Staff Correspondent: Stating that a highly realistic Annual Development Programme (ADP) will be adopted in the next fiscal year’s budget, Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed said the government will not implement
Staff Correspondent: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has finally agreed to disburse the next two tranches of its $4.7 billion loan package for Bangladesh, amounting to $1.3 billion, in June.
Staff Correspondent: Despite a 9.0 per cent hike in procurement rates, the government’s ongoing ‘Boro’ purchase drive is progressing in a slow pace with traders attribute the situation to higher
TDS Desk: In order to meet the budget deficit, the government plans to borrow less from the banking system in the upcoming fiscal year 2025–26. In the current fiscal year
TDS Desk: Any scheduled bank or financial institution, including troubled Islamic banks, may go under government ownership for bringing stability in the noncompliant commercial lenders under a latest reform panacea.
Naogaon Correspondent: As mango harvesting is going to begin in the district from May 22, the growers expect that the sales of the summer fruit in the district may exceed