Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) expenditure by Islamic banks in Bangladesh has witnessed a persistent downward trend, with spending in the third quarter of 2025 falling significantly from what it was a year ago. According to the latest Bangladesh Bank (BB) data, expenditure on CSR activities
Almost all of Bangladesh's development partners have put their aid commitments on hold ahead of the national polls in February next year, adopting a wait-and-see approach until a politically stable government is in place, analysts said on Saturday. The pause -- covering stalled project approvals a
Economists and experts on Wednesday said Bangladesh risked slipping into a prolonged phase of low growth and high inflation unless deep structural reforms were carried out alongside ensuring political and macroeconomic stability. Without decisive action on long-pending institutional and structural
The World Bank approved $150.75 million to help Bangladesh scale up support to create employment, opportunities and better income for low-income youth and microentrepreneurs, with a focus on women and those living in climate-vulnerable areas. The additional financing to the Recovery and Advancemen
Sylhet division has become the worst victim of regional disparity in the banking sector, with the region witnessing the lowest inflow of bank credits despite its immense potential. While people in the four districts of the division contribute significantly to the deposit portfolio of the banking s
The Bangladesh government and the World Bank's (WB) soft-lending arm International Development Association (IDA) recently signed four agreements with relevant stakeholders to secure loans of $350 million. State-run Petrobangla had inked project agreement and facility agreement with the IDA and thr
Long 17 years' wait for an energy-boosting facility ends with the endorse of a project for building a second unit of the Eastern Refinery planned for augmenting Bangladesh's crude-oil-refining capacity. The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved the "Modernisation an
Loan and advance disbursements by non-bank financial companies (NBFCs) continued to decline in the July-September period of 2025, extending a downward trend that began after peaking in the first quarter of the year, despite remaining well above last year's levels. Total disbursements of economic-p
People's income-sapping inflation is expected to steadily fall below 7 per cent by June 2026, healed by contractionary monetary policy, fiscal restraint and improving balance across key economic indicators. Such a feel-good ambiance of economic rebound from previous slowdown comes clear from a gov
The central bank purchased an additional US$60 million from four banks through an auction on the interbank spot market on Sunday, aiming to keep the exchange rate of the US dollar against the taka stable. The amount was bought under the multiple price auction method, with a cut-off rate of Tk 122.
National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Abdur Rahman Khan has hinted at the possibility of further extension of income-tax return-submission deadline, as many registered taxpayers are yet to file their returns digitally. Speaking about the possible extension, Mr. Khan mentioned that the NBR would
In a strategic move to stimulate credit flow to vital sectors of the economy, Bangladesh Bank (BB) has announced a significant reduction in provisioning requirements for short-term agricultural and small-scale enterprise credits. According to a directive issued on Sunday, the central bank has deci
A flagship government initiative to expand technical and vocational education across Bangladesh has stalled badly, with construction of Technical School and Colleges (TSCs) yet to begin in hundreds of upazilas despite repeated deadline extensions and sharp cost escalations. Officials say the prolo
