The interim government is going to ask ministries to accelerate the implementation of ongoing development projects, Planning Adviser Prof Wahiduddin Mahmud said, as he believes this would help avert a further economic slowdown.

The anti-money laundering agency also sought details of accounts belonging to Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul, editor-in-chief of TV Today, Abdul Gaffar Khan, chief in editor of Dainik Amar Somoy, and Chowdhury Jafarullah Sharafat, acting editor of Dainik Bangla.

Medicine prices will not rise because of Bangladesh’s graduation from the group of least developing countries (LDCs) to a developing nation in 2026, but structural challenges in the health sector and rising energy costs may have an impact, a study found.

Price shocks in coal, oil, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) have profound effects on inflation, exchange rates, and reserves, according to new studies of the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (Sanem).

Bangladeshis spend around $4 billion abroad every year for healthcare, according to Malik Talha Ismail Bari, senior vice president of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI).

Asia forms the backbone of the world economy, powering vital supply chains from electronics hubs in Taiwan and South Korea to garment factories in Bangladesh.

With temperatures around Bangladesh dropping ahead of winter, hotels, restaurants and tourist attractions around Cox’s Bazar are being crowded by visitors.

The interim government is taking steps to ensure that prices of essential food commodities are within tolerable levels during upcoming Ramadan, said Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin yesterday.

Navana Pharmaceuticals’ profit grew in the first quarter of the current financial year thanks to strong sales.

The letter and Saiful Alam’s threat to pursue international arbitration mark his most serious pushback yet against Bangladesh’s interim government.

In July last year, the price of gold crossed the Tk 1 lakh mark for the first time in Bangladesh.

The revenue board believes the VAT exemption will keep edible oil prices at a bearable level.

In October this year, inflation hit a three-month high of 10.87 percent

Awami League-affiliated businesses had already put the country’s banking sector in trouble with huge bad debts, but the loans disbursed through irregularities to these companies turned sour even at a more alarming pace after the party’s ouster.

The deadline for individual taxpayers to file their tax returns has been extended by a month by the National Board of Revenue (NBR).

The interim government is working to restart sugar production at six state-run mills that were shut down during the previous regime, according to Industries Adviser Adilur Rahman Khan.

When two related entities enter a cross-border transaction, the price at which they undertake the transaction is the “transfer price.” Due to the special relationship between related entities, the transfer price may be different than the price that would have been agreed upon by unrelated parties. The price between unrelated parties in an uncontrolled condition is known as the “arm’s length price” (ALP).

Businesses are losing interest in transporting containerised cargo to and from Chattogram port via Pangaon Inland Container Terminal (ICT) on the Buriganga river in the capital’s Keraniganj thanks to its high inland water transport costs, lengthy customs clearance and other obstacles.

The government should increase its engagement with the country’s private sector in making policies and decisions amid ongoing reforms, according to prominent business leaders, who cited major challenges such as high inflation, rising interest rates and slowing demand and investment that are now plaguing private businesses.

Most of the cargo that arrived from Karachi contained industrial raw materials, including soda ash, dolomite, limestone, chemicals, onion, fabrics and potatoes