Consumer inflation in the United States hit a three-year high in April, with the economic fallout of US President Donald Trump’s Iran war rippling through the world’s largest economy.

Agents handled Tk 8,959.8cr in inward remittances in Jan-Mar

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has fined the chairman, directors and several officials of Fortune Shoes Limited a total of Tk 7.2 crore for failing to distribute declared dividends.

The directive, issued with the approval of the competent authority, takes immediate effect

Bangladesh’s pharmaceutical industry could face major challenges after graduation from least developed country (LDC) status due to weak research capacity, reliance on imported raw materials, and the possible loss of patent waivers, which could raise medicine prices, according to experts.

The revenue authority plans to gradually develop a mechanism to assess assets at actual market value

Retailers compete for share of supermarket sector growing about 20% annually as demand shifts from wet markets to organised retail

Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook on Bangladesh to “negative” from “stable”, citing rising external financing pressures and macroeconomic vulnerabilities linked to exposure to the Middle East conflict.

The GSMA, a global association of mobile operators, has urged Bangladesh’s National Board of Revenue (NBR) to withdraw the 7.5 percent VAT imposed on spectrum payments and abolish SIM-related taxes in its proposals for the upcoming FY2026-27 national budget.

The government yesterday fixed the price of rawhide to be generated during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, with the price of salted cowhide in Dhaka increased by Tk 2 per square foot (sqft) from last year.

European Union imports of Russian liquefied natural gas hit their highest level in the first quarter since Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, according to research published Wednesday.

Bangladesh Bank has reduced the maximum penal interest rate on overdue loans and loan instalments to 0.5 percent from 1.5 percent to support investment and boost productivity amid ongoing global economic challenges.

Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, in April, told parliament that the next two years would be difficult and that many measures might not be popular. The FY27 arithmetic is familiar: Tk 9.30 lakh crore in spending against a Tk 2.35 lakh crore deficit, an NBR shortfall nearing Tk 98,000 crore, a 6.8 percent tax-to-GDP ratio and rising borrowing on a debt path that tightens FY28 and FY29.

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has imposed new restrictions on its officials’ participation in training, seminars, symposiums, and workshops organised or funded by banks, financial institutions, and other entities

Agent banking outlets handled Tk 8,959.8 crore in inward remittances in the January-March period of 2026

Bangladesh Bank has decided in principle to liquidate five troubled non-bank financial institutions from July, marking one of the biggest regulatory actions in the sector’s history

Fitch Ratings has revised the outlook on Bangladesh's long-term issuer default ratings (IDRs) to 'Negative' from 'Stable', while affirming the IDRs at 'B+' due to macroeconomic vulnerabilities stemming from significant exposure to the conflict in the Middle East

The rate is Tk 2 higher than the previous year

Plans are progressing to merge investment authorities into a single umbrella body to streamline the investment ecosystem

Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury directed authorities to work towards bringing at least one member from each of the country’s nearly 4 crore families under the Universal Pension Scheme (UPS) by 2030.