IMF Loan: Bangladesh may get next tranche in June
15 March 2026, 02:52 AM
Bangladesh could receive a $1.3 billion tranche from its loan programme with the International Monetary Fund by June if the new government moves ahead with reforms to make the dollar exchange rate more market-based, strengthen revenue collection, reduce subsidies, and address weaknesses in the banking sector.
15 March 2026, 02:52 AM
US-Israel war on Iran: Seven-minister committee to shield shocks
11 March 2026, 02:24 AM
The government has formed a high-powered cabinet committee to draw up a crisis management plan, aiming to safeguard economic stability amid the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran.
11 March 2026, 02:24 AM
Family Card pilot to cover 40,000 households
8 March 2026, 03:04 AM
Some Tk 39 crore has been set aside from the block allocation from this fiscal year’s revised budget, a finance ministry official told The Daily Star.
8 March 2026, 03:04 AM
Govt aims to gradually issue 2cr family cards
25 February 2026, 02:36 AM
The government is set to launch the pilot phase of its family card programme on March 10 with the ultimate aim of gradually bringing two crore families under monthly cash support.
25 February 2026, 02:36 AM
Govt faces $30b debt servicing bill
23 February 2026, 02:04 AM
Bangladesh is set to spend over $30 billion this fiscal year to service its debts, covering both principal repayments and interest on domestic and foreign loans, according to projections by the International Monetary Fund.
23 February 2026, 02:04 AM
Salehuddin leaves office outlining 20 priority tasks for Khosru
22 February 2026, 00:00 AM
The list includes managing high inflation, weak tax collection, rising debt
22 February 2026, 00:00 AM
LDC graduation: Government asks UN for three-year deferment
20 February 2026, 02:36 AM
The government, on its first full day in office, formally sought a three-year deferral of Bangladesh’s graduation from the least developed country (LDC) category.
20 February 2026, 02:36 AM
New govt faces 5 early economic tests
19 February 2026, 02:35 AM
The new finance minister, Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, may have arrived in office with a long list of priorities -- fiscal reform, banking stability, and negotiations with international lenders.
19 February 2026, 02:35 AM
Yet another round of low-cost funds on the cards for garment exporters
The government may consider another stimulus package for garment exporters such that they can pay workers’ wages of August, said Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal yesterday.
26 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Two more projects see allocation increase
The government has revised upwards the allocation for two projects at a time when it is strict about approving funds amid drastic fall in revenue because of the coronavirus pandemic.
25 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Garment factories in SME category to get cash incentive
The government has extended policy support to garment exporting factories falling under the small and medium enterprise (SME) category to improve their competitiveness during this time of the coronavirus pandemic.
25 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Expenses tightened for ministers, civil servants
Cabinet ministers cannot spend more than $700 in entertainment purposes and $250 for other expenses during their official trips abroad as the government has moved to consolidate its expenditures under development and revenue budgets.
25 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Revenue collection, exports disappoint while reserves, remittance shine last fiscal year
Record remittance earnings and foreign currency reserves are among a few positive takeaways for the government in an otherwise painful fiscal year as the devastating coronavirus pandemic pushed revenue collection to an unprecedented fall and exports to collapse.
24 August 2020, 18:00 PM
8 state banks still account for a disproportionate share of classified loans
Classified loans in the banking sector rose 3.9 per cent quarter-to-quarter to Tk 96,117 crore in June largely because of a higher volume of risky assets at private and state-run specialised lenders.
24 August 2020, 18:00 PM
All hands on deck to get China-funded projects back on track
The government would hold talks with Chinese officials tomorrow as part of its desperate efforts to give impetus to the mega projects held up by the coronavirus pandemic.
23 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Rupali’s secondary offering plan back on track
The plan to offload an additional 15.2 per cent shares of state-run Rupali Bank has been revived after a delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the lender’s preoccupation in disbursing stimulus packages.
22 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Inflation drops again
Inflation fell 49 basis points to 5.53 per cent in July compared to a month earlier, led by the fall in food prices.
20 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Factory activity slumps by more than a quarter in April
Manufacturing activity in Bangladesh dropped as much as 28.78 per cent in April from a month earlier, official figures showed, in a first glimpse of the major blow the coronavirus pandemic dished out to the economy.
20 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Youth unemployment to double this year
Youth unemployment in Bangladesh may more than double in 2020 if the country takes six months to contain the coronavirus pandemic, which has caused economic output and demand to fall drastically, said a new report.
19 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Only high-priority projects this fiscal year
The government has directed ministries and divisions to pick high-priority projects from the list of the unapproved schemes in the annual development programme as development work has been hamstrung by revenue shortage caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
17 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Two-thirds new poor received cash support
The government has distributed cash support among 35 lakh beneficiaries rendered poor because of the coronavirus pandemic after preparing a database through multi-layer scrutiny of the people who needed it most.
15 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Little progress in recovering the Tk 18,253cr lost in financial scams in recent years
The financial regulators and the government organisations are still struggling to resolve the much-talked five financial scams in the country as the embezzled fund worth Tk 18,253 crore are yet to be recovered.
15 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Development Projects: Where disorder reigns supreme
The planning ministry yesterday expressed disappointment over frequent amendments in projects, one after another missed deadlines, and the directors’ absence at project sites.
13 August 2020, 18:00 PM
The rise in investment-GDP ratio confounds
Bangladesh’s investment to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio rose in the just-concluded fiscal year, data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics showed on Tuesday, in what can be viewed as an inexplicable development as most indicators were pointing towards a contrary scenario.
12 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Decent GDP growth amid extraordinary circumstances
In the end, the final data from state-run Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) shows the economy grew at a respectable 5.2 per cent last fiscal year, when large swathes of the global economy plunged into recession for the outbreak of coronavirus from Wuhan, China.
11 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Trade with Nepal to get a leg-up after govt approves a new transit route
The government yesterday included a rail route in the Bangladesh-Nepal’s existing transit agreement to give a much-needed boost to bilateral trade by cutting distance.
10 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Pandemic derailed development works. Planning minister is buckling down to get it back on track
The government has decided to prepare a roadmap to ensure full implementation of the annual development programme this fiscal year after development expenditure fell to a 27-year low in fiscal 2019-20.
9 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Govt rallying behind off-colour Navana Group
A silver lining seems to have appeared in front of Navana Group at last.
8 August 2020, 18:00 PM