Record remittances and recovering foreign-exchange reserves offer a rare cushion, but weakening exports expose vulnerabilities

Within December, non-performing loans also likely to come down, Ahsan H Mansur says at ERF seminar

Alarming findings about abuse, exploitation deserve proper response

Improving our revenue generation will require several measures, both technical and non-technical.

In the wake of a foreign currency crisis in the country three recent steps of the government that drew wide appreciation are the travel restrictions for government officials (Finance Division, May 12), lifting of source declaration requirement for over Tk 5 lakh remittance (Bangladesh Bank, May 23) and imposition of additional duty on 68 various importable items (National Board of Revenue, May 24). While we fashionably go against the government on every possible issue on social media, these three rather attracted profuse praise with the first one, cessation of foreign tours, causing hysteria.