Bangladesh鈥檚 economy is under growing pressure as GDP growth slows, foreign investment declines and unemployment rises, raising concerns among economists and industry insiders that the economy could face long-term instability without urgent reforms...
The Anti-Corruption Commission has sent to the relevant authorities in the United Kingdom information on properties allegedly owned by Bashundhara Group chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan鈥檚 two sons 鈥� Safiat Sobhan and Sadat Sobhan 鈥� over allegations of...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday started an inquiry into allegations of embezzling and laundering Tk 2,000 crore against immediate past Bangladesh high commissioner to the United Kingdom Saida Muna Tasneem and her husband Generation Next Fashions Ltd chairman Tauhidul Islam Chaudhury.
Kawkhali police are yet to record an online general diary, filed by the victim on Saturday over Thursday鈥檚 attack on activists at Kawkhali in Rangamati on their way back from a rally demanding justice for Kalpana Chakma...
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus returned home Saturday morning, wrapping up his four-day official tour to London...
The United Kingdom鈥檚 National Crime Agency has frozen properties in the United Kingdom owned by Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, Bangladesh鈥檚 former minister of land, according to a report by Al Jazeera鈥檚 Investigative Unit...
BANGLADESH鈥橲 economy has earned global praise for its steady growth, rising GDP, and infrastructure development. Yet, behind this promising macroeconomic narrative lies a capital market in deep distress. Once considered a barometer of national prosperity, the stock market now reflects a grim reality 鈥� defined by persistent instability, eroded investor confidence...
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus left Dhaka Monday evening for London on a four-day official visit to the United Kingdom aiming to enhance bilateral relations...
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Muhammad Yunus will pay a four-day official visit to the United Kingdom from June 10 to 13, as Dhaka and London look to reinvigorate their historic partnership through broader cooperation in trade, investment, governance, and global challenges of mutual concern.
Businesses and experts have said that the proposed national budget for the 2025-26 financial year was overly ambitious, particularly regarding revenue targets, private investment, inflation control and GDP growth...
The government has set the gross domestic product growth target at 5.5 per cent for the 2025-2026 financial year.
The share of education in gross domestic product fell again for the sixth year in a row, which is evident from the proposed national budget for the financial year 2025鈥�26.
Bangladesh interim government finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed has started placing a Tk 7,90,000 crore national budget for the fiscal year 2025鈥�26 which is 12.7 per cent of the GDP.
Bangladesh's gross domestic product will grow by 3.92 per cent in the outgoing financial year 2024-25, raising the per capita income to $2,820...
AT THE start of 2025, Sudan registered an alarming debt-to-GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ratio of 252 per cent. This means that the country鈥檚 total public debt is 2.5 times the size of its entire annual economic output. It is not hard to understand why Sudan is in such dire straits: as we outlined in last week鈥檚 newsletter, the country has been engulfed in a conflict for...
The United Kingdom鈥檚 National Crime Agency, which investigates serious and organised crime, has frozen luxury assets worth almost 拢90 million belonging to two members of a family closely associated with the ousted Awami League government in Bangladesh, according to...
The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority on Tuesday signed a lease agreement with Chinese company M/s Qingdao Dongfang Packaging Technology Limited, according to a press release...
July Shaheed Smriti Foundation chief executive officer Mir Mahbubur Rahman Snigdho on Thursday resigned from his post, citing pursuing higher studies as reason...
Uttara Bank PLC on Sunday opened its 47th sub-branch named at Belabo in Narsingdi, said a press release...
The timing of elections is expected to weigh heavily on investment growth, said a World Bank report.
Both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund have lowered their projections regarding the growth of Bangladesh鈥檚 gross domestic product for the outgoing financial year (2024-25) below 4 per cent....
American International University-Bangladesh in collaboration with two universities in the United Kingdom has secured two project grants from the British Council under the Transnational Education Exploratory Grant programme...
A man allegedly committed suicide after he had strangled his wife to death at Madhabdi in Narsingdi on Saturday...
Leaders of the National Citizen Party on Tuesday met with diplomats of the European countries and discussed the party鈥檚 views and priorities...
A 50-year-old covered van driver was shot to death by unidentified assailants at Kumartek in Narsingdi municipality area Sunday night...
A woman was allegedly strangled to death over a family feud at Shibpur upazila in Narsingdi on Sunday morning...
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday sought greater collaboration with the United Kingdom in strengthening Bangladesh鈥檚 healthcare system.
The Asian Development Bank has projected that Bangladesh鈥檚 economic growth would slow to 3.9 per cent in the 2024-25 financial year, down from 4.2 per cent in FY24...
Two schoolgirls were raped allegedly by eight youths in Baghaikandi village under Raipura upazila in Narsingdi district Monday night...
The overall rate of inflation remained almost unchanged as it persisted over 9 per cent in March, while the gross domestic product growth bounced back in the second quarter of the current financial year of 2024鈥�25...