A slew of business-friendly measures, including tariff cuts on nearly 350 items, may be stipulated in the upcoming national budget in a taxation remodelling by the new government. In a move to rationalise trade taxes, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) lately plans to reduce customs duty on
The government has included 1,270 new projects in the Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the upcoming 2026-27 fiscal year budget, State Minister for Planning Zonayed Saki said Saturday. Speaking at a seminar titled 'Budget 2026-27 in Times of Crisis' organised at CIRDAP, Saki said of the 1,333
Bangladesh is expected to learn by September whether it will get additional time before graduating from Least- Developed Country (LDC) status, with United Nations bodies currently reviewing its request for a deferral amid economic challenges and ongoing reform efforts. The United Nations General A
Economists have suggested continuing the tight monetary-policy stance as the latest power tariff and petroleum product price hikes could heighten inflationary pressure further. They say although the existing monetary-policy steps are contractionary in nature, the policy is not tight enough to cont
Bonded-warehouse facilities will be extended to all exporters and all export-product raw-material imports to be duty-free under sweeping economic reforms being introduced in the new budget. Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury Wednesday divulged the decisions, saying that the
