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The Bangladeshi taka remained one of the most stable currencies in South Asia and neighbouring economies over the past year, depreciating by just 0.59 percent against the US dollar between March 2025 and March 2026, according to the Bangladesh Bank quarterly report. The central bank’s latest data showed that only …

The country’s merchandise exports in July 2026 recorded a meager negative growth to fetch US$4.72 billion, according to Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data released Monday.Bangladesh earned US$4.77 billion in July 2025. Out of the total US$4.72 billion, RMG fetched US$3.88 billion, marking 1.92 per cent negative growth, according to EPB …

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has ended the fiscal year 2025-26 with revenue that is Tk 875 billion short of the target set in the budget. The government had little choice but to increase revenue collection in the face of macroeconomic pressure, but now – six months into the …

Depressed development works in the transition time are among reasons that diminished Bangladesh’s Annual Development Programme (ADP)-implementation rate to a historic low of 67.52 per cent in the past fiscal year, latest official data showed. Officials think a dismal failure in the vital education sector in implementing the ADP dragged …

China’s economy grew at its weakest pace in more than three years during the second quarter, data showed Wednesday, missing expectations even as strong exports driven by the global AI boom helped offset trade disruptions caused by the Middle East war. The 4.3 per cent year-on-year expansion reported by the …