Bangladesh

Cash incentives for Bangladesh's export-oriented ready-made garment (RMG) manufacturers have been redoubled to 5.0 per cent from 1.5 per cent for resuscitating struggling spinning industry through greater use of locally produced yarns and f...

Finance Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury expressed confidence that the revenue growth target for the 2026–27 fiscal year will be achieved. He said this while talking to the reporters on Thursday after a meeting with senior offic...

Non-performing loans (NPLs) in banks with significantly higher trade-finance exposure range between 40 per cent and 50 per cent, according to a study of the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM).  And the rate exceeds 80 per...

Bangladesh's merchandise trade deficit widened sharply in the first 11 months of the 2025-26 fiscal year as export earnings declined while imports increased, according to the latest balance of payments data released by the Bangladesh Bank....

Bangladesh's current- account deficit (CAD) narrowed sharply in the first 11 months of the fiscal year 2025-26, helped by record remittance inflows and slower import growth, according to the Bangladesh Bank data released Wednesday.  T...

Consumer lending in the country's banking sector continued its upward trajectory in the January-March quarter of FY26, with outstanding loans surpassing Tk 1.58 trillion despite elevated lending rates and persistent inflation.  The st...

A high-level Bangladeshi delegation will travel to the United States next week to lobby 54 member-states of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for support to the country's request to defer its graduation from least- developed count...

Procurement of all types of vehicles is suspended, foreign tours using public funds barred and spending on new building construction restricted during this fiscal year under a fresh government austerity course.  Finance Division issue...

Experts at a discussion today (Wednesday) called for urgent reforms to the global multilateral development finance system, warning that declining aid, geopolitical fragmentation and shrinking concessional resources pose significant challeng...