Rejaul Karim Byron

Rice import by the private sector has dropped to a four-year low at a time when its prices have shot up in the domestic market. Traders imported only 1.2 lakh tonnes of rice till mid-June in the current fiscal year against 2.56 lakh tonnes in the previous fiscal year.

An anti-money laundering taskforce will ask the government to introduce a permanent attorney service with competent lawyers to fight militancy.

Scam-hit BASIC Bank is set to get Tk 1,000 crore of taxpayers' money to once again meet its capital deficit despite criticism from economists.

The government is set to establish two land-based liquefied natural gas terminals alongside the floating terminal, as it continues with its efforts to alleviate the country's energy shortage.

The government yesterday sanctioned 2.5 lakh tonnes of rice import from Vietnam at prices much higher than that of another one lakh tonnes it approved for import two weeks ago.

Considering the fast approaching general election in Bangladesh and a likely post-Brexit economic slowdown in Europe, the International Monetary Fund has identified seven risk areas where Dhaka needs to take policy measures.

The International Monetary Fund has raised questions about the adequacy of Bangladesh's foreign currency reserves,

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised the government to reduce its borrowing costs by cutting reliance on national savings certificates.

The government will keep aside almost three-fourths of the proposed increase in the social safety net allocation for giving retirement benefits to public employees in the next fiscal year.

It's a life-saving drug often prescribed by doctors for patients with serious kidney and liver problems and also for newborns with a blood-related disease. But to get this already pricey drug called albumin, patients will have to pay more, thanks to the imposition of 15 percent value added tax (VAT) on it on top of a 4 percent advance income tax (AIT) and 5 percent advance trade VAT (ATV).

Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is likely to have a three day tour of Bangladesh in the first week of July.

Halima Khatun, a 55-year-old widow, has to rely on income from fixed deposit receipt (FDR).

The new budget brings bad news for a section of businessmen as it limits to three the number of times a year they can bring along goods through land ports duty free.

The government goes into an immediate-action mode to hike fuel prices in sync with global oil prices. But consumers do not get any benefit when the prices of fuel come down in the international market.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith has unveiled a plan to utilise an unprecedented amount of foreign aid next fiscal year with a view to

The government is set to increase its subsidy expenditure by 17.30 percent from the current year to Tk 27,954 crore in fiscal 2017-18

The number of beneficiaries, who get allowances and food from the government under various social safety net programmes (SSNPs),

When Finance Minister AMA Muhith presents the budget in parliament tomorrow, he will likely gloat about it -- Tk four lakh crore in size -- which is 26 percent bigger than the one for the outgoing fiscal year. Not that presenting a big budget is of great significance for Muhith; he has been doing it for the past few years. In fact, it is under his tutelage that the budget has risen from below Tk one lakh crore in 2009 to Tk four lakh crore this time around.

A fifth of the forthcoming fiscal year's total development budget is earmarked for six fast-track projects to make their progress visible before the next general elections.

The government is getting ready to further increase its fiscal outlay on food dole in the 2017-18 fiscal year.