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Tourism fair begins with hope of creating youth employment

Tourism experts said that tourism can generate employment for the youth and contribute to country’s GDP significantly if the sector is developed properly and the countries communication system is enhanced accordingly...

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GDP grows by 3.69pc in FY25

Bangladesh’s economy grew by 3.69 percent in the last fiscal year (FY25) driven by moderate performances by the agriculture, industry and services sectors...

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Rebooting growth from below

MACROECONOMIC headlines — GDP growth, export earnings and fiscal shifts — show what Bangladesh has achieved over decades. Yet, beneath the national progress lies a quieter revolution: the strengthening of the local economic development systems to make growth inclusive and resilient. As national growth moderates and climate threats intensify, empowering...

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Italy trims 2025, 2026 GDP growth estimates

The Italian government said Thursday it was trimming its growth estimates for this year and the next, but said its deficit-to-GDP ratio was currently at the EU-mandated threshold of three per cent.

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Bangladesh’s growth slows, jobs lost: WB

Bangladesh’s 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...

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Rebuilding capital market

BANGLADESH’S 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 — defined by persistent instability, eroded investor confidence...

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How IMF underdevelops Africa

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’s 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’s newsletter, the country has been engulfed in a conflict for...

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GDP bounces back, inflation unchanged

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 2024–25...

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GDP growth drops to 4.2pc in FY24

The country’s gross domestic product growth for the 2023-2024 financial year was 4.22 per cent, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics’ update released on Monday...

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FY25 GDP growth likely to be 5pc  

The interim government is likely to revise down the growth in gross domestic products at 5 per cent in the current financial year ending in the next June, said officials.   

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Starmer’s economic, foreign policy

IN THE first four months of his stint as UK prime minister, Keir Starmer has shown mixed results. His early tenure has already been tested by the August riots, a stark and unsettling episode triggered by the tragic murder of three young girls in Southport. The unrest has exposed underlying tensions — economic fragility, social divides, and the brittleness...

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German GDP downgraded in new blow for struggling economy

German third-quarter growth was downgraded Friday with official data showing it expanded even more weakly than previously thought, in a new blow for Europe’s top economy as it battles multiple headwinds.

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Data tweak plagues BBS credibility

In July 2017, then planning minister Mustafa Kamal introduced the quarterly release of inflation data replacing the traditional and the best international practice of monthly update.

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NBR chairman for boosting tax-to-GDP ratio

National Board of Revenue chairman Md Abdur Rahman Khan on Sunday underscored the importance of increasing Bangladesh’s tax-to-GDP ratio, which he described as critically low compared to neighbouring countries....

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Finance ministry dismisses GDP correction

The finance ministry on Tuesday dismissed the reported apprehension about reduction of gross domestic product and per capita income following correction of the export earnings in the just concluded FY24...

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Q3 GDP growth 6.1pc

The country’s growth in gross domestic product in the third quarter of the concluding FY24 stood at 6.12 per cent.

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Will the budget attain targeted goals?

THE finance minister, Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali, placed the budget for the 2024–2025 financial year in parliament on June 6. This is his first budget as finance minister and the first for the incumbent government...