Kitchen market volatility returns with a vengeance: Prices have increased by up to 50%
A wave of price hikes across essential food items has unsettled retail markets since Eid, leaving consumers reeling under growing cost-of-living pressures
LDC graduation threatens affordable medicine
Bangladesh's graduation from the LDC category threatens to upend its pharmaceutical industry, with rising costs, loss of patent waivers, and dwindling competitiveness likely to drive up medicine prices at home and abroad
Prices of kitchen market commodities soar
Prices of vegetables, onions, eggs and rice have surged in kitchen markets, snapping the brief winter reprieve and weighing heavily on household budgets.
US tariff hike to drain Tk1,200 crore from RMG sector in 3 months
Garment manufacturers warn of factory closures and worker unrest as a sudden US tariff hike threatens to wipe out profits and saddle the industry with an extra Tk1,225 crore burden
Expats fueling Bangladesh’s economic revival: Yunus
Interim Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus credits the Bangladeshi diaspora for reviving the nation’s fragile economy, promising improved services and greater recognition in return
Bangladesh, Qatar explore deeper economic partnership
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has met Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani to discuss stronger economic cooperation and promote his global "Three Zeros" movement
Yunus pitches Bangladesh as next global factory
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus tells foreign investors in Doha that Bangladesh is ready to become a global manufacturing and investment hub
High inflation, low revenue and political flux dent growth prospects
World Bank has downgraded Bangladesh’s growth forecast, citing political uncertainty, inflationary pressures, and a frail banking sector as key impediments
IMF loan disbursement at risk amid policy gaps
Bangladesh’s hopes of securing the next instalments of the IMF loan face mounting uncertainty amid unmet reform conditions and fiscal constraints ahead of the 2025–26 budget
Now is the time to invest in Bangladesh, says Yunus to woo Qatar
Bangladesh’s interim government has called on Qatari investors to seize burgeoning opportunities in the country, highlighting sweeping reforms and a dramatically reduced debt burden
NBR freezes bank accounts of Asiatic Marketing Communications
The CIC has issued formal directives to the top executives of all banks and financial institutions, instructing them to comply with the account freeze
WB cuts Bangladesh’s growth forecast to 3.3% for FY25
World Bank cuts Bangladesh’s growth forecast to 3.3% for FY25 and warns of soaring inflation, citing political unrest, financial instability and governance concerns
Yunus seeks foreign investment to tap Bangladesh’s business potential
He made the call while speaking at a private business reception on the sidelines of the Earthna Summit in Doha on Tuesday evening
Liquidity crunch and govt borrowing push up bond yields
As the government leans more heavily on bank borrowing and deposit growth slows, Treasury bill and bond yields have surged to near 12 per cent, heightening concerns over inflation and private sector stagnation
IMF pegs Bangladesh's GDP growth below 4%
IMF has projected Bangladesh’s economic growth at a modest 3.8% for the current fiscal year, though a recovery is anticipated next year
Social business can bring millions out of poverty: CA
"Poverty is a consequence of an economic system where resources surge upwards, concentrating wealth ever more narrowly,"
Lowest FDI in 5 years: Investor confidence erodes as political turmoil bites
FDI faltered despite business summit, plunged 20% in eight months
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