Dhaka July 30, 2025, 5:15 pm
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal expressed his gratitude to the expatriates for their role in keeping the country's economy afloat as it continues to grapple with the pandemic
Since Bangladesh's economy is ravaged by the virus and the government had announced a big stimulus package for economic recovery, it needs external budgetary support
Between January and July, Bangladeshis in the US remitted about $1.65 billion in remittances, while about $1.42 billion came from the UAE
If the various economic indicators continue to fare better, then the revenue collection will increase
Labour migration to get top priority
Meeting with lenders today amid poor fund disbursement from stimulus packages, especially for CMSMEs
Many of Bangladesh’s South Asian peers and other countries around the world are in negative growth or lower growth than projections
Undisclosed money holders have to show their undeclared cash by June 30, 2021
WB set to provide $150m
Covid-19 hits manufacturing hard
The Bangladeshi migrant workers sent US$ 2.59 billion remittance in July, which is a record for a single month and much higher than that of US$ 1.83 billion in June last
Govt's stimulus to save agriculture sector from coronavirus-inflicted damage
VAT wing faces the biggest blow
The disbursed amount is just 7.50 percent of total Tk 200 billion financial support meant for small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
Japan has been the single largest bilateral donor for Bangladesh since 2012, and the total amount of its aid as Yen Loan has reached $22 billion
Investment-GDP ratio stood at 31.75 percent in FY20 which was 31.57 percent in FY19
The size of the GDP stood past Tk 27.96 trillion while per capita GNI surged to $2,064 from $1,909 the previous fiscal year
Mannan meets top bureaucrats Wednesday
With less than five months away, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has yet to make any significant step to take over the system from the company
Among the projects, ERD has completed negotiations in 6 projects with the World Bank. It has also received approval of the World Bank board meeting in this regard
