Business-Economy

Banking crisis laid bare in 2025, lasting fixes hinge on next govt

TDS Desk: When bankers entered the new year and opened their books for 2025, many quickly realised that the scale of long-buried damage was too large to hide any longer.

Higher taxing of billionaires likely to narrow inequality

TDS Desk: Ramping up the tax incidence on high-net-worth individuals (HNWI) is under government strategy to narrow widening income inequality in Bangladesh as the Gini index is getting imbalanced. Medium

BRT corridor tolls would take over 150 years to recover BDT 42.5 billion cost

TDS Desk: Bangladesh spent BDT 42.68 billion to build the Airport–Gazipur Bus Rapid Transit corridor (BRT). Doubts are now growing over whether the project will deliver meaningful benefits due to

Cancellation of 31 renewable power projects worth $6b hurts investor confidence: TIB

TDS Desk: Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has expressed deep concern over the interim government’s decision to cancel 31 unsolicited renewable energy projects involving an estimated investment of around $6 billion,

Fleet crunch deepens at Biman as leasing efforts fail, new aircraft years away

TDS Desk: At a time of surging passenger demand, Biman Bangladesh Airlines is facing a worsening fleet crisis after failing to add a single aircraft over the past five years.

Rice prices keep food inflation high despite slight easing in Nov: GED

TDS Desk: Bangladesh’s overall inflation rose slightly in November and rice remained the single largest contributor to food inflation, accounting for 40.28 per cent, according to the Monthly Economic Update