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Govt's overall borrowing soars Tk 50.10b in Q1

Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- The government's overall debt stock stood at Tk 21.49 trillion at the end of the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal year, up by less than 1.0 per cent from June 2025, according ... Read More


Taka appreciates with trade implications

Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- Bangladesh's exports are set to lose competitiveness to foreign buyers while imports getting cheaper as the local currency appears increasingly overvalued in the foreign-exchange bas... Read More


Agent banking expansion slows down amid regulatory intervention

Dhaka, Jan. 21 -- Agent banking has woven one of Bangladesh's quiet financial success stories. The pivot aims at extending high-street banking services to underserved, mostly women and geographically ... Read More


FY26 Jul-Nov current account deficit widens

Dhaka, Jan. 14 -- Bangladesh's current-account deficit widened in the first five months of the fiscal year ending November last as sluggish export growth combined with a pick-up in imports, though the... Read More


Proposed 'Insurance Resolution Ordinance' awaits MoF review

Dhaka, Jan. 9 -- The insurance regulator-IDRA--has submitted its much-hyped draft ordinance to the Ministry of Finance, seeking sweeping new powers to intervene in the governance of troubled insurers.... Read More


Lack of food irradiation facilities fuels onion price swings

Dhaka, Jan. 4 -- Every winter, Bangladesh produces a surplus of onions, causing prices to fall sharply to around Tk 60 per kilogramme, forcing farmers to sell below cost while large quantities rot in ... Read More


Taka devaluation decelerates for policy buttress against dive

Dhaka, Jan. 3 -- Local-currency taka depreciated marginally in the just-past calendar year as policy buttress and steady dollar flow deterred steep devaluation suffered in 2024, sources say. This is ... Read More


Uncertainty in politics undermines economic rebound

Dhaka, Jan. 1 -- A mixed economic picture comes clear in the yearbook 2025 with Bangladesh having witnessed its external accounts fairly strengthened while stubborn inflation, weak private investment ... Read More


New Year brings no unmixed blessing

Dhaka, Jan. 1 -- Bangladesh joins the world in hailing 2026 with cautious expectations of a socioeconomic resurgence, as 2025 draws to a close amid historic political developments and unresolved econo... Read More


Growing digital adoption drives up internet banking

Dhaka, Dec. 30 -- Internet-banking transactions surged by more than 39.0 per cent to Tk 1.29 trillion during the first four months of the current fiscal year, signifying a steady shift away from chequ... Read More