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Morning Newsflash Thursday, 11 June, 2026

Bangladesh’s economy has crossed the half-a-trillion-dollar mark for the first time in fiscal year 2025-26, provisional data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics showed, as better performance in agriculture and services helped regain pace after a slug

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Morning Newsflash Wednesday, 10 June, 2026

The amount of money Bangladesh collects in government revenue each year relative to the size of its economy is among the lowest in the world, ranking just above war-torn Yemen and Sudan, according to data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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Morning Newsflash Monday, 8 June, 2026

Bangladesh's overall inflation climbed to a 16-month high of 9.42pc in May, the highest since January 2025, driven largely by a sharp rise in food prices.

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Morning Newsflash Thursday, 04 June, 2026

The government is preparing to submit a three-year reform roadmap to the United Nations in a final effort to secure a postponement of Bangladesh's graduation from the least developed country (LDC) category until November 2029, despite a UN committee recom

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Morning Newsflash Wednesday, 03 June, 2026

Extensive policy support and partial write-off facility prove ineffective as the volume of classified loans in Bangladesh's banking sector makes a quantum leap again by around BDT 315bn (USD 2.6bn) in just three months to March. With such fresh buildup of

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Morning Newsflash Tuesday, 02 June, 2026

Bangladesh received USD 3.43bn in workers’ remittances in May 2026 against USD 2.97bn in May 2025, registering a 15.34pc increase, according to the latest data released by Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Monday. BSS reports this as a reflection of continued confi

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Morning Newsflash Sunday, 24 May, 2026

Bangladesh’s public debt rose to around 41pc of gross domestic product (GDP) in fiscal year 2024-25, with rising domestic borrowing and weak revenue mobilization increasing fiscal pressure ahead of the country’s graduation from least developed country (LD

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Morning Newsflash Saturday, 23 May, 2026

Bangladesh expects an off-the-cuff USD 1.835bn financing from the World Bank for use before the close of the current fiscal year to cushion the economy against mounting external shocks, sources say. Of the amount, the financier has proposed an emergency f

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