The new BNP government, led by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, took office on February 17, 2026. It inherited a fragile and unstable economy.

An alliance representing more than 12,000 depositors of six distressed non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) has urged the Bangladesh Bank (BB) to take immediate steps to facilitate the return of their long-frozen funds.

ADB forecasts

Global shortages of raw materials, rising input and freight costs, currency depreciation against the US dollar, and increased fuel prices drove up production and distribution expenses

The Manila-based lender downgrades growth projection for Asia and Pacific, including South Asia

Increasing non-food costs, including fuel, are to blame

"And meanwhile, really think about opportunities to upgrade,” Park said

As the regulator of banks and NBFIs, the central bank bears the highest responsibility to safeguard public deposits, the alliance said

Declining domestic gas output means Bangladesh must rely increasingly on imported liquefied natural gas

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has revised its prudential regulations on consumer financing, raising the ceiling for auto and personal loans and introducing incentives to promote electric and hybrid vehicles.

Bangladesh earlier sought $1 billion from the Manila-based lender to shield its economy from global shocks triggered by the US-Israel war on Iran

Two failed tenders test fertiliser sourcing as regular Gulf suppliers hold back shipments

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has fined four firms and several of their officials Tk 1.09 crore for securities law violations and fraud in the stock market.

Global technology leader Wärtsilä Corporation, Finland, has appointed Mostafa Zahed Hossain as managing director (MD) of Wärtsilä Bangladesh, effective from May 1 this year.

Retailers in Bangladesh have urged the government to allow shops and malls to stay open from 1pm to 10pm, saying the current 7pm closure order is hurting business ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.

Somewhere in Dhaka, a diplomat wakes up to a familiar routine. Briefings. Reports. Summaries. Meetings. What he does not see is what has already changed overnight.

Says Akiko Okumura, executive vice-president of Jetro

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has instructed all scheduled banks to ensure an adequate flow of working capital loans to rawhide traders ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, aiming to support the country’s leather sector and prevent wastage of a key export-oriented resource.

Money launderers, scammers and wilful defaulters will not be eligible for a Tk 20,000 crore refinance fund being prepared by the central bank to restart fully or partially closed factories, according to Bangladesh Bank (BB) officials.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) expects that there will be a “significant growth in demand” from the private sector for its investment services in Bangladesh, a senior official said.