Per capita income rises, but below estimate
Bangladesh’s per capita income falls to $2,793 in 2021-22 fiscal year from the provisional estimate of $2,824, according to the data of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).
New window to be introduced for Islamic banks’ liquidity support
The Bangladesh Bank will introduce another tool to provide liquidity support to the cash-strapped shariah-based banks in order to cushion their ailing financial health.
GDP grows 7.1%, but falls below provisional data
Bangladesh logged higher growth in gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021-22 fiscal year compared to the previous year, but it was 15 basis points below the provisional estimate.
Bangladesh Bank sells US dollar at Tk 101 for first time
Bangladesh Bank has sold US dollar at Tk 101 each to banks for the first time, giving indication that it is likely to devalue the local currency to reflect the market reality.
IMF releases $476.27 million as first loan instalment for Bangladesh
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has disbursed $476.27 million to Bangladesh as the first instalments of $4.7 billion loan it approved early this week.
Does Bangladesh ship garments to the Middle East?
Bangladesh ships apparel items to the Middle Eastern countries and the good thing is local garments are steadily gaining popularity in the Middle eastern countries.
Per capita income rises, but below estimate
Bangladesh’s per capita income falls to $2,793 in 2021-22 fiscal year from the provisional estimate of $2,824, according to the data of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).
New window to be introduced for Islamic banks’ liquidity support
The Bangladesh Bank will introduce another tool to provide liquidity support to the cash-strapped shariah-based banks in order to cushion their ailing financial health.
GDP grows 7.1%, but falls below provisional data
Bangladesh logged higher growth in gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021-22 fiscal year compared to the previous year, but it was 15 basis points below the provisional estimate.
Stocks break three-day gaining streak
Stocks in Bangladesh broke a three-day rising trend today, but the turnover of the Dhaka bourse rose.
Robi’s flagship entrepreneurship contest r-ventures 3.0 selects semi-finalists
Robi’s flagship digital entrepreneurship competition r-ventures 3.0 has selected top 25 ideas for the semi-final round of the programme.
Shamsul Arefin joins ICT Division as secretary
Md Shamsul Arefin today joined the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division as its secretary.
Idcol to get €140.5 million from German bank
The Infrastructure Development Company Limited (Idcol) is all set to get €140.5 million from German Development Bank Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (KfW) -- €41 million for energy efficiency and €99.5 million for renewable energy projects.
Potato export to Russia to begin this year: Razzaque
Bangladesh will start exporting potatoes to Russia again this year as the world’s largest country lifted ban on the entry of tubers from the south Asian nation last year, Agriculture Minster Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said today.
Service exporters to get forex retention quota facility
The central bank has instructed banks to provide exporters' retention quota (ERQ) account services to service exporters to help them carry out international transactions.
Weak financial system always a problem for economic management
The immediate outlook for the new year is not as bad as had been predicted before. The Chinese economy is opening up, the industrialised West is adjusting and realigning their economies to the new realities, and a global economic recession does no longer seems inevitable.