Business-Economy

Banking sector in big trouble

TDS Desk: At the end of 2024, Bangladesh’s banking sector plunged into a deep crisis, ranking as the most vulnerable in South Asia compared to other countries in the region.

Revenue collection in July witnesses 24.33pc growth

TDS Desk: The revenue collection by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) witnessed a healthy 24.33 per cent growth in July, the first month of the current fiscal year (FY26).

Depend less on foreign funding, enhance resource mobilisation capacity: BB governor

TDS Desk: Since the percentage of foreign aid in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has reduced, Bangladesh has to generate their own funding through enhancing resource mobilisation capacity, said Bangladesh

Govt aims PPP revival of Dinajpur and Darwani textile mills now in ruins

Dinajpur Correspondent: If implemented, the project will create new employment opportunities in the northern region and revive economic activity. Wab Ali was resting on an old bamboo platform in the

Thorn in the throat: Defaulted loans increase by Tk 4 lakh cr in 5 yrs

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh’s banking sector is facing its gravest crisis in decades. What was once a simmering problem of bad debt has, in recent years, exploded into an economic emergency.

Potato paradox

TDS Desk: In the last 36 years, Bangladesh has developed 198 potato varieties, over five every year on average. Only a few of those are cultivated, and even fewer are