Economy

Tue, 21 Jan 2025, 08:19 am

শিরোনাম :

Israel continues strike on Syria military sites Rayo stymie Real’s climb to Liga summit Tk 14,000 set as minimum wage for cold storage workers BNP suggests reforms for public administration overhaul Probes, trials of war crimes cases stalled Coldwave hampers daily life across Bangladesh Dhaka becomes 3rd most polluted city with AQI score of 283 Body of JU student recovered from dormitory 550 individuals’ Tk 15,000cr frozen for investigation Financial Accountability: Critical step towards new future

Economy

China heat wave pushes up prices as hens lay fewer eggs

Scorching temperatures in eastern China have pushed up egg prices because hens are laying fewer in a hotter-than-usual summer, local media reported. Extreme weather has become more frequent owing to

E-commerce on default: Govt hopes to refund blocked money by Sept

The government is expected to complete the process of refunding consumers’ money of 24 e-commerce platforms by September. The money was blocked in the gateway due to some legal complexities.

Amount of money outside banks increasing

The amount of money outside the country’s banks has been on the rise in recent months as people are keeping additional cash in their hands amid inflationary pressure. Bangladesh Bank

Rise in remittance inflow a welcome respite for economy

With the country looking to shore up its foreign currency reserves to pay growing import bills, Bangladeshi expatriates living in different countries remitted US$813 million in the first 10 days

Area-wise weekly holidays of mills, industries to be fixed

Dispelling confusion among investors and workers, Power Division Secretary Md Habibur Rahman said mills and industries will be closed once a week as per schedule to be made based on

Saudi Arabia records $20 bn surplus after oil price surge

Saudi Arabia said Thursday it had achieved a rare budget surplus of over $20 billion in the second quarter of 2022, as oil revenues surged 90 percent compared to a

Forty countries confirm participation in Russia’s Eastern Economic Forum

Forty countries have confirmed participation in the upcoming Eastern Economic Forum, the press service for the Roscongress foundation said. “A month before the opening of the 7th Eastern Economic Forum,

BPDB needs to cut power production by 917MW

Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) will need to cut its electricity production by 917MW to minimize its loss if the fuel price for electricity production is raised by 20 percent

BPDB seeks Tk 30bn loan to pay outstanding bills

State-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) seeks Tk 30 billion loan from Power Sector Development Fund (PSDF) to pay bills of purchasing costly electricity from the private sector power producers.

Why Bangladesh won’t face a Sri Lanka-style crisis: Indian Researcher-Analyst John Rozario

There is absolutely no possibility of a Sri Lanka-like situation in Bangladesh in the near future as the economies of Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are vastly different and the Bangladesh