Author: Takie Mohammad Jubayer

Just months after emerging as one of the few recovery stories in the country’s troubled banking sector, Islami Bank has…

Six months ago, the BNP promised economic recovery, job creation, banking reform, stronger social protection and the reconstruction of state…

Across 178 pages, the FY2026-27 budget speech Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury presented in writing to the Jatiya Sangsad…

The government is preparing one of the most aggressive tax-net expansion drives in recent years as it seeks to collect…

The government’s “no black money” pledge is facing an early reality check from a sneaky new draft Finance Bill provision…

Every budget creates winners and losers. The proposed FY2026-27 budget is no exception. An analysis of the draft budget speech,…

One of the largest expenditure items in Bangladesh’s proposed FY2026-27 budget is neither a mega-bridge, a power plant, nor a…

For millions of families struggling with the cost of daily life, the most important budget question is not how much…

A budget is a financial document in form. In practice, it is a political declaration written in numbers – and…

Bangladesh Bank is moving to change its foreign borrowing rules after initially rejecting a proposal by Meghna Group of Industries…