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Morning Newsflash Monday, 15 December, 2025

Project aid in the FY26 RADP is likely to fall by BDT 140bn (USD 1.1bn) to BDT 720bn (USD 5.9bn), a 16.3pc reduction from the original allocation, due to weak implementation of foreign-funded projects

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Morning Newsflash Sunday, 14 December, 2025

Despite a decade of economic growth, wealth inequality in Bangladesh remains severe and largely unchanged, with the richest 1% of the population controlling almost a quarter (24%) of the nation's total wealth, according to "World Inequality Report 2026",

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Morning Newsflash Thursday, 11 December, 2025

ADB cut Bangladesh’s FY26 growth forecast to 4.7pc from 5pc due to weak exports, 0.62pc export growth in July to November, and investment uncertainty ahead of February elections

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Morning Newsflash Wednesday,10 December, 2025

External debt repayments by both the public and private sectors in Bangladesh have increased far more sharply than in any other South Asian country over the past 15 years, even though the country's export earnings have not kept pace

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Morning Newsflash Tuesday, 09 December, 2025

NBR Chairman Md Abdur Rahman Khan says two new divisions, Revenue Policy and Revenue Management, will be launched under the interim government, with two secretaries to lead them once bureaucratic procedures conclude by December

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Morning Newsflash Monday, 08 December, 2025

The upward trend in remittances sent by expatriate Bangladeshis has continued into December, with the country receiving approximately USD 632mn in the first six days of the month. It was USD 594mn in last year same period.

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Morning Newsflash Sunday, 07 December, 2025

Government net domestic borrowing dropped 48pc to BDT 117bn (USD 0.95bn) in the first five months of FY26, driven by low development spending, falling treasury yields, political uncertainty and a shift toward cheaper non-bank funding sources.

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Morning Newsflash Thursday, 04 December, 2025

Bangladesh is increasingly getting into hard-term-debt burden by taking volumes of non-concessional loans particularly for bankrolling some mega-and major projects, officials say and warn of forex risks.

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