Fewer than 3 percent of manufacturing units in Bangladesh use computers or information technology (IT) in their production work, according to the latest Economic Census 2024.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is on course to miss its annual revenue target for the current fiscal year, extending its run of shortfalls to a tenth straight year.

Private sector credit growth fell to 4.72 percent -- a record low -- in March, marking another month of slowdown.

The government is likely to reintroduce a provision allowing the legalisation of undisclosed income through investment in selected sectors in the national budget for the next fiscal year.

Major banking scandals, market manipulation, and financial misreporting have created severe capital shortages in banks and the private sector, Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said yesterday.

Impaired banking intermediation has become a central part of the problem

Md Mizanur Rashid’s promotion to HR director was cancelled amid internal criticism; sources say ACC is still probing earlier allegations over software procurement

The factory will manufacture a wide range of outdoor products, including tents, canopies, backpacks, duffel bags, sleeping bags, tarpaulins, waterproof dry bags, inflatable pillows and mattresses, mosquito nets, carpets, mats, folding chairs, and storage baskets

Shilpi Jha, senior commercial specialist and IP policy advisor for South Asia at the US embassy in New Delhi, attends AmCham roundtable

Riders in the city can now book rides through the Uber app

The finance minister said economic management and related institutions in Bangladesh have grown increasingly ineffective

Some of the major proposed changes relate to independent directors

BB warns treasury heads as forward bookings surge

Finance minister says

Finds new study on 2035 EU due diligence rules

The German Business Council (GBC) has recently hosted a business networking dinner at The Westin Dhaka.

The Russia-Ukraine war and the US-Israeli war on Iran, along with the depreciation of the taka, have sharply raised production costs for Bangladeshi farmers, a prominent economist said yesterday, calling for agricultural subsidies to be more than doubled in the upcoming budget.

Bangladesh Bank has introduced new rules for cashing out money from card-based mobile financial service (MFS) accounts, aiming to strengthen verification and transaction security.

British American Tobacco Bangladesh recorded a 14 percent year-on-year decline in domestic cigarette sales volume in the first quarter of FY2025-26, as tax-driven affordability pressures, downtrading, and competition from illicit cigarettes weighed on sales, according to an earnings update by BRAC EPL Stock Brokerage Ltd.

Despite inflationary pressures, consumer spending during Eid-ul-Azha is holding up, driven by resilience and a retail market that continues to mature.