Business-Economy

February 25, 2025, 2:14 am

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Raiganj Upazila Assistant Engineer transferred to Bogura Police foil march towards Secretariat amid demands for home adviser’s resignation Service to people is a pride worthy job: Khalid More than 30 resorts, cottages gutted in Sajek Ex-DNCC mayor Atiqul, Nazrul, 2 others remanded in separate cases BD receives near $2b in remittance in 22 days Govt. plans to raise rice allocation for fishermen up to 40 kg this year: Farida Akhter Remain vigilant against return of fascism: Tarique Rahman Ansar working to ensure security: DG HC orders demolishment of all illegal brick kilns within 4 weeks

Business-Economy

Country to receive $4.5b loan from IMF: Kamal

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh is going to receive credit facility up to 3.468 billion SDR or around $4.5 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over the next four years. “We’re

Bangladesh Bank to auction 25 kg gold

Staff Correspondent: The Bangladesh Bank’s Motijheel office has taken the initiative to sell 25 kg of gold through auction. The process of selling a total of 2,170 bhori of gold

BB hikes interest rate on EDF loans from reserves by 1 pc

Industry Desk: The Bangladesh Bank has raised the interest rate on loans disbursed under the Export Development Fund (EDF) from the reserves by 1%, making the foreign currency borrowing even

Inflation declines for second straight month, eases to 8.91pc in October

Staff Correspondent: The country’s inflation has dropped to 8.91% in October from September’s 9.10%, Planning Minister MA Mannan said citing Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) data. The planning minister disclosed

Budget to face deficit, GDP to downturn

Rehennuma Tarannum: Global inflation has started to hit the budget. The finance minister hinted last June that the cost of 8.2 billion dollars may increase to meet the import cost

Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority : No progress of old projects but looking for new ones

Special Correspondent: Although, Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority is lagging behind the implementation of target, the authorities concerned are more interested in new projects one after another creating wonder to the