Bangladesh collects Tk35.82 (approximately $0.29) in taxes and duties on each liter of diesel priced at Tk135 (approximately $1.10), prompting concerns about pressure on consumers and businesses, The Business Standard reported Thursday. A June 2025 policy change replaced fixed fuel taxes with a 25% levy on import invoice values, increasing government collections when international prices […]
Bangladesh’s industrial growth accelerated sharply in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025–26, while agriculture slowed and services expanded faster than a year earlier, according to figures in the report.
Bangladesh’s population aged 60 and older is expected to exceed 50 million by 2050, social welfare and women and children affairs minister A.Z.M. Zahid Hossain said Wednesday.
Bangladesh wants to raise annual trade with Indonesia above $10 billion by expanding exports and removing market barriers, commerce minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir said at an Oct. 7 meeting with Indonesian deputy foreign minister Mohammad Anis Matta.
Seven master’s students in Bangladesh received the Ali Riaz Postgraduate Research Award and Scholarship at the University of Dhaka.
Bangladesh is set to sign a 15-year concession agreement with Dubai-based DP World on Oct. 8 to operate and maintain Chattogram Port’s New Mooring Container Terminal and its Overflow Container Yard, despite workers’ threats to shut down port operations.
World Bank projects Bangladesh’s gross domestic product (GDP) will grow 3.4% in fiscal 2027, unchanged from fiscal 2026, as banking weaknesses, energy constraints, and elevated inflation weigh on economic activity.
Bangladesh has repeatedly succeeded in bringing down dictatorships but has failed to build sustainable democratic institutions, Mahfuz Anam, editor and publisher of The Daily Star, said Sunday.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman directed authorities Sunday to expedite the Inner Circular Road project, saying faster implementation is needed to ease traffic congestion in Dhaka.
A tougher Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) stance against members accused of criminal activity has fueled concern among party leaders facing allegations of extortion, land grabbing, tender manipulation, drug trading, and other offenses.
