The government’s national budget implementation rate fell significantly in the last one decade mainly due to a lack of efficiency, accountability and capacity and a rise in corruption.

The government should give importance to the agriculture sector, social safety net programmes, and job creation in the upcoming national budget in order to ensure food security and reduce the Covid-induced economic shock on the country’s new poor, according to experts.

The price of Tesla vehicles is increasing due to supply chain pressures across the auto industry, particularly for raw materials, Elon Musk said on Monday in response to a tweet

Climate activists who scored big against Western majors last week had some unlikely cheerleaders in the oil capitals of Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Russia.

Daimler has agreed to pay Nokia for using its patents, ending a row that highlighted a battle between tech and car companies over royalties for key technologies.

Eurozone manufacturing activity expanded at a record pace in May, according to a survey on Tuesday which suggested growth would have been even faster without supply bottlenecks that have led to an unprecedented rise in input costs.

Black money worth Tk 88.6 lakh crore has been originated from Bangladesh in the last four decades, Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) President Prof Abul Barkat said today.

Remittance inflows hit a 10-month high of $2.17 billion in May thanks to the hard-earned money sent by migrant workers amid the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Fish of 7,585 ponds and ghers have been washed away by flood due to Cyclone Yaas in Patuakhali. This has caused Tk 55.44 crore financial loss to the fish farmers.

Chattogram customs officials have seized 42 tonnes of poppy seeds -- which can be used for producing drugs -- imported under false declaration.

Thanks to a hike in cement prices, all the cement manufacturers witnessed higher profits in the January-March quarter of the current year.

Revenue collection surged 116 per cent year-on-year to Tk 19,326 crore in April, the highest monthly growth in the current fiscal year, which has seen lower tax receipts because of the economic slowdown.

The government should align its upcoming budget with the Eighth Five-Year Plan and make special allocations to create jobs to reach its goals on youth development, speakers said at a webinar yesterday.

Garment export might make a full recovery to pre-pandemic levels by October this year as shipments are rebounding with the reopening of Western retail stores, said the BGMEA president yesterday.

Qatar Petroleum (QP) has hired international banks for a multi-billion dollar debut public bond sale by the end of June, two sources said, as lower oil and gas prices prompt Gulf energy firms to raise cash.

The price of computers and IT accessories has shot up 20 per cent in the last 14 months as pandemic-induced restrictions prompted educational institutions and businesses to heighten focus on home-based schooling and work.

US-Bangla Airlines and Novoair will resume flights on Dhaka-Cox’s Bazar route today after suspension of operations for around two months following the outbreak of the second wave of Covid-19.

The global economic outlook is improving as vaccine rollouts allow businesses to resume operations and as the United States pumps trillions of dollars into the world’s largest economy, the OECD said on Monday, nudging its forecasts higher.

Cryptocurrency Ethereum extended gains to rise more than 8 per cent on Monday to $2,587 but remained 40 per cent below a record high of above $4,300 hit earlier this month.

Intel Corp’s CEO said on Monday it could take several years for a global shortage of semiconductors to be resolved, a problem that has shuttered some auto production lines and is also being felt in other areas, including consumer electronics.