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Taming inflation, ensuring good crop prices pose dilemma

Dhaka, March 25 -- Mitigating pains of inflation and ensuring good prices for farmers by the same stroke pose a dilemma for finance officials in preparing national budget, leading them to walk a tight... Read More


BD, South Korea move towards FTA with MoU

Dhaka, March 22 -- Eying a free-trade agreement (FTA) in the future, Bangladesh and South Korea are now advancing to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that focuses on boosting bilateral trade and in... Read More


BD preparing disaster risk financing strategy

Dhaka, Feb. 23 -- Bangladesh is set to prepare National Disaster Risk Financing Strategy on International Monetary Fund (IMF) suggestion to mobilise local and foreign funds for recouping damages peren... Read More


BD economic indicators may see upturn: IMF

Dhaka, Jan. 31 -- Election-engendered worries easing with the vote evidently passing through opposition, the IMF now expects some of Bangladesh's economic indicators to begin showing positive signs at... Read More


Forex crisis forces power cos to seek govt dollar bailout

Dhaka, Jan. 19 -- A heightened dollar crisis forces a growing number of companies to seek finance ministry's intervention to arrange the greenback and help avert default on loan repayment, officials s... Read More


Move to thwart money laundering thru cross-border transactions

Dhaka, Jan. 16 -- Bangladesh's securities regulator moves to join a global drive to prevent alleged money laundering through cross-border transactions involving securities, derivatives and other finan... Read More


Economists call halt for pvt firms' foreign borrowing

Dhaka, Jan. 5 -- Private companies should pursue a "wait-and-see policy" before going for foreign borrowing as interest rate spiked on the global financial market nowadays, economists suggest. Many fi... Read More


Debt-ridden cos cleared to take forex loans

Dhaka, Jan. 3 -- Despite debt-equity ratio of some private companies already having crossed the permissible limits, they have been allowed to take foreign-currency loans from multilateral lenders whil... Read More