Bangladesh’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate reached 6.94 per cent in FY21 while the per capita income increased to $2,591, reports BSS. The size of the GDP in the last fiscal year... Read more
Bangladesh has received USD 1704.45 million ($1000 million is equal to Tk 1 billion) in remittances in January 2022, which is USD 73.79 million more than December last year, reports UNB. The... Read more
BSS: Amid the ongoing corona pandemic, lawmakers in the Jatiya Sangsad today said Bangladesh has been able to keep its economy upward and now the country remains 41st position economically a... Read more
BSS/AFP: China’s economy expanded at its fastest pace for 10 years in 2021, according to an AFP poll of analysts, but its strong recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic is threatened by Om... Read more
BSS: Bangladesh is expected to be the 24 largest economy of the world by 2030 despite the adverse impacts of Covid-19 pandemic that has taken huge toll on life and livelihood globally. Bangl... Read more
UNB, Dhaka: The International Development Association (IDA), a concern of the World Bank, will extend USD $ 295 million Scale Up Facility (SUF) loan to Bangladesh for enhancing digital gover... Read more
BSS: Although coronavirus hit every country in the world, Bangladesh sent 6,17,209 workers overseas and received a record $ 22,070.87 million as remittance in 2021. “The trend of overseas em... Read more
UNB, Dhaka: The Economic Relations Division (ERD) will organize an event tomorrow at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the capital to celebrate Bangladesh’s gra... Read more
BSS, Dhaka: Country’s two leading economists and a business community leader today observed that Bangladesh’s economy has been able to rebound quickly in the outgoing year 2021 from th... Read more
This would represent an 18-place gain in the rankings in the next 14 years UNB: The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) has predicted that Bangladesh is set to take the crown f... Read more
BSS/AFP: The World Economic Forum (WEF) said Monday it “will defer its annual meeting in Davos… in the light of continued uncertainty over the Omicron” variant of coronavir... Read more
BSS, Dhaka: A seminar on “Economic Collaboration between Bangladesh and Japan: Public and Private Sector Investment” was held on Wednesday. The seminar was organized jointly by D... Read more
BSS: Expatriate Bangladeshis sent around US$ 1,553.70 million remittances during the month of November in the fiscal 2021-22. From July to November of the current 2021-22 fiscal year, the to... Read more
UNB: Bangladeshis working abroad are expected to send huge money back home over the next three fiscal years helping the country’s foreign currency reserve to hit USD 53.99 billion by the mid... Read more
Poverty rate remains at 20.5% BSS: The size of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the last fiscal year (FY21) stood at Tk34,84,000 crore at current prices as per the new base year of 2015-1... Read more
Bangladesh seeks support for its candidature at IMO, Humans Right Council UNB, Dhaka: Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Madagascar Ratsimandao Tahirimiakadaza has proposed that both... Read more
BSS: Bangladesh will receive $250 million from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to implement a government programme for the country’s sustainable economic recovery from Covid-... Read more
An introductory course of economics provides, reminds us of a valuable lesson: all of us can play a significant role towards a more sustainable, fair, and just world. Ultimately, our decisio... Read more
BBC, London: Afghanistan’s economic woes could fuel a refugee crisis impacting neighbouring countries, Turkey and Europe, the International Monetary Fund has said. The economy will con... Read more
Rafiqul Islam Azad, Dhaka: Bangladesh’s leading economists, analysts and researchers have put emphasis on charting a national strategy for the country’s smooth graduation from the Least Deve... Read more