private sector

Column by Mahfuz Anam: Business community's voice needed in the interim government

It is necessary for keeping the wheels of growth running and attracting foreign investment in the new Bangladesh.

Transitions, coins, and lenses

Business associations have been subjected to an endless game of masquerade where garlands, pictures and faces changed with the direction of the political wind.

Private sector funding key to climate transition, World Bank chief says

It currently takes 27 months, on average, before "the first dollar goes out the door," Ajay Banga said in an interview in his brightly lit office in the Bank's headquarters close to the White House.

Private sector borrowing less from abroad

The private sector’s external debt declined by about $2 billion in the first three months of the year, in a sign of the shrinking appetite for foreign loans in the face of unfavourable terms.

Private sector’s foreign debt down by over $1b

The private sector’s foreign debt decreased by 4.3 per cent, or more than $1 billion, in the second quarter of the current fiscal year following Bangladesh Bank’s strict measures to control imports.

Private sector driving Bangladesh towards $1-tr economy

Private companies are spearheading Bangladesh’s growth with their energy and optimism, putting the economy on a path to cross the $1-trillion mark by 2040, according to a top global consulting firm. 

Post-Covid challenges for our labour market

Specific policy incentives are needed to stimulate the economy and revive the labour market.

Why is private sector credit growth sinking?

Businesses and bankers often blame political instability for sliding private sector credit growth. But it was calm as the smoothest waters on the political front last year after the polls on December 30, 2018 and yet the slide did not stop.

Govt’s Aggressive Bank Borrowing: Private sector may face credit crunch

The government is going to exceed its annual limit for bank borrowing within the first half of this fiscal year due to poor revenue collection, and this could give a credit crunch for the private sector to deal with.

September 13, 2024
September 13, 2024

Column by Mahfuz Anam: Business community's voice needed in the interim government

It is necessary for keeping the wheels of growth running and attracting foreign investment in the new Bangladesh.

August 29, 2024
August 29, 2024

Transitions, coins, and lenses

Business associations have been subjected to an endless game of masquerade where garlands, pictures and faces changed with the direction of the political wind.

January 4, 2024
January 4, 2024

Private sector funding key to climate transition, World Bank chief says

It currently takes 27 months, on average, before "the first dollar goes out the door," Ajay Banga said in an interview in his brightly lit office in the Bank's headquarters close to the White House.

July 3, 2023
July 3, 2023

Private sector borrowing less from abroad

The private sector’s external debt declined by about $2 billion in the first three months of the year, in a sign of the shrinking appetite for foreign loans in the face of unfavourable terms.

February 13, 2023
February 13, 2023

Private sector’s foreign debt down by over $1b

The private sector’s foreign debt decreased by 4.3 per cent, or more than $1 billion, in the second quarter of the current fiscal year following Bangladesh Bank’s strict measures to control imports.

November 25, 2022
November 25, 2022

Private sector driving Bangladesh towards $1-tr economy

Private companies are spearheading Bangladesh’s growth with their energy and optimism, putting the economy on a path to cross the $1-trillion mark by 2040, according to a top global consulting firm. 

September 14, 2022
September 14, 2022

Post-Covid challenges for our labour market

Specific policy incentives are needed to stimulate the economy and revive the labour market.

January 5, 2020
January 5, 2020

Why is private sector credit growth sinking?

Businesses and bankers often blame political instability for sliding private sector credit growth. But it was calm as the smoothest waters on the political front last year after the polls on December 30, 2018 and yet the slide did not stop.

December 3, 2019
December 3, 2019

Govt’s Aggressive Bank Borrowing: Private sector may face credit crunch

The government is going to exceed its annual limit for bank borrowing within the first half of this fiscal year due to poor revenue collection, and this could give a credit crunch for the private sector to deal with.

March 2, 2018
March 2, 2018

Private credit growth hits 18.36pc

Private sector credit growth continues its forward thrust despite liquidity crisis and rising interest rates as businesses jump into an