The Awami League-led government presents today (Thursday) its final full-scale budget before the next polls with an up-raised outlay of over Tk 4.0 trillion -- foreshadowed by strains on some economic indicators.

Md Habibur Rahman, Managing Director of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited,

Arastoo Khan, Chairman of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited,

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) yesterday announced an investment of $10 million in the Small Enterprise Assistance Fund Bangladesh Ventures Fund (SEAF BV) to boost the financing available for climate-resilient small and medium enterprises.

Bank Asia has distributed Tk 52 lakh among 1,058 villagers of Hatiya in Noakhali as relief on Monday, before the cyclone Mora hit the area.

Remittance slid 16 percent year-on-year in the first ten months of the fiscal year in continuation of the sluggish trend that is threatening the country's foreign currency reserves,

The government is considering doubling the excise duty on bank accounts with large debit or credit balance in fiscal 2017-18 to boost revenue collection.

Singapore said Tuesday it had fined Credit Suisse and a local lender for breaches of the city-state's anti-money laundering laws relating to a corruption scandal at Malaysian state fund 1MDB.

Three interest rate hikes this year by the US Federal Reserve makes sense given the strong labour market in the US, and an economy that is doing well, said John Williams, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

In next fiscal year, the budget deficit will be more than 5% of gross domestic product breaking years of practice as the government focuses on winning voters’ heart ahead of the general election.