A loan agreement was signed on Friday for project titled 鈥楥onstruction of Dual Gauge Double Line Between Joydebpur-Ishurdi Section Project (I)鈥� under the second batch of the 46th Japanese ODA Loan Package between Bangladesh and Japan.聽
Bangladesh鈥檚 gross foreign exchange reserves, calculated under IMF guidelines, soared to $22.65 billion on Wednesday amid fresh disbursements from the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and strong remittance inflows...
Seventeen banks reported a staggering provision shortfall of Tk聽1,77,650 crore at the end of March 2025, with six of them facing such deficits for the first time, indicating a sharp deterioration in their financial health amid a mounting crisis of non-performing loans...
The Bangladesh Bank has widened the scope for local subsidiaries of foreign companies to remit service payments abroad, even if their foreign shareholding is below 50 per cent...
The National Board of Revenue has recovered a total of Tk聽994 crore in the past nine months (September 2024 to May 2025) through a series of tax and revenue evasion investigations and drives...
The International Monetary Fund on Monday approved the release of about $1.3 billion to Bangladesh under its $4.7 billion loan programme soon.
Industrial term loan disbursements declined notably in the January鈥揗arch quarter of 2025 comparing with the same period in the previous year, reflecting the deepening economic crisis stemming from persistent political unrest, a volatile business climate, and ongoing distress in the banking sector...
The lack of information and proper investment was taking a toll on the export potential of the country鈥檚 small and medium enterprises sector...
Around 84 per cent of oil passing through the Strait of Hormuz is destined for Asia, leaving the economies of China, India, South Korea and others vulnerable should Iran blockade the crucial trading route over US strikes on its nuclear sites...
The government of Bangladesh has signed a loan agreement of $400 million as budget support with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to implement the 鈥楥limate Resilient Inclusive Development Programme-Subprogram 2鈥�...
The increase in advance tax aiming to recover the revenue lost to VAT evasion could ultimately lead to consumer price hike and further inflationary pressure, said the experts.
