The government will save around Tk 119 crore annually in electricity purchases thanks to a reduction in tariff rates by 10 to 21 paisa per kilowatt for three public-sector plants.

Bangladesh’s external debt has nearly doubled in just over three years, driven by a surge in emergency budget financing in the post-Covid period and a sharp devaluation of the local currency that inflated the value of dollar-denominated obligations.

Bangladesh’s interim government has appointed international law firm White & Case LLP to defend the country in an arbitration case filed by S Alam Group.

Bangladesh is stepping into a new phase of trade diplomacy as it signs its first Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Japan tomorrow, a deal meant to preserve duty-free market access after the country’s graduation from the least developed country club later this year.

The interim government’s net borrowing from the banking system rose almost fivefold in the first seven months of the current fiscal year 2025-26, as spending raced ahead of sluggish revenue collection.

The directive came from an inter-ministerial meeting

They made the call at a discussion organised by the American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh

The government has reduced electricity purchase rate by up to 21 paisa a kilowatt

No container transportation between port and 19 private ICDs since yesterday

Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed says

The meeting ended without any decision, millers said

Bangladesh has agreed to pay White & Case an hourly rate of $1,250 (Tk 152,691) to handle proceedings

The order also cancelled the contractual appointment of Dr Md Shafiqur Rahman who was arrested yesterday over the alleged abuse of an 11-year-old domestic worker

The interim government has not approved any individual or organisation to farm hilsa using the recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) or any other artificial or indoor methods, the fisheries ministry said in a statement yesterday.

Kazi Ziaul Islam has been appointed as deputy managing director and head of financial services and public sector, respectively, of ONE Bank PLC.

JP Morgan said late on Sunday it expects demand from central banks and investors to drive gold prices to $6,300 per ounce by year-end.

A statutory audit is not a demand-driven service. It is a legally mandated regulatory requirement.

Sediment containing rare earth was retrieved from ocean depths of 6,000 metres (about 20,000 feet) on a Japanese test mission, the government said Monday, as it seeks to curb dependence on China for the valuable minerals.

Raju Ahmed, a businessman from Lalbagh, Dhaka, came to Panchagarh for sightseeing with his family in November 2025. His primary aim was to enjoy the iconic sight of Mount Kanchenjunga.

After agriculture and readymade garments, light engineering should have been Bangladesh’s next export frontier, but that transition has yet to take place, said Md Abdur Rahim Khan, additional secretary at the commerce ministry.