Rejaul Karim Byron

From next fiscal year, development projects will see half their allocations for the year automatically deposited into the accounts without the need for any paperwork as the government looks to enhance utilisation of development funds.

As part of its efforts to address gas crisis in the country, the government is going to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Oman.

The Islamic Development Bank will provide Bangladesh a Tk 1,000 crore loan (€94.75 million) to help the country ensure access to housing finance

The Bangladesh economy is charging towards record growth figure for the second consecutive year, driven by double-digit growth in manufacturing and construction sectors.

In a flurry of moves over the past seven days, the finance ministry and the Bangladesh Bank undid the tight monetary stance

The hard-term loan committee today may approve a $2.6 billion financing for the Padma rail link project, paving the way for the signing of a deal with the Exim Bank of China next month.

The government is planning to raise the development budget for fiscal 2018-19 by about 20 percent, giving emphasis to accelerating the construction works of some flagship infrastructure projects like the Padma bridge, Rooppur power plant, Dhaka metro rail.

The finance ministry plans to set a revenue collection target of Tk 340,000 crore in the next fiscal year, up 18 percent from that in the

Bangladesh is going to sign an agreement with New Delhi under which Dhaka will take Indian nuclear agency's expert service in Rooppur nuclear power plant.

India has requested Bangladesh to take measures to introduce container train services between the two neighbours by this month in

The government is taking elaborate preparations to organise nationwide celebrations to mark the beginning of

The government will sue the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation of the Philippines by April for its role in the

The development budget is unlikely to be revised down this fiscal year despite the knowledge that a big chunk

The government has amended the electoral rules of Grameen Bank for the third time in four years after its previous

A Chinese consortium is set to build a 1,320 megawatt coal based power plant at Mirersarai in Chittagong on a build-own-operate

The government is set to take up a Tk 632 crore project for much-needed upgrade of the insurance regulator with the view to

The Chinese State Council, the highest policymaking body of the East Asian nation, has finally given the go-ahead to the $3.14 billion

Capital-strapped state-run banks could get a chance to charge a huge number of no-frills services they provide to the public.

The government is going to set up a "textile village” on 28 acres of land belonging to Tangail Cotton Mills under Bangladesh Textile

Foreign aid is likely to be cut by Tk 5,000 crore in the current fiscal year's revised budget despite a significant increase in its