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OP-ED: Demystifying the remittance...

OP-ED: Demystifying the remittance...

Business

Mon, Feb 15 2021

Bangladesh's remittance inflows set a record in 2020 amid the global coronavirus pandemic, defying...

Cinema hall owners get a lifeline from...

Cinema hall owners get a lifeline from...

Business

Mon, Feb 15 2021

The scheme will allow hall owners to get long-term loans at a low interest rate for renovation and modernisation...

It is the agriculture sector that has...

Agriculture sector has powered Bangladesh’s...

Business

Mon, Feb 15 2021

Say the country’s eminent economists

Promoting entrepreneurship on top of...

Promoting entrepreneurship on top of...

Business

Sun, Feb 14 2021

Says ICT Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak

OP-ED: Inflation is easing, but we still...

OP-ED: Inflation is easing, but we still...

Business

Sun, Feb 14 2021

Governments around the world have dealt with the costs of the coronavirus by printing more money to pay...

Pandemic spooked businesses everywhere...

Pandemic spooked businesses everywhere...

Business

Fri, Feb 12 2021

Since March last year, Bangladesh and the global economy have gone through a turmoil, which was not conducive...

Large ministries and divisions to be...

More entities coming under e-GP with...

Business

Mon, Feb 8 2021

The Washington-based multilateral lender, which has been helping the government to improve public procurement...

OP-ED: Before the pandemic, the economy...

Before pandemic, economy was going in...

Business

Sun, Feb 7 2021

The economy a year ago was about as good as it gets

'Bangladesh has the most complicated...

'Bangladesh has the most complicated...

Business

Fri, Feb 5 2021

Says Hideaki Kojima, the local representative of Mitsubishi UFG Bank, Japan's largest lender

Pandemic gave Bangladesh’s textile manufacturers...

Pandemic gave Bangladesh’s textile producers...

Economy

Wed, Feb 3 2021

As of now, the fabric manufacturers have witnessed a 20 per cent increase in demand

Inflation slows further in January

Inflation slows further in January

Economy

Wed, Feb 3 2021

The consumer price index recorded an annual growth rate of 5.02 per cent in January, down from 5.29 per...

No surprises as exports continue its...

No surprises as exports continue its...

Economy

Wed, Feb 3 2021

Receipts down 5 per cent from a year earlier

It seems the momentum is coming off...

It seems the momentum is coming off...

Business

Tue, Feb 2 2021

Last month, migrant workers sent home $1.96 billion, down about 4.3 per cent from the previous

All the excess liquidity is flowing...

Excess liquidity flowing into real...

Business

Sun, Jan 31 2021

As per a rough estimation of REHAB, about Tk 3,500 crore was invested in the country’s real estate...

OP-ED: Changes that ripple through the...

OP-ED: Changes that ripple through the...

Business

Sun, Jan 31 2021

The pandemic has ushered in changes that will have a lasting effect

No surprises as FDI shrivels in...

No surprises as FDI shrivels in...

Business

Fri, Jan 29 2021

Between January and September, $1.7 billion, flew in as FDI, down 19.4% year-on-year

Economy still not firing on all cylinders:...

Economy still not firing on all...

Economy

Thu, Jan 28 2021

The deficit fell by $1.75 billion to about $6.5 billion during the July-December period

Mastercard unveils cross-border remittance...

Mastercard unveils cross-border remittance...

Business

Tue, Jan 26 2021

Remitters from 136 countries will now be able to transfer remittances directly to account holders of...

Private sector credit growth still...

Private sector credit growth still...

Business

Mon, Jan 25 2021

It is still 6.4 percentage points off the central bank's target for fiscal 2020-21

Extreme poverty trebled in 2020

Extreme poverty trebled in 2020

Economy

Sun, Jan 24 2021

Finds a SANEM study

Actual garment layoffs much higher than...

Actual garment layoffs much higher than...

Economy

Sun, Jan 24 2021

'Most of the apparel factories did not follow the layoff rules amid the pandemic'