Abul Kashem

Abul Kashem is a Special Correspondent at The Business Standard. He has expertise in the fields of macroeconomy, development economics, government policies, trade and commerce. He can be reached at [email protected]

Economy

Revenue shortfall's debt risk: Govt borrowing may surge Tk12.34 lakh crore by FY29

Budget

Record allocations for health, education and social security – but will quality improve?

Representational Image. Illustration: TBS

Budget

2.55 crore people to get Tk56,230cr under expanded social security budget

Representational image. Photo: Collected

Energy

Govt may bring energy sector under public-private partnership

Bangladesh

Dhaka eyes bigger Chinese investment, financing as PM to visit Beijing

Budget

How govt plans to finance Tk2.51 lakh crore deficit

NBR

Budget to simplify biz licences, approvals, tax services

Main entrance of the Prime Minister's Office. File photo: BSS

Bangladesh

MPs won't get direct funds, PMO to allocate projects

Bangladesh

No more public funds, govt plans private revival of shuttered, unprofitable factories

Economy

Govt drafts reform roadmap to seek delay in LDC graduation until 2029

Representational image of a textile mill. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed/TBS

Economy

Textile millers propose reducing income tax from 27.5% to 10%

A surge of measles cases has led to a growing influx of infected children at the DNCC Covid-19 Dedicated Hospital in Mohakhali, with new patients arriving daily, many of them referred from other hospitals and mostly children. Photo taken on 8 April 2026. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS

Health

Measles death toll surpasses 500; govt to procure vitamin A capsules to help curb outbreak

Free Trade Agreements are no longer a policy option; they are fast becoming an economic necessity. Photo: TBS

Economy