The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) has begun the process of rebasing the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), a major statistical overhaul aimed at capturing the rapidly evolving economy by incorporating new sectors, updating economic weights, and aligning national accounts wi
Government's bank-borrowing debt deepens as the borrowed aggregate sum ballooned over the revised higher target to Tk 1.32 trillion even before the just-past financial year's end. To meet budgetary shortfall, the government had initially set a bank-borrowing target of Tk 1.04 trillion for the fisc
A late-night deal agreed by Chancellor Friedrich Merz's ruling coalition on a long-awaited package of reforms has the potential to give Germany's anaemic economy a shot in the arm if implemented fully and quickly, economists and business leaders said. The measures to cut red tape, offer tax
Bangladesh’s merchandise exports posted a robust 25.91 percent year-on-year growth in June 2026, closing out fiscal year 2025-26 with renewed momentum despite persistent global economic and geopolitical headwinds, according to provisional data released by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) on
Taxmen in their last-minute efforts managed to mobilise around Tk 4.20 trillion for the just-concluded fiscal year, shortening an anticipated large gap to Tk 800 billion against the revised budgetary target, officials say. Economists had projected the revenue gap could exceed Tk 1.0 trillion
