Sohel Parvez

Banks’ lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has fallen to a four-year low, putting the brakes on the rising trend in loan disbursements, as political uncertainty and the economic slowdown have dampened borrowing appetite among entrepreneurs.

Farmers and agriculturists said repeated floods and unfavourable weather affected Aman season paddy last year

The long queues at OMS trucks depict a harsh reality as Bangladesh continues to struggle with high inflation

Bangladesh Bank has hiked the policy rate on 11 occasions since May 2022

Bangladesh Bank has been maintaining a contractionary monetary policy stance for nearly two years to bring down inflation

The yield on 10-year bond dropped below 10%

Bangladesh’s net cropped area, the total land sown with crops during a particular agricultural year, has been declining over the past few years, raising concerns among agricultural officials and experts about food security for the growing population.

New export conditions on raw jute to support domestic market

Sluggish investment demand stalls private credit growth in Bangladesh

The deep-sea port project in Matarbari promises to transform regional trade

Non-garment exports struggle with quality standards and logistics bottlenecks

Falling wheat acreage raises questions about food security amid climate change

Modern farming practices reshape Bangladesh's traditional farmlands

At least 496 journalists faced harassment between August 2024 and July 2025

The mismatch has prompted fresh calls among economists for investigations.

Bangladesh is losing farmland. There are multiple reasons behind the shrinkage—from the construction of homes and the establishment of factories to the development of other facilities.

Bangladesh and Vietnam will drive global cotton trade over the next decade as mills increase their use of it in making yarn for export-oriented garments, said a recent global report.

Bangladesh sits at the bottom of a list of 37 countries in the Asia-Pacific region in terms of the tax-to-GDP ratio, largely stemming from the failure to tap into the potential originating from the steady growth of the economy and a lack of reform.

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) is unlikely to reduce the policy or repo rate for the second half of this year as inflation continues to remain stubbornly high, according to the central bank governor.

Record remittances lift reserves, but economy burdened by sluggish tax, bad loans, high joblessness