This decision is a pragmatic step, regardless of whether it was motivated by the necessity of meeting IMF program conditions for the 4th and 5th disbursements
With a flexible exchange rate, BB can now shift its focus toward domestic economic priorities such as inflation control, employment growth, and financial stability instead of continuously defending the currency
The interim government (IG) is set to present its FY26 budget on June 2. The anticipation is that their budget will depart from the past.
The interim government, unburdened by political motivations, has no need to seek popular acclaim
The bilateral trade in goods between the US and China faces the risk of being severed due to the imposition of steep tariffs
On April 2, 2025, US President Trump introduced sweeping reciprocal tariffs, effectively reversing nearly all US tariff liberalisation since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
The average US tariff surged from 2.5 percent to 20 percent with a single executive action
The new year always carries the legacy of the year gone by. Expectations for the new year are naturally conditioned by these legacies. This is true every year. But 2021 is starting from an exceptional footing. Preceded by a prolonged 10 months of unprecedented trauma and fear all the world over, 2021 inherits the legacies of a year that will go down in history as the most cursed in last hundred years.
Next fiscal is likely to be one of the most challenging years from a fiscal management perspective, among others.
Social distancing has proven to be an effective weapon for dampening the spread of coronavirus.
The coronavirus-infected economy requires dealing with the disease burden and the economic devastation caused by measures to contain the virus.
Bangladesh’s restart is happening, whether science supports it or not.
The government is hard-pressed in responding to the raging coronavirus pandemic with every resource, instrument, policy and strategy it can get its hands on.
Early data on the poverty impact of the coronavirus-induced coma of the economy, as Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman characterises it, is rather alarming.
The historical novelty of the coronavirus shock has unravelled as the lockdown continues. Bangladesh’s economic expansion is projected to face a drastic brake.
Are we doing enough to support households dependent on labour income from the formal and informal sectors in this time of distress?
The Tk 72,750 crore package announced by the prime minister promises to provide support to small and large businesses in industry and services to tide over the disruptive stage of the pandemic.
