Biz-Econ

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has maintained its tight monetary policy stance for the first half of the current fiscal year 2025-26 (H1FY26) to contain inflation and anchor inflation expectations.

Several Islamist and other political parties joining the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on Saturday called for unity among the Islamist parties towards introducing Islamist rule in the country.

The International Monetary Fund on Monday approved the release of about $1.3 billion to Bangladesh under its $4.7 billion loan programme soon.

The 136th meeting of Southeast University Trust (SEUT) was held on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in the Board of Trustees Conference Room at the university’s permanent campus in Tejgaon

US-Bangla Airlines has launched direct flights from Dhaka to Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, from Monday

The steady decline in credit card transactions by Bangladeshi citizens in India, first observed during the July Uprising last year, has grown more pronounced

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today urged the global investors to come up with their business in Bangladesh to change the world saying Bangladesh is the best place for investment

The Anti-Corruption Commission, or ACC, has found evidence that mobile financial service provider Nagad “created excessive electronic money and laundered funds” through foreign companies.

With the interim government in place for six months after the changeover of power following the August uprising, the country’s foreign exchange market is currently witnessing a stable condition due to healthy flow of inward remittances and considerable foreign aid receipts alongside visible preventive measures against money laundering.

The government has increased the prices of all four types of gasoline by Tk 1 per litre.

Two foreign audit firms have begun evaluating the asset quality of six banks currently mired in financial irregularities and corruption.

Bangladesh`s gross foreign exchange reserves have crossed US$26 billion.