IMF staff report: Educated youth return to farms as job market falters
19 March 2026, 01:23 AM
Unemployed youth are finding an unlikely ally in the soil -- turning, once more, to agriculture for survival.
19 March 2026, 01:23 AM
Bangladesh in race to secure emergency LNG supply amid Gulf turmoil
18 March 2026, 20:49 PM
In a bid to secure supply, the government has confirmed the purchase of seven LNG cargoes from the spot market since the beginning of the US-Israel war on Iran
18 March 2026, 20:49 PM
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
Hunt on for the heist bug
US cyber security firm FireEye, which is charging Bangladesh Bank $400 an hour to probe the $101 million heist, is hunting for a malware that it believes is still hiding in the bank's network.
20 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Not so SWIFT
Two engineers of SWIFT have come to Bangladesh to review its servers with the central bank -- 38 days after a band of hackers breached the payment system in an attempt to steal about $1 billion.
19 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Confusion, panic order of the day
Confusion and panic was the order of the day at the Bangladesh Bank yesterday, a day after its governor Atiur Rahman stepped down and two deputy governors were removed hastily amid strong criticism over the central bank's handling of the $101 million cyber theft.
16 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Malaysia to build power plant
Malaysia plans to set up a 1,320-megawatt power plant at Moheshkhali and provide 70 percent of the project cost as loans to Bangladesh.
13 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Forensic team examining BB computers
A forensic team is examining all computers of the Bangladesh Bank to determine how a malware hacked into the payment system of the central bank and stole $101 million.
13 March 2016, 18:00 PM
BB installing monitoring software
To stop any further hacking of its network, Bangladesh Bank is installing monitoring software on all its computers that would instantly
12 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Hackers' bid to steal $870m more foiled
The hackers who stole Bangladesh Bank's money were on their way to pull off a heist of about $1 billion, but the banking system responded in time to stop the transfer of $870 million from the central bank's account with the New York Federal Reserve Bank.
9 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Hackers chose weekend to break into BB systems
A band of hackers chose the weekend in four countries as the opportune moment to break into Bangladesh Bank's systems to steal its money deposited in an account with the New York Federal Reserve Bank.
8 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Women's economic footprints are growing
Women-owned economic households increased six-fold in the last one decade as women push to break out from their traditional role as homemakers.
7 March 2016, 18:00 PM
WB identifies 5 key areas for growth
The World Bank has identified five key areas where concerted efforts over the next 3-5 years could lead to creation
5 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Eyes on next budget: outlay to get bigger
Finance Minister AMA Muhith is set to kick off his dialogue series with think-tanks, trade bodies, lawmakers and media on the forthcoming budget, tipped to be about Tk 340,000 crore -- about 15 percent higher than the current year's.
2 March 2016, 18:00 PM
BB orders audit into Agrani's anomalies
The Banking Division has directed the Agrani Bank board to open a functional audit to find out whether irregularities were committed in granting loans to four companies.
29 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Small loans surge
Term loans to large companies dropped in the first quarter of the fiscal year, while disbursement of credit among small and medium enterprises soared.
28 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Foreign investors to get wider benefits in new industrial policy
The facilities extended to foreign investors are set to be increased in the new industrial policy in yet another bid to
27 February 2016, 18:00 PM
BB presses banks to incentivise good borrowers
The central bank is set to strictly monitor whether the banks are giving rewards to their good borrowers as many of the institutions are reluctant to do so.
22 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Deposits soar despite falling returns
Banks' deposit grew aggressively last year in spite of the declining returns.
21 February 2016, 18:00 PM
State banks' default loans continue to soar
Default loans of state banks, especially BASIC and Sonali, continue to swell in spite of the performance contracts and
20 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Govt gets Tk 209cr in new mobile tax in six months
The tax on mobile talk time introduced in the current year's budget raked in revenues of Tk 209 crore in the first six
18 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Sales of savings instruments soar
Sales of savings instruments rose 18.86 percent year-on-year in the first six months of the fiscal year due to higher interest rates than banks and a dull stockmarket.
17 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Tk 10,000cr sought for state banks
The Bank and Financial Institutions Division (BFID) has sought more than Tk 10,000 crore for the next two fiscal
16 February 2016, 18:00 PM