The time for action is now.
Consumer confidence in Bangladesh is at a low level, while investor confidence is negative both domestically and internationally, said a former president of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) yesterday.
Elections can be held after the national government tackles the critical problems that confront the country.
The need for objectively assessing the country’s current economic realities cannot be overstated.
The budget for FY2025-26 will be challenging.
It is crucial for the interim government to focus on setting a strong foundation for future changes.
Returning to the previous economic model will inevitably bring back the same economic challenges.
However, the findings raised questions among economists, who were puzzled by the growth at a time when the economy had been facing a slowdown due to high inflation, a downtrend in export growth, and falling imports.
Persistent high inflation, high debt burden and slow economic growth are the three challenges facing the economy, noted economist Debapriya Bhattacharya said yesterday.
Addressing many of our economic problems is proving to be difficult not mainly for economic reasons, but because of political ones.
Understanding the nation’s expectations in designing the budget for FY2024 is essential
Bangladesh’s economy is overwhelmingly dominated by informal sectors. The informalisation stems from deindustrialisation, which has set in prematurely in the country.
With Ramadan coming up, people’s woes will increase.
Behind the Bangladesh Bank's announcement of this year’s monetary policy was a certain pressure applied by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Emerging markets and developing economies are expected to grow at the rate of 3.4 percent, maintaining the steady growth from 2022's expansion.
The reality is that using only the exchange rates without interest rate action will deepen the crisis.
Far from being a year in which our economy recovered, 2022 proved to be a year where we discovered numerous cracks in it.
The total volume of non-performing loans (NPLs) has increased by more than three times in the last 10 years since 2012, according to a report of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) revealed today.
Even though the amount of our default loans is over Tk 130,000 crore, according to the government accounts, IMF suggests it is almost over Tk 300,000 crore.
