Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed said that there are several complex issues involved in approving the proposal aimed at strengthening Bangladesh Bank’s (BB) autonomy, and that they will be handled by the elected government.

Elections rarely spark dramatic rallies in Bangladesh’s stock market. The trend has been consistent at least in the last six parliamentary elections. Yet, stakeholders hope this time will be different.

The gap between what Bangladesh buys and sells abroad, known as trade deficit, grew over 18 percent in the first half (H1) of the current fiscal year 2025-26, driven by rising imports and declining export earnings.

Bangladesh will buy $3.5 billion worth of US agricultural products and $15 billion of energy under a broader reciprocal trade agreement with Washington, signed on Monday.

Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran on Monday argued the Trump administration’s policy of trade tariffs has proved more benign than many had feared, in comments that argued that foreigners and their firms are the ones primarily paying for the tax hikes, rather than Americans.

India is in talks with Brazil, Canada, France and the Netherlands over deals to jointly explore, extract, process and recycle critical minerals, sources said, as it broadens its global outreach to secure supplies of key raw materials.

The government’s food grain stock has climbed to its highest level in six years, Food Adviser Ali Imam Majumder said yesterday.

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The association will convene an urgent meeting to determine the next course of action regarding the deal

However, banks will remain open until 4:00pm

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The move is expected to create direct and indirect employment for 5,000 people

The target was 13.5 lakh tonnes, whereas the government holds over 22.1 lakh tonnes in stock

The deal also includes $3.5b worth of agricultural items, Boeing jets from Washington

The newly signed Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Japan will cost Bangladesh less than Tk 20 crore annually in forgone import duties on Japanese goods, while potentially delivering substantial benefits through expanded exports and labour mobility to the world’s fifth-largest economy.

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) plans to take the unprecedented step of directly inspecting properties offered as collateral for loans exceeding Tk 50 crore as Governor Ahsan H Mansur intensifies efforts to root out fraud and restore discipline to the crisis-hit banking sector.

Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves crossed $29 billion for the first time since the central bank began calculating the stock in line with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) method.

The next elected government must continue the ongoing reform agenda in the country’s interest, or risk facing public backlash, Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed warned yesterday.

Bangladesh’s banking sector is facing mounting strains as weak growth, high inflation, and political uncertainty weigh on lenders’ balance sheets, said Moody’s, a leading global credit ratings and research agency.

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) kept its policy rate unchanged at 10 percent yesterday, citing persistent high inflation ahead of the national election this week.