The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank are expected to provide funds to Bangladesh for banking sector reforms, including strengthening and modernising the central bank.

From next fiscal year, taxpayers will be able to proactively start submitting their tax returns from July 1 even though this year the National Board of Revenue (NBR) started accepting it online a bit late, that is from September 9.

Bangladesh could get $3 billion in budgetary support under an Asian Development Bank (ADB) and World Bank (WB) arrangement for energy and power sector reforms and the upcoming status graduation from a least developed country (LDC) to a developing nation in 2026.

Citycell, the country’s first mobile operator which has not been operational since 2016, has sent a letter to the telecom regulator recently seeking the reinstatement of its licence.

The central bank said it noticed that loans were being approved using the names of separate units of companies.

Egypt wants Bangladesh to import petrochemicals and fertilisers from the Northeast African country, said Omar Mohie Eldin Ahmed Fahmy, ambassador of Egypt to Bangladesh.

China-based Home Joy Socks Bangladesh Company Limited signed an agreement with Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (Bepza) recently to set up a sock and garment manufacturing factory in Bepza Economic Zone with an investment of $50 million.

Md Emdad ul Bari has been appointed chairman of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC)

The projects funded by Indian loans will proceed as planned, said Finance and Commerce Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed today

The United States is set to launch economic talks this week with Bangladesh's interim government, including its leader, Muhammad Yunus, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has asked the officials of its income tax wing to be at office ahead of the 9:00am reporting time.

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has decided to conduct an inquiry into allegations of regulatory non-compliance against two mutual funds managed by Investasia Capital and Asset Management Ltd.

The government appointed an administrator to the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) yesterday, seven days after the president and the remaining 23 directors of the CCCI executive board resigned following protests.

M Aslam Alam, former rector of the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre, has been appointed as chairman of the Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (Idra).

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) yesterday formed a committee to look into allegations of market manipulation by Mohammed Saiful Alam and Salman F Rahman, owners of S Alam Group and Beximco Group, respectively.

Indices of the Bangladesh stock market extended their losing streak for a sixth consecutive day yesterday as investors traded cautiously ahead of corporate earnings disclosures, which  influence investor decisions.

As we witness the devastation caused by climate induced disasters around the world and the floods across our nation, it becomes painfully clear that the impacts of climate change and global warming are no longer distant threats but a harsh reality.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) last week began a formal inquiry into the alleged corruption of former chief of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Professor Shibli Rubayat-Ul Islam and eight of its other officials.

More than 80 factories in the Ashulia-Gazipur industrial belt remained shut yesterday as workers demonstrated to realise several demands.

Deposits in banks are increasing and money outside the banking sector has decreased by Tk 45,000 crore in recent times, reflecting growing confidence in the banking sector, Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Ahsan H Mansur said yesterday.