The traditional post-budget dinner following the passage of the national budget was cancelled this year on the instructions of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman as part of the government’s austerity drive […]
Bangladesh’s foreign currency reserves have risen above $32 billion, extending a steady recovery driven by robust remittance inflows. At the close of business on Monday, reserves stood at $32.47 billion […]
The Jatiya Sangsad on Tuesday passed a Tk 9.38 lakh crore national budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year, approving the first full-year budget of the BNP government. The budget will […]
The government has made A-Challan mandatory for depositing all public revenues and other government receipts from July 1, 2026, aiming to bring every receipt into the Treasury Single Account in […]
The government has raised the tax-free income threshold for individual taxpayers to Tk 400,000 for the next tax year, providing additional relief to millions of salaried and middle-income earners amid […]
Bangladesh received a record US$35.34 billion in remittances during the 2025-26 fiscal year, marking a 17.6 percent year-on-year increase as inflows through formal banking channels continued to strengthen, according to […]
Environment experts, policymakers and civil society representatives on Monday called for a fundamental shift in Bangladesh’s national budget, urging the government to place environmental sustainability at the heart of development […]
Bangladesh Bank Governor Md Mostaqur Rahman on Monday underscored the need for a stronger and more dynamic capital market to drive long-term economic growth, saying a deeper stock market is […]
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus on Monday called on universities to make social business an integral part of education, research and innovation, saying higher education institutions must play […]
The Jatiya Sangsad (JS) on Monday passed the Finance Bill, 2026 with a series of significant amendments, including raising the income tax-free threshold for individual taxpayers, withdrawing a controversial investment […]