About two-thirds of the gains from the FTA strategy could come from deeper agreements with countries in the RCEP and the ASEAN

Despite the increase in spending, the implementation rate remained unchanged at 0.69 percent

Citing Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics data, he said the picture is worse at the industrial level

However, recent business-facilitation reforms from the government could boost investment and job creation

The Rohingya crisis is putting huge pressure on Bangladesh’s economy and damaging the environment in areas hosting the refugees, Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman said yesterday.

When the BNP government took office in February, several key economic indicators were flashing red.

We need somewhere between 3,800 and 4,000 million cubic feet of gas a day, but actually get closer to 2,600 MMCFD

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Economists said the target was unrealistic from the outset, given the NBR’s structural weaknesses

Factories run below capacity while new plants await gas, casting doubt over investment, employment

Total foreign aid disbursements fell 5.8 percent year-on-year to $8.07 billion in fiscal year 2025-26

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The government must act now to protect workers, jobs and growth.

The other day, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman reaffirmed his government’s commitment to transforming Bangladesh into a $1 trillion economy by 2034. While the ambition is welcome, there is a policy puzzle that needs to be encountered

Govt determined to build a $1 trillion economy by 2034, he says

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Bangladesh has emerged from successive economic shocks with remarkable resilience and is now well placed to benefit from a gradual recovery in global demand, according to HSBC Chief Asia Economist Frederic Neumann.

Bangladesh’s economy is expected to grow by 4.4 percent in the current fiscal year 2026-27, supported by easing global headwinds and domestic economic reforms, according to the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Limited.

For more than seven decades, multilateral development finance has driven global development by improving a number of indicators.

Four habits appear to have been defining budget-making in Bangladesh for decades, regardless of who headed the finance ministry.