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33% of the annual gross domestic product (GDP) at market value is the amount of black money in the black economy of Bangladesh

Bangladesh should proactively engage with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to redress any fallout from the emerging geopolitics-geoeconomics diarchies in aftermaths of pandemic and the country’s LDC graduation, policy researchers suggest.

The spinning industry in Bangladesh is witnessing massive investment as local entrepreneurs are either expanding their production capacities or setting up new units as the demand for garment raw materials is rising.

The Bangladesh Bank has asked banks not to open any trust-cum settlement account (TCSAs) under the name of Nagad Ltd.

Stocks rose for five consecutive days yesterday, taking the main index of the premier bourse to a new high.

Remittance continued to dip for the third consecutive month in August, with seemingly no respite in the coming days.

13 banks and 6 financial institutions have been able to achieve the target so far

The government has moved to reverse the trend of last-minute budget spending spree from the first half of fiscal year 2021-22 in a bid to ensure a balanced and quality budget implementation.  

A persistent rise in share prices amid the current bull run on the stock market has posed risks to investors, especially the small-scale ones, as rumour-mongers and manipulators could use the situation to make illicit gains, experts said.

Rights violations have compounded sufferings of consumers in Bangladesh, with the number of complaints rising a staggering 61 per cent in the span of a year.