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Morning Newsflash Tuesday, 13 May, 2026

Remittance earnings in Bangladesh rose sharply in the first 11 days of May, climbing 56.4pc year on year to reach 1.44bn US dollars, according to the latest data from Bangladesh Bank. During the same period last year, expatriate Bangladeshis sent home 922

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Morning Newsflash Monday, 11 May, 2026

Bangladesh Bank spokesperson and Executive Director Arief Hossain Khan on 10 May said that the country's reserves stood at USD 29.48bn under the BPM-6 calculation method.

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Morning Newsflash Sunday, 10 May, 2026

The government may allocate BDT 835.6bn (USD 6.85bn) for development works in the education and health sectors in the fiscal year 2026-27, accounting for more than one-fourth of the proposed Annual Development Programme (ADP).

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Morning Newsflash Thursday, 07 May, 2026

Inflation surged to 9.04pc in April, driven by rising costs of both food and non-food items amid oil shocks stemming from the US-Israeli war on Iran. The rate was 8.71pc in March, according to the latest data released by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistic

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Morning Newsflash Wednesday, 06 May, 2026

Net FDI in the outgoing year stood at nearly USD 1.77bn, up from USD 1.27bn in 2024. FDI inflows to Bangladesh had declined over the past three years but rebounded in 2025. Total FDI inflows in 2025 were USD 4.69bn, while FDI outflows stood at USD 2.92bn

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Morning Newsflash Tuesday, 05 May, 2026

Bangladesh’s total public debt burden has crossed BDT 22,000bn (USD 180bn) by December 2025 with a growing reliance on domestic sources as the government looks to “insulate the economy from foreign currency risks”.

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Morning Newsflash Monday, 04 May, 2026

Bangladesh received USD 3.12bn in remittances in April, a 13.5pc increase from the same month a year earlier, according to data released by Bangladesh Bank on 3 May. In April last year, expatriates sent USD 2.75bn in remittances

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Morning Newsflash Thursday, 30 April, 2026

Business leaders' hopes for a lighter tax burden in the upcoming national budget were effectively dashed yesterday (29 April) as the government rejected pleas for tax cuts for now. Instead, it assured removal of the systemic obstacles that have long stifl

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