Bangladesh has continued to showcase a weak performance in the open budget rankings among its South Asian peers, reflecting a lack of transparency and accountability in the formulation and implementation of fiscal measures.

Bangladesh must urgently redirect resources within its fragmented social protection system and scale up a handful of proven programmes that directly benefit the poorest, according to a leading economist.

Bangladesh’s approach to budgeting for health and education has come under sharp scrutiny, as decades of allocations have primarily gone towards construction. Meanwhile, the core of these sectors, service delivery, has been historically neglected.

Bangladesh’s upcoming national budget, set to be unveiled by the interim government in June, could mark a rare departure from past fiscal cycles.

In a country weighed down by high inflation, dwindling fiscal space and weak investments, now is not the time for illusions.

431 out of 572 votes cast in the biennial election

PRI, Nymphea Publication launched book titled “Bangladesh 2030: Pathways to shared economic prosperity”

The gas supplier company made Tk 8 crore in Jan–Mar quarter

The leading tobacco producer made Tk 318 crore profit in the January-March quarter

Voting started at 9 am and will continue till 5 pm without any break

The stock markets in Bangladesh rebounded yesterday, recovering from the previous trading day’s sharp decline that was spurred by rising tensions between neighbouring countries India and Pakistan, which had prompted widespread sell-offs across both of the country’s bourses...The DSEX

Premier Bank paid Tk 10 crore to HBM Iqbal, the former chairman of the bank, for office space in one of his buildings that the private commercial lender did not use or rent.

Biman flights from Dhaka to London, Toronto, and Rome are currently taking one to two hours longer than usual because of rerouting amid the tensions between India and Pakistan, officials said.

The power to grant tax exemptions in Bangladesh will shift entirely to the national parliament starting from the next fiscal year, ending a long-standing practice that allowed the finance ministry and the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to offer discretionary waivers.

The government is considering engaging leading global port operators to run the country’s port facilities, aiming to maximise the use of its limited capacity, said Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun, executive chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (Bida).

Bangladesh’s economy might have been slowing since February, mainly because of sluggish expansion in the manufacturing, construction, and services sectors, according to the latest Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) released yesterday.

As part of policy reforms aimed at improving the credibility and accuracy of national statistics, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) has been empowered to publish official data without prior government approval.

Over a sundowner near the Sundarbans, “Nabila Apa” mocked her nephew’s AI-equipped drone for wildlife surveying, insisting her binoculars and field notes were unbeatable. By dusk, the drone had mapped three islands; Nabila Apa was still zooming in on a single kingfisher. Moral of the story: whether tracking tigers or deer, embracing AI beats binoculars every time.

Bangladesh can bring down inflation to 4 percent or 5 percent if the government ensures consistent policy implementation and sustained economic efforts, said Ahsan H Mansur, governor of Bangladesh Bank, yesterday.

The EU is preparing to hit US goods worth nearly 100 billion euros ($113 billion) with tariffs in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s sweeping levies if talks fail, European diplomats told AFP Wednesday.