Favourable weather, higher acreage boost Aman outlook
Farmers and agriculturists said repeated floods and unfavourable weather affected Aman season paddy last year
20 October 2025, 18:54 PM
World Food Day / Nutrition becomes luxury for the poor amid high prices
The long queues at OMS trucks depict a harsh reality as Bangladesh continues to struggle with high inflation
15 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Analysis / Why is Bangladesh’s inflation highest in South Asia?
Bangladesh Bank has hiked the policy rate on 11 occasions since May 2022
4 October 2025, 14:51 PM
As bond yields fall, will lending rate decline?
Bangladesh Bank has been maintaining a contractionary monetary policy stance for nearly two years to bring down inflation
2 October 2025, 14:40 PM
Treasury yields sink, raising hopes for rate cuts
The yield on 10-year bond dropped below 10%
17 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Shrinking cropped area raises food security concerns
Bangladesh’s net cropped area, the total land sown with crops during a particular agricultural year, has been declining over the past few years, raising concerns among agricultural officials and experts about food security for the growing population.
13 September 2025, 19:02 PM
Govt restricts raw jute export, sparking debate
New export conditions on raw jute to support domestic market
9 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Uncertainty continues to weigh on private credit growth
Sluggish investment demand stalls private credit growth in Bangladesh
8 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Curb on Middle Eastern flights hits fresh vegetable exports
Exports of fresh produce from Bangladesh have been hit in the wake of flight restrictions imposed by several Middle Eastern countries to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, exporters said yesterday.
16 March 2020, 18:00 PM
2 govt wings discouraging onion import to protect local farmers
With Indian onion starting to reenter Bangladesh after a six-month export ban, two government wings are up for discouraging the arrival of the tuber to protect local growers from price slumps amidst ongoing harvests.
15 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Coronavirus sends chills down bus operators’ spine
Bus operators are bracing for bumpy roads ahead in the wake of India’s ban on entry of foreign nationals until April 15 and people avoiding travel within the country over apprehensions centring the coronavirus outbreak.
12 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Tk 100cr subsidy earmarked for farm machinery
The government is putting its best foot forward to help farmers buy agricultural machinery with subsidy ahead of the next boro season so that the growers can bring down their production costs, said officials of the agriculture ministry.
12 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Farmers can now fire up a mobile app to sell paddy to govt
Technology can change the world, it is often said. And the lives of the country’s 1.5 crore farm families, who are often shorn of fair prices, are about to change with the government move to purchase paddy from them by way of a mobile application.
11 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Govt’s aman purchase hits a record
The food procurement office, for the first time since 1996, has bought the highest amount of aman paddy and achieved its target of buying six lakh tonnes of the grain grown in the monsoon.
10 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Multi-brand store concept lifting up female entrepreneurs
It has been more than two months since Evana Nasrin has opened an outlet named Mokam in a shopping centre in Dhanmondi.
7 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Interest rate caps poised to shrink NBR’s collections
The state coffer’s receipts from the banking sector, which accounts for about one-third of the National Board of Revenue’s Large Taxpayers Unit’s collections, are likely fall in the wake of interest rate caps on loans and deposits, said taxmen and bankers.
7 March 2020, 18:00 PM
India finally lifts onion export ban
India finally issued a notification yesterday announcing the lifting of a five-month-old ban on onion export with effect from March 15.
2 March 2020, 18:00 PM
ACI swims against the tide, enters shrimp export market
ACI Agrolink, a subsidiary of Advanced Chemical Industries (ACI), has set foot in shrimp processing to make a breakthrough in the global seafood market and take the sector out of troubled waters.
1 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Declining onion prices a double-edged sword
Onion prices have slumped amid increasing supply and fears of flooding of the bulb after India decided to lift the ban on export -- a development that has provided relief to consumers but raised concerns for farmers.
29 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Social media giants can get VAT registration soon
The National Board of Revenue plans to allow global social media giants to secure direct VAT registration without opening local offices as part of its move to bring them under the tax network.
27 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Imports from China tumble 21pc for coronavirus
Imports from China slumped 21 per cent year-on-year in volume in the one and a half months to February 15 amid supply disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, official data showed.
24 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Wealthy turned to post office accounts after savings certificate rules shut them out
A section of well-off people have apparently made a mad dash for post office accounts right after the government tightened rules on investment in high interest-bearing national savings certificates.
23 February 2020, 18:00 PM
A congested Dhaka driving cycle sales
Bicycle has been the preferred mode of transport for Kazi Rokibul Haque for a good few years now.
23 February 2020, 18:00 PM
No end to GP and NBR’s disputes
Grameenphone has been refraining from paying value-added tax (VAT) on rentals of Bangladesh Railways’ optical fibre since March 2018 as it is not being furnished with invoice by the revenue administration as stipulated by the laws.
18 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Postal deposit rate cuts: A blow to low-income groups
The sudden cut in interest rates on postal savings came as a bolt from the blue for many small depositors who depend largely on the interest incomes to make ends meet.
17 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Soaring post office deposits to come crashing down
Savings accounts in post offices saw soaring deposits in recent years thanks to high interest rates offered by the government to tempt people in the suburbs and rural areas to use formal channels for parking their funds.
16 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Onion acreage blows up to a new high
Onion acreage has gone skyward this season as farmers have raised their game buoyed by high prices that resulted from a supply crunch brought on by a curb on exports of the key cooking ingredient by India, the country’s main source.
16 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Revenue shortfall can’t stop stretching
Revenue shortfall against the target, which is a common occurrence nowadays, is getting wider as the fiscal year nears its end, much to the concern for the government that has already ramped up its borrowing from the banking sector.
11 February 2020, 18:00 PM