Bangladesh’s economy is showing signs of stabilisation, yet risks and uncertainties remain, and long-term challenges require urgent attention, Planning Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud has cautioned.

Bangladesh received reduced foreign loans in the first half of the current fiscal year (FY) 2025-26 as the execution of foreign-funded projects under the Annual Development Programme (ADP) fell to its lowest level in at least five years.

From underwater drones exploring the ocean depths to Mars rovers navigating simulated alien terrain, Bangladeshi youth are quietly but confidently reshaping the nation’s technological landscape.

Tax reform panel also calls for dropping the excise duty on bank deposits

Bangladesh received reduced foreign loans in the first half of the current fiscal year

The Association of Bankers, Bangladesh proposed a series of reforms to curb bad loans

National carrier will operate twice-weekly nonstop flights

The planning adviser spoke at an ERF seminar

The adviser said that industry owners take loans from banks but often fail to repay them, while farmers struggle to access credit

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Hybrid-electric vehicles dethroned purely petrol-powered cars as the top power option among consumers in Europe last year, data showed Tuesday.

Chinese company Huazhu Accessories Co Ltd signed an agreement with the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (Bepza) to set up an accessories manufacturing factory at the Bepza Economic Zone in Mirsharai, Chattogram.

Bangladesh’s jute millers have warned of a countrywide shutdown from February 1 if the government fails to resolve an acute shortage of raw jute, which they say has already disrupted production and forced several mills to close.

As Bangladesh looks toward its next government, fiscal policy will be central to the economic debate. Rising development needs, climate vulnerability, and higher debt-servicing costs make stronger domestic revenue mobilisation unavoidable. Yet the real question is not whether Bangladesh needs more revenue, but how it can raise it without undermining private investment, growth, and jobs.

The United States may announce a reduction in the reciprocal tariffs imposed on Bangladesh by the end of this week or early next week, Lutfey Siddiqi, special envoy on international affairs to the chief adviser, said yesterday.

Banking is no longer limited to brick-and-mortar branches. People are banking remotely using the internet more and more. Of late, mobile applications have come up as a new and inviting option, and a growing number of customers are using apps for banking in Bangladesh.

Spinning mills will remain closed from February 1 if the government does not withdraw the duty-free import of yarn, a move aimed at protecting the local spinning sector.

Six non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) out of 35 are set to be liquidated finally due to poor financial health, after the Bangladesh Bank (BB) board approved the move yesterday.

Sales growth of prescribed medicines has slowed to single digits, ending the double-digit expansion the pharmaceutical market enjoyed for years before the pandemic, as rising production costs and currency depreciation collide with prolonged inflation.

The interim government’s proposed new pay scale for public servants could intensify inflationary pressures and strain the banking system, Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Ahsan H Mansur said yesterday.