Economy

Preferential tariffs for Bangladesh, others to continue: UK

Shawdesh desk: The United Kingdom (UK) has said imports from 47 of the world’s least developed countries, including Bangladesh, will not face any tariffs – supporting their economic development through

SpiceJet starts Chattogram-Kolkata flight

Shawdesh Desk: SpiceJet has started its flight from the country’s commercial capital Chattogram to neighboring country India’s Kolkata route. M Farhad Hossain Khan, Wing Commander of Shah Amanat International Airport

Banks urged to support new entrepreneurs

Shawdesh Desk: Experts have urged the commercial banks to inject funds for supporting the new generation entrepreneurs as the demand for loans from the traditional investors has decreased due to

Bangladesh to receive USD 20 billion remittance in 2020: World Bank

Shawdesh Desk: World Bank, in one of its reports, projected that Bangladesh’s remittance earnings will increase by about 8% in 2020 and the total amount will be USD 20 billion

Bangladesh’s energy sector rebounds

Bangladesh’s energy consumption has bounced back thanks to the resumption of economic activities —after a drastic fall in fuel usages amid the coronavirus pandemic, Energy and Mineral Resources Division Senior

From a basket case to a robust economy

Shawdesh Desk: The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) projection that Bangladesh’s per capita income in dollar terms is likely to overtake India’s has focused attention on a nation that has risen

Bangladesh likely to surpass India in GDP this year

Shawdesh Desk: India’s Covid-19 economic gloom turned into despair this week, on news that its per capita gross domestic product may be lower for 2020 than in neighbouring Bangladesh. “Any

Bangladesh set to overtake India in per capita GDP, according to IMF

Shawdesh DEsk: Bangladesh has overtaken its much-larger neighbour India in terms of per capita GDP in 2020, owing to a respectable performance on the economic front despite slowing growth coupled