The interim government is likely to impose a 10 percent supplementary duty on over-the-top (OTT) platform services in the upcoming budget for the fiscal year 2025-26 — a move that is expected to raise consumer costs and increase spending on paid streaming services.

Chinese investors have shown interest in strategic sectors in Bangladesh — including textiles, renewable energy, electronics, and agribusiness — signalling a new phase of bilateral investment cooperation, according to the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (Bida)..The interest was

Bangladesh and South Korea are expected to sign an economic partnership agreement (EPA) at the end of this year, said Commerce Secretary Mahbubur Rahman yesterday..The first round of talks will start at the end of July in Dhaka and around six to seven rounds of negotiations will take place

Investors have been grappling with uncertainty over the absence of meaningful discussion between political players and the interim government about the country’s future fiscal direction, said Debapriya Bhattacharya, a distinguished fellow at the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).

Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed will lead the panel

The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (Bida) is set to host the China-Bangladesh Conference on Investment and Trade on June 1 as part of efforts to attract foreign investment.

The interim government is going to place the proposed budget for fiscal year 2025–26 on June 2.

Readymade garment factories enlisted under the Better Work Bangladesh (BWB) programme undergo fewer social audits compared to non-BWB units, resulting in significant savings in both time and costs..Babylon Group, which operates four garment factories, both knit and woven, previously faced

The country paid $3.5 billion in debt during the July-April period of FY25

Starlink is steadily consolidating its presence in Bangladesh through a series of partnership agreements with local companies, with deals spanning ground station development, colocation and data centre services, core site hosting, transmission, and international internet gateway (IIG) facilities.

Youth unemployment in Bangladesh will continue to be high -- more than double the national unemployment rate -- with university graduates being the hardest hit, according to the World Employment and Social Outlook (WESO) report released yesterday by the International Labour Organization (ILO).

The CPD distinguished fellow also questions transparency in policy formulation

The banking sector alone cannot provide the billions of taka required as investments to reap all the pharmaceutical sector’s potentials, for which a financing mix of equity, foreign direct investment, bonds, sukuk, and others is necessary, suggested analysts..They were addressing an event

The decision came from the BSEC today

With the move, the company expects its free-float share to rise to 10.28%

The fee was reduced to Tk 450 from Tk 500 in 2016

The fee was reduced to Tk 450 from Tk 500 in 2016

Evidence-based policymaking and timely impact evaluations are essential to ensure development efforts lead to real progress, Nobel laureate economist Abhijit Banerjee said yesterday..“Evidence is not costly. Relative to the scale of many government programmes, it's actually quite cheap,” s

The interim government is undertaking reforms to create broad space for the economy to take off, which would take the share market to a new height, said Shafiqul Alam, press secretary to the chief adviser.

Atlas Bangladesh Ltd (ABL) has partnered with Chinese electric vehicle maker Zhejiang Luyuan Electric Vehicle Company Ltd to assemble and manufacture electric scooters and bikes under the former's brand name, Atlas EV.