The third review mission of International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday entered into discussions with the interim government of Bangladesh regarding potential conditions for a fresh $3 billion loan.

Bangladesh, mired in data fog, has “sleepwalked” into the middle-income trap according to the white paper on the state of the country’s economy.

Bangladesh’s current account deficit narrowed 76.20 percent year-on-year to $752 million in the first four months of the current fiscal year on the back of growing export earnings and remittance inflows, reflecting reduced pressure on the country’s external accounts.

Over 1 lakh youth with higher academic degrees joined the already long rally of graduates in a gruelling search for jobs last year, according to the latest official data, as experts point to an oversupply of graduates and a lack of skills among them.

Sharif said he and his family members had contacted top officials of the NBR following the move, but no specific reason was provided

The commitments will come from multiple sources, including World Bank, IMF, ADB, Opec

EU Ambassador Michael Miller calls on the adviser

The energy giant thanks the interim government for starting to clear overdue payments

The DSEX rises 11.58 points as of 11:02 am 

Moody's Ratings is narrating an outdated story of Bangladesh, not the updated one, said Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur in a webinar yesterday.

The interim government of Bangladesh will likely revise the country’s projection of gross domestic product (GDP) growth to 5.25 percent from 6.75 percent for the current fiscal year of 2024-25..This issue was discussed at a fiscal coordination council meeting chaired by Finance Adviser Sal

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) yesterday repealed a directive it had passed in 2021 restricting small and medium-sized internet service providers (ISPs) from installing cache servers for their network..This policy reversal is expected to enhance internet spee

The indices of the stock market in Bangladesh rose yesterday after falling for two consecutive trading days as investors poured funds on low-priced shares to pocket short-term gains amid price swings..The rise was led by an increase in share prices of companies like Islami Bank Bangladesh,

The interim government must devise a two-year mid-term plan on how to steer the economy in addition to an assessment of the past months and a short-term plan for the upcoming six months, said Debapriya Bhattacharya, the chair of the white paper committee.

The narrative of economic development that the ousted Awami League (AL) government tried to establish perhaps ended up being a delusion even to the wirepullers, according to the white paper on the state of the economy.

Bangladesh has an oversupply of tertiary graduates and the unemployment rate among the educated youth has grown 2.5 times since 2010 as they are ‘incompatible’ with the structure of the industries and the economy, according to the white paper on the state of the economy.

Bangladesh ranks among the countries with the highest income disparities globally, but there is another problem way worse than that: wealth inequality, which means a minuscule portion of the population owns a disproportionate amount of wealth compared to the majority.

Each of them was appointed on a contractual basis for the next three years from the date of joining on condition of renouncing work and relations with all other institutions and organisations, the ministry circular mentioned.

According to the white paper on the state of the economy

The chief adviser became the first head of state to preside over a meeting of the KEPZ governing body in nine years