The US central bank is widely expected to keep interest rates unchanged at its policy meeting next week, as energy prices stay high and supply chains snarled due to war in the Middle East.

There are serious lapses in policies aimed at expanding the tax net, resulting in persistently low revenue collection and a weak tax-GDP ratio over many years.

The Barapukuria coal mine yard in Dinajpur is now storing more than twice its designed capacity, with stocks continuing to rise and raising concerns over fire hazards, possible heap collapse and declining coal quality.

Dominage Steel Building Systems (DSBSL) has decided to sell 30 percent of its shares to a buyer group led by Akij Resources.

Garment exporters yesterday urged the government to cut the source tax from 1 percent to between 0.5 and 0.65 percent, citing ongoing difficulties caused by domestic challenges and external pressures.

Beza chief sets 180-day roadmap to break deadlock

The government’s development expenditure has fallen to its lowest level in at least five years in the first nine months of the current fiscal year 2025-26 (FY26).

Bangladesh will not be able to realise its ambition of becoming a trillion-dollar economy by 2034 unless it revives investment, foreign investors and development partners said yesterday.

Google is planning to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic, the artificial intelligence firm confirmed Friday, expanding a long-standing alliance between the two companies.

Despite steady economic growth, Bangladesh’s tax system continues to underperform, with average annual revenue shortfalls reaching nearly Tk 59,000 crore over the past five years, according to the Policy Research Institute (PRI) of Bangladesh.

The winning team will represent Bangladesh at the global finale in Hong Kong

Hasan Tarek Khan, a director at the Financial Institutions and Markets Department, has been temporarily assigned as the administrator

The main objective of the minimum tax is to ensure that no taxpayer is left out of the tax net

The week was also marked by a revenue collection shortfall heading into the fiscal year-end

Upon receiving BSEC clearance, a new board of directors will assume management and operations of DSBSL

The Bank Resolution Act-2026, passed with new provisions added overnight, is effectively rehabilitating bank looters and putting the entire banking sector at risk, economic experts, academics, and activists said yesterday.

Three years after launch and with 99 percent of its budget unspent, a nearly Tk 1,700 crore customs modernisation project is set to be presented to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) today with a proposal to extend its deadline and raise costs by nearly 40 percent.

Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has pledged to avoid printing money to fund the government’s deficit and warned that creating “high-powered money” would trigger an inflationary spiral as the administration attempts to steer an economy battered by political cronyism and global shocks.

BRAC Bank PLC recently organised a remittance awareness conference in Bogura, reaffirming its commitment to raising public awareness about sending remittances through formal banking channels.

Dhaka Bank PLC has promoted SM Abdullah H Kafi to the post of deputy managing director (DMD).