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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

Govt fixes rawhide prices ahead of Eid-ul-Azha

Staff Correspondent: The government has increased the price of cowhide by Tk 5 per square feet compared to last year, setting the rate at Tk 60-65 within Dhaka while Tk

UNCTAD warns of economic shock for BD amid global tariff changes

TDS Desk: Bangladesh’s economy could face serious disruption following sweeping new US import tariffs, warns a recent report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The report

Top earners face 30pc tax again as inequality rises

Staff Correspondent: After five years, the income tax rate for the highest bracket is likely to revert to 30 percent in the upcoming fiscal year as part of the government’s