A fresh national economic census is set to begin this week after more than a decade, promising to provide an updated picture of economic activities in the country.

Bangladesh has long been hungry for foreign direct investments (FDI) but that has also been coupled with the outflow of funds through local companies seeking to generate business abroad.

Education and Planning Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud said Bangladesh has no option to defer its graduation from the least developed country (LDC) club.

Step away from moves to privatise NCT, CCT

Prof Sobhan made these remarks during a public lecture at the four-day annual conference organised by the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) at Hotel Lakeshore in Gulshan today

The development came four days after the CIC blocked withdrawals and transfers from the accounts

The adviser shared his “opinion” at a conference in Dhaka today while responding to a question on when Bangladesh might achieve a developed country status.

Planning and Education Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud inaugurated the conference

Inflation refuses to budge. Part of the reason may be honest disclosure of what the data is saying.

The Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) has finally taken steps for the disposal of two of its oldest oil tankers, which, according to experts, had become unfit by 2015.

Radiant Pharmaceuticals Limited (RPL), one of the top healthcare solution providers in Bangladesh, is set to buy a majority stake in Novartis Bangladesh Limited (NBL).

They are: IBBL, FSIBL, SIBL, Union, Global Islami, Bangladesh Commerce

The interim government has reduced taxes and duties on soybean and palm oil to lower prices amid high inflation but this has not helped raise imports. Instead, there is a shortage of bottled edible oil in the markets.

The former Awami League government had manufactured a development narrative for Bangladesh by inflating economic growth data by an average of 3.5 percentage points a year, Debapriya Bhattacharya, head of the panel that prepared a white paper on the state of the economy, said yesterday.

Sonali Bank has decided to sell the assets of Alltex Industries through auction in a bid to recover unpaid loans of the listed textile producer.

Janata Bank is set to auction the mortgaged assets of Simran Composite Ltd

Despite being the world’s most famous cryptocurrency, Bitcoin -- whose value on Thursday passed $100,000 for the first time -- has always been surrounded by mystery and controversy.

South Asia relies heavily on professional accountants for governance, financial transparency, and regulatory compliance and yet the availability of these experts is scarce.

Retailers of branded apparel, shoes and cosmetics in Bangladesh got a fairly good response from customers upon offering discounts and cashback on Black Friday amid high inflationary pressure and political uncertainty in the country.

Bitcoin broke $100,000 for the first time Thursday as traders cheered Donald Trump’s decision to pick a crypto fan to head the US securities regulator, reinforcing optimism the new president will push through measures to deregulate the sector.