development that may make the exchange rate further volatile
Currently, bilateral trade between Bangladesh and Singapore is worth about $ 5 to 6 billion dollars and the trade deficit is in favour of the tiny nation
Bangladesh gained the highest growth during that six-month period with 45 percent earning $11.31 billion
Forex reserves 'adequate' but downside risks loom from surge in global fuel, food costs
The report urged strong policy reforms in three areas critical to sustain growth: stem the erosion of trade competitiveness, address vulnerabilities in the financial sector, and ensure orderly urbanization process
Under the long-term agreement, the total cost of importing that gas from Qatar and Oman will be around Tk 28,000 crore. And, it can be sold in the local market for only Tk 18,321 crore. The government has to subsidise more th
Qatar straight away rejected a plea to increase its supply of LNG right at this moment when Bangladesh has desperately been looking for primary fuel at a cheaper rate