Rejaul Karim Byron

The government has toughened the Anti-Money Laundering Law, allowing investigating agencies to confiscate locally available money or properties of a person guilty of stashing money abroad.

Development spending in the first quarter was the lowest in four years, even though the government has taken on a bigger budget for

The government is going to establish a full-blown cantonment on both sides of the Padma Bridge to ensure security to the largest ever structure to be built in the country.

A team of Financial Action Task Force, a global watchdog on money laundering, yesterday started evaluation of the

Foreign aid disbursement fell 20 percent in the first two months of the fiscal year from the same period a year earlier

Some five taskforces will be formed to increase connectivity and trade in the Saarc region.

The removal of tariff and non-tariff barriers and better connectivity will boost intra-regional trade in South Asia

After the World Bank and the ADB, the IMF has now upgraded this fiscal year's outlook for Bangladesh's economic

The Saarc region has the potential to generate about 300,000 megawatts of hydropower that would benefit countries like Bangladesh

Inflation edged up 7 basis points to 6.24 percent month-on-month in September on the back of a non-food price hike, making it

The World Bank has upgraded the forecast for Bangladesh's economic growth this fiscal year to 6.5 percent on account of stronger

South Asian countries must remove non-tariff and para-tariff barriers and improve connectivity to boost regional trade, ministers and

ANNETTE Dixon (AD), the World Bank's vice-president for South Asia, has recently visited Bangladesh in preparation of the multilateral lender's Country Partnership Framework for fiscal 2016-20. The Daily Star (TDS) caught up with her for an interview during her visit.

Bangladesh stands to gain substantially from greater economic integration with its South Asian neighbours, experts said yesterday.

State-owned commercial banks are set to disburse 14.71 percent more loans to tanners this year than the last to boost the leather

The government is set to take up yet another power project at Ashuganj at a cost of Tk 2,931 crore in a bid to enhance the country's energy capacity in line with its growth ambitions.

The different government agencies disagree with the World Bank's reform proposal, which has now created a new hurdle to getting the $500 million budget support from the multilateral lender.

The balance of payments (BoP) surplus more than doubled in the first month of the fiscal year on the back of less spending on

Development spending in the first two months of the fiscal year has been the lowest in four years in spite of the various initiatives

Different ministries and divisions have proposed transit fees that amount to Tk 347 or $4.4 per tonne under the inland water transit