The debt situation may become tricky from 2024-25 if the government does not ramp up its revenue base now as the repayment schedule for many of the costly loans taken recently would begin then, said eminent economist Debapriya Bhattacharya yesterday.

The Supreme Court has prohibited all courts from directing the government to absorb contractual employees or officers of projects as permanent employees unless there is a statutory provision to this effect.

Two ruling Awami League men were shot allegedly by Liberal Democratic Party’s General Secretary Redwan Ahmed in Cumilla’s Chandina upazila yesterday.

The draft data protection act empowers certain government actors with unbridled power to control the personal data of citizens, said TIB.

The government has eased the local value addition criteria for textile and garment makers to claim export subsidy.

Rupali Bank, the only listed state-run lender, is lacking in its capital adequacy ratio, according to the bank’s audit report for 2021.

No Covid-19 death was reported in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The local met office in Patuakhali district recorded 9.6mm of rainfall in seven hours since 5am today.

Believing the businessmen was a mistake as they have hoarded and hiked the edible oil prices abnormally in the local markets after the Eid-ul-Fitr, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said today.

Export earnings soared 51.18 per cent year-on-year to $4.73 billion in April because of higher shipment of garment items amid gradual recovery of the global supply chain from the severe fallouts of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today sought support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to implement Delta Plan-2100, saying, "It is very important for Bangladesh".

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) gets Professor Rumana Islam as its first ever female commissioner today.

It appears normal service will resume with fiscal 2022-23’s budget, which will see the return of double-digit growth in size -- a practice introduced by former finance minister AMA Muhith.

The government yesterday blacklisted 26 printing press companies and rebuked another six for failing to deliver textbooks on time.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged labour leaders not to make any complaint against the country to foreigners.

The country’s cinema hall owners will now get time until December 31 this year to apply for loans from the Tk 1,000 crore refinance scheme formed by Bangladesh Bank.

A college student was allegedly picked up by Rab and released 12 days later yesterday in the capital.

Every year, the budget gets bigger, and like clockwork, gets revised down -- much. But not this year.

The well-marked low over the Southeast Bay and adjoining South Andaman Sea moved slightly north-westward and intensified into a depression.

The Advanced Chemical Industries (ACI) has recently got approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to export its product directly from Bangladesh to the United States of America.