Net FDI inflows stood at $1.27 billion in 2024

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has temporarily loosened the rules so commercial banks can lend more to big borrowers, treat trade guarantees more lightly, and adjust large loan limits based on how healthy their loan books are.

The government has raised Tk 42,400 crore through sukuk, a shariah-compliant investment instrument akin to bonds, since its launch in December 2020.

The government wants to end hasty spending on development projects in June every year, which Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir, finance and planning adviser to the prime minister, termed the "June syndrome".

Jiji launched in Bangladesh in March 2025

The directive came from a meeting of the Tripartite Consultative Council

The second Bangladesh-China Green Textile Expo 2026 begins today

Bangladesh’s net foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows rose 39.36 percent year-on-year to $1.77 billion in 2025, according to a press release issued by the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority today

European Union imports of Russian liquefied natural gas hit their highest level in the first quarter since Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, according to research published Wednesday.

Bangladesh Bank has reduced the maximum penal interest rate on overdue loans and loan instalments to 0.5 percent from 1.5 percent to support investment and boost productivity amid ongoing global economic challenges.

Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, in April, told parliament that the next two years would be difficult and that many measures might not be popular. The FY27 arithmetic is familiar: Tk 9.30 lakh crore in spending against a Tk 2.35 lakh crore deficit, an NBR shortfall nearing Tk 98,000 crore, a 6.8 percent tax-to-GDP ratio and rising borrowing on a debt path that tightens FY28 and FY29.

Consumer inflation in the United States hit a three-year high in April, with the economic fallout of US President Donald Trump’s Iran war rippling through the world’s largest economy.

Agents handled Tk 8,959.8cr in inward remittances in Jan-Mar

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has fined the chairman, directors and several officials of Fortune Shoes Limited a total of Tk 7.2 crore for failing to distribute declared dividends.

The directive, issued with the approval of the competent authority, takes immediate effect

Bangladesh’s pharmaceutical industry could face major challenges after graduation from least developed country (LDC) status due to weak research capacity, reliance on imported raw materials, and the possible loss of patent waivers, which could raise medicine prices, according to experts.

The revenue authority plans to gradually develop a mechanism to assess assets at actual market value

Retailers compete for share of supermarket sector growing about 20% annually as demand shifts from wet markets to organised retail

Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook on Bangladesh to “negative” from “stable”, citing rising external financing pressures and macroeconomic vulnerabilities linked to exposure to the Middle East conflict.

The GSMA, a global association of mobile operators, has urged Bangladesh’s National Board of Revenue (NBR) to withdraw the 7.5 percent VAT imposed on spectrum payments and abolish SIM-related taxes in its proposals for the upcoming FY2026-27 national budget.