The Bangladesh Bank Officers’ Welfare Council will place their demand to the BB governor

The principal amount plus interest payments for foreign debt rose to $2.81 billion this year, up from previous year’s $1.95 billion

Finds a study conducted by former Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman

National Life Insurance Company’s board has recommended a 38 percent cash dividend for 2023 even though its profit declined

It will be supported by the recent improvement of the current account balance to modest surpluses partly reflecting ongoing import restrictions, narrowing financial account deficits as business uncertainties gradually ease following the conclusion of the general elections in January, it said.

Data by the finance ministry showed that the allocation for the pensions and interest payments account for 30 percent of the total social security programme fund of Tk 126,090 crore for the current fiscal year of 2023-24.

Dhaka Tower will boast an exhibition space extending to a height of 130 feet. On the top level will be a fine-dining restaurant, adjacent to a publicly accessible two-tier observation deck providing sweeping views of the metropolis and Hatir Jheel.

In Bangladesh, the tax-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio is not growing. Rather, the ratio is declining. Today, the country has one of the lowest tax-to-GDP ratios in the world.

Bangladesh’s stock market has never fallen into such a bad situation in terms of the narrowing of investment opportunities in the last 30 years, said Abu Ahmed, a stock market analyst.

Locally assembled cars and the range of electric vehicles (EVs) offered by Mercedes-Benz were the main attraction during the 17th Dhaka Motor Show at the Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center on Friday.

Bangladesh’s economy is struggling with higher inflation, depletion of foreign exchange reserves, pressure on the exchange rate, shrinking capital inflows, and pressure on the budget.

The telecom regulator has decided to allow mobile phone operators to pay spectrum acquisition fees in the local currency, a relief for them as the US dollar has become costlier to a large extent.

The government’s allocation to repay foreign debts may reach Tk 57,000 crore in the next budget, a 53 percent rise from the current year, putting further pressure on the country’s dwindling foreign currency reserves.

Policymakers must work together in harmony and place a special focus on SMEs, which accounted for almost 25 percent of Bangladesh's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018, according to a Planning Division report.

Entrepreneurs bagged orders worth Tk 20 crore

The ERD, Feni administration organised a workshop on sustainable LDC graduation

Implementing development project with borrowed money not a good idea, he said at a debate contest of the Debate for Democracy

The tech giant will join in as an investor in the latest funding round for the Bengaluru-based company

The once renowned state-run Dada Match factory in Khulna city may soon fade away from people’s memory as no effective measures have been taken to reopen it in the past 14 years.

Twenty companies have been honoured with a “President's Award for Industrial Development 2021" yesterday for their outstanding contribution to the national economy.