All of a sudden, on Wednesday afternoon, the BNP-led new government cancelled the contract of Ahsan H Mansur as governor of the Bangladesh Bank and, at the same time, appointed Md Mostaqur Rahman, a businessman from the garment industry, as the new governor.

The government has extended the deadline for exporting aromatic rice until April 30, allowing 21 companies additional time to complete their shipments, as the previous export window expired on November 30, 2025.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended the deadline for individual taxpayers to file their income tax returns by another month, setting March 31 as the new cut-off date.

BD Thai Food & Beverage, a company listed with the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), reported that its factory was robbed recently for the third time in just over a year, with masked intruders making off with machinery and cash worth an estimated Tk 1.5 crore.

Bangladesh’s economy grew 3.49 percent in the fiscal year 2024-25 (FY25), the slowest expansion in at least three years, owing to weaker performances in the agriculture and services sectors.

Bangladesh’s foreign debt servicing crossed the amount of loans it received from international lenders in the first seven months of the ongoing fiscal year (FY) 2025-26 amid the slow pace of foreign-funded projects executed under the Annual Development Programme (ADP).

The overall economic risk of Bangladesh has increased by 0.4 points since August last year to 7.1, even as political clarity returns following the national election this month, according to Oxford Economics. 

The sugarcane crushing operations for the 2025-26 season at the state-owned North Bengal Sugar Mills in Lalpur, Natore, ended on Tuesday -- two weeks ahead of schedule -- due to a shortage of sugarcane.

Oil prices inched up on Thursday as investors assessed whether US-Iran talks could avert a military conflict that risks supply disruptions, though gains were capped by a build in US crude inventories.

Nonstop buzzing fills a windowless Microsoft data centre near Jakarta, part of a tech construction boom sweeping Southeast Asia that promises economic opportunities but is also hungry for resources.

The economic impact of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs was “much lower” than expected last year, Europe’s development bank said Thursday, as it raised its growth forecast for 2026.

Three friends from different countries once discussed what made them happiest.

Bangladesh’s telecom sector recorded a slight fall in total mobile phone subscribers in December 2025 compared with the same period a year earlier, due mainly to a drop in active connections after new limits on SIM ownership per individual.

The minister discussed the prevailing situation with LPG importers and suppliers

In local currency, the amount stands at Tk 334,511 in FY25, up from Tk 304,102 in the previous year

The minister had an hour-long meeting with the newly appointed Bangladesh Bank governor today

Final estimate of GDP is lower than the provisional estimate of 3.97 percent estimated earlier by BBS

Within hours of ousting Ahsan H Mansur and appointing a new governor, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) transferred five officials and reinstated three previously transferred officials back to their posts.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is likely to extend the income tax return deadline by another month to March 31, marking the fourth extension this year.

The government’s abrupt cancellation of Ahsan H Mansur’s appointment as governor of Bangladesh Bank (BB) yesterday has drawn sharp criticism from stakeholders, including economists and bankers.