In a maiden such intervention in the foreign-exchange market, the central bank Sunday bought US$171 million from banks through an auction to buttress falling dollar. The Bangladesh Bank's latest move came in the wake of a falling trend in the exchange rate of the US currency against the Banglade
The European Union will suspend retaliatory tariffs on US goods scheduled to take effect Monday in hopes of reaching a trade deal with the Trump administration by the end of the month. ″This is now the time for negotiations,″ European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told repo
Expatriate Bangladeshis sent around US$ 1071 million remittances during the first twelve days of July in the fiscal 2025-26, according to the latest data of Bangladesh Bank (BB) issued on Sunday. This amount reflects a daily average remittance of $89.25 million sent by expatriates during the perio
The World Bank has assured Bangladesh of continuing its assistance in ongoing projects along with the budgetary support. “It (World Bank) has expressed its satisfaction over the overall economic situation of the country,” Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed told reporters after holding a
The exports of Bangladeshi Ready Made Garment (RMG) showed a healthy growth of 8.84 per cent in the last fiscal year (FY25), fetching $39.35 billion despite global headwinds. According to the country-wise export data for Bangladesh for the last fiscal year (FY25) released by the Export Promotion B
