Economy

The Economic Relations Division (ERD) has found poor implementation of the Disbursement Linked Results (DLR) on major components of the VAT Online Project (VOP) that may affect getting its remaining fund from the World Bank (WB). Some 50 per cent or US$ 30 million of the WB's...

Bangladesh mission in China has expressed the fear that export-import trade between Dhaka and Beijing may face a major setback due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. The outbreak of the coronavirus may also hit the Chinese supply chain, thus hampering bilateral trade seriously, he added. Commercial...

Investment in Bangladesh by overseas firms was far below their initial pledges in the past three consecutive years through 2018. Such a picture was painted in a written speech by AKM Mozammel Haque, a minister in charge of the Prime Minister's Office in parliament. He said foreign...

Expatriate Bangladeshis in Malaysia, the fifth highest source of remittance for the country, would soon be able to send in money to their near and dear ones at home on a real time basis thanks to a novel arrangement between Malaysian fintech firm Valyou, British bank Standard...

There was a time when mobile handset buyers were used to searching for 'Made in Finland' or 'Made in Korea' for good quality devices. Later, 'Made in China' took the mantle, followed by 'Made in Vietnam'. Now, the time is for the 'Made in Bangladesh' tag line...

With each passing quarter, Amazon, Microsoft and Google have been setting new records, while cloud computing has become the invisible backbone supporting much of our daily lives. Its potential to become an even bigger part of people's daily existence is sky-high. The rising popularity of the cloud...

দক্ষিণ এশিয়ার দেশগুলোর মধ্যে খেলাপি ঋণের হার সবচেয়ে বেশি বাংলাদেশে। এ হার ১১ দশমিক ৪ শতাংশ। খেলাপি ঋণের এ প্রবণতা অর্থনীতিতে চরম ঝুঁকি তৈরি করছে। দক্ষিণ এশিয়ায় সবচেয়ে কম খেলাপি ঋণের হার নেপালে- ১ দশমিক ৭ শতাংশ। বিশ্বব্যাংকের ‘গেøাবাল ইকোনমিক প্রসপেক্টাস’ শীর্ষক প্রতিবেদনে...

বাংলাদেশে তৃতীয় পুঁজিবাজার উন্নয়ন কর্মসূচির (সিএমডিপি) জন্য দ্বিতীয় কিস্তিতে ১৭০ মিলিয়ন মার্কিন ডলারের ঋণ প্রস্তাব অনুমোদন করেছে এশীয় উন্নয়ন ব্যাংক (এডিবি)।  প্রতি ডলার সমান ৮৫ টাকা ধরে বাংলাদেশি মুদ্রায় যা প্রায় দেড় হাজার কোটি টাকা। শনিবার এডিবির এক সংবাদ বিজ্ঞপ্তিতে বলা হয়, এডিবি ঋণ...

Located alongside the Dhaka-Mawa Highway, just after the first Dhaleshwari Bridge from the capital to Mawa, the little-known village of Barabartta should have been housing a plastic industrial park by now. The Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) was supposed to relocate the old Dhaka...

The World Bank Group together with WE Connect International on Sunday launched a project to help 1,200 women-owned businesses connect with potential large local and multinational corporate buyers. Women-owned businesses in Bangladesh need better access to markets and corporate value chains to boost the country’s inclusive growth...