Business-Economy

Can a nation be run by strangling the private sector?

Staff Correspondent: Over the past ten months, the government’s economic policy has taken a sharply loan-dependent turn. Rather than stimulating internal economic activity, it has increasingly sought credit from all

Gas crisis criticism: Petrobangla contradicts business leaders, says supply rose by 21pc compared to last year

Staff Correspondent: In light of harsh criticisms from businessmen regarding the prevailing energy and power supply crisis across the country, Petrobangla has explained that the amount of gas supplied to

Dollar market getting easier, reserves hold steady

Staff Correspondent: The persistent dollar crisis in Bangladesh, prevailing for the last three years, is finally showing signs of relief. The instability of the global market caused by the Russia-Ukraine

Economy pays the price for central bank’s wrong policies

TDS Desk: Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Ahsan H Mansur has said the central bank will not deploy its officials or the police to control the dollar rate in banks. Analysts

Leather exports can surge to $5b with RMG-style policy boost: Stakeholders

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh’s leather sector, a sleeping giant in the nation’s export economy, could soar to $5 billion in annual exports by 2030 and potentially double to $10 billion by

Expats send $224cr remittance in 24 days

Staff Correspondent: The expatriate Bangladeshis sent around $224.60 crore (about Tk 27,401 crore) in remittances in the first 24 days of May. The country received about $9.35 crore on average