Will cuts in allocations to education and health sectors create an obstacle to becoming a developed country?
No budget in the last 14 years has been implemented fully
The Bangladesh government presents the national budget every June. The national budget for the fiscal year 2023-24 will be announced soon.
What prompted the Bangladesh government to seek a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and what conditions come with it?
Coffee fruits or coffee beans are cultivated in the Khagrachari hills. Through a unique procedure, this fruit will be produced into drinkable coffee.
Bangladesh was second to China in the readymade garments export till the last decade.
How will the government tackle the dollar crisis, the social safety net, and inflation in the upcoming budget? Planning Minister MA Mannan shares his insights with The Daily Star.
Inflation in Bangladesh remained high for the last one year. The consumer price index started increasing in 2022’s February and it reached a 10-year high of 9.52 per cent in the same year’s August. After August, both food and non-food inflation started decreasing, but in 2023’s February they rose again when the consumer price index increased to 8.78 per cent.
A unit of Green Textile Limited of Bangladesh topped the list of eco-friendly factories in February this year.
How will banking sector's rating downgrade by Moody's affect Bangladesh economy?
In today's Straight from Star Newsroom, Khondoker Md Shoyeb along with The Daily Star Reporter Ahsan Habib tries to shed light on the reasons responsible for a fall in profits of Bangladeshi companies
The per capita foreign debt has increased from $257 to $558 within seven years
Bangladesh has been facing many economic challenges in the recent periods. Remittance and export earnings both fell at a time when the country’s import payments rose. The balance of payments came under immense pressure as the forex reserve continued declining for the last one year. Because of all these, the local currency has experienced a big depreciation. In this situation, Bangladesh sought a $4.5 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund. Will this IMF loan solve Bangladesh’s economic problems? Why is this loan so important?
Gas crisis started in Bangladesh in March of 2022. But the crisis worsened in the last two months.
The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange lost 14 points in the last week. The index rose in three days of the week, but it fell at the end of the week.