Jobs in Bangladesh are not being created in line with the demand from its youth population, leading to a rise in unemployment despite the urgent need for more job opportunities.

Nearly two-thirds of the allocations under this fiscal year’s social security budget do not qualify as genuine social protection spending, according to a study by the Citizens Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh.

The debate over whether to lease out the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) at Chittagong Port to a foreign operator is intensifying, with political parties, including the BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami, and left-leaning groups, uniting in opposition.

As a result, severe traffic congestion was reported on both the Agrabad-Patenga and Patenga-Ring roads since 2:00pm

The government implemented only 41% of ADP in 10 months

Bangladesh shipped $5.98 billion worth of apparels to the EU in the first three months of 2025

The silver lining is that the economy isn’t falling apart

The DSEX dropped 14.75 points to 4,776.33

Daily exports through the port halved after the restriction

“If there is no stability in the economy, no other reform will be sustainable,” he said.

The DSEX lost 3.18 points to 4,787.90 as of 11:48 am

The non-tariff barriers hurt Bangladesh-India trade, increasing costs and damaging bilateral trust

Additional 330,000 people became jobless in Oct-Dec 2024

Trust Bank PLC reported a fall in profit for the first quarter of 2025, as rising expenses dented its earnings.

The government will form an independent board to run mobile financial service provider Nagad, Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed said yesterday.

Bangladesh’s government recently enacted a long-awaited reform measure: dissolving the National Board of Revenue (NBR) and splitting it into two new agencies. The goal is to separate the tax policymaking and implementation processes, in line with a key conditionality of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the next tranche of disbursements.

Employees of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday vowed to continue their pen-down strike against a May 12 ordinance on restructuring the revenue administration, unless Chief Adviser (CA) Prof Muhammad Yunus or a representative proposes a mediation.

Maize cultivation remains a profitable venture for farmers, although many in districts where production is concentrated have voiced concerns over a drop in market prices this season amid a rise in production costs.

The interbank exchange rate of the US dollar rose slightly yesterday, two working days after the central bank adopted a market-driven exchange rate system.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is expected to continue the prospective tax system until fiscal year 2027-28, allowing taxpayers and businesses to determine applicable tax rates in advance instead of waiting until the end of the income year.