Business-Economy

Spice Prices Surge as Eid-ul-Adha Approaches

Staff Correspondent: With Eid-ul-Adha just around the corner, the demand for spices, an essential part of festive beef dishes, is soaring, and so are the prices. The spice market in

Govt plans 31% hike in food subsidy in FY26 budget

Staff Correspondent: The government plans to raise the food subsidy allocation by 31 percent to Tk 9,500 crore in the upcoming fiscal year, aiming to ensure access to affordable food

Remittances thru agent banking rises to Tk 1,81,204cr in March

Staff Correspondent: Disbursement amount of inward remittances through agent banking rose 20.87 percent to Taka 1,81,204.73 crore at the end of March 2025. At the end of March 2024, the

TCB to sell essential items ahead of Eid-ul-Azha

TDS Desk: The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start selling essential items at affordable rates through 690 mobile trucks nationwide from on Friday (May 23) ahead of the holy

Record remittances mask Bangladesh’s shrinking overseas workforce

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh has recently posted record-breaking remittance figures, a development typically celebrated by policymakers as a sign of economic resilience. But behind the numbers lies a growing concern: the

Banks banking big on 14-day repurchase instrument ‘dubiously’

Staff Correspondent: Commercial banks make a beeline for borrowing heavily from the central bank’s short-term 14-day repo after the pullback of its 28-day liquidity instrument, sources say, largely to invest