Construction costs in Bangladesh fell for the seventh consecutive month in November, as official data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) showed a continued slide in building-material prices amid weakening market demand, according to industry insiders.

The Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh organised the discussion on bank failures and the resolution regime

Scams and irregularities by S Alam Group pushed the shariah-based bank into crisis, as toxic assets continue to surface

The Manila-based lender said GDP growth in FY26 may reach 4.7 percent

Business leaders call for reforms

Historically, governments have used construction to fight stagflation and recession

ICDs have postponed their earlier decision to suspend handling of export, empty containers for a month

The government has now publicly acknowledged that the number of people living in poverty is growing

VAT is charged at every stage of production and sale, and consumers always bear the final cost

The exemption will remain in place until June 2026

BSEC spokesperson says the brokerage house’s ownership transfer was not done properly

The mobile phone traders left after blocking the Karwan Bazar streets for around two hours

The operator has already received regulatory go-ahead to operate as a payment service provider

The association agreed to the CPA chairman’s call to postpone the suspension decision by a month

The new instruction aims to simplify access to import finance for industries against the import of capital goods for a tenor of three years

The Mastercard Economics Institute 2026 Outlook was released today

It is an unfortunate and persistent weakness in the VAT system, said the adviser

With exports failing to keep up, rising repayments have crossed IMF risk thresholds

Retailers in Dhaka and Chattogram said onion prices have dropped by Tk 25-Tk 30 per kg

The power ministry will buy electricity from these plants at an estimated cost of around Tk 40,000 crore