Adviser to the Ministries of Finance and Planning Dr Salehuddin Ahmed today said that they have taken the charge of the interim government to march the economy forward braving all the barriers. "You can be best assured that we've taken charge to take the economy forward as soon as possible. There may be some transitory problems, but those are not significant and hopefully we'll solve those," he said. The Adviser was responding to a barrage of questions after holding a meeting with the officials of ...

About Tk 92,261 crore was embezzled in 24 major banking scams between 2008 and 2023, , equivalent to 12% of the national budget for FY24, according to the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) at an event held today (12 August). The event, titled "Bringing Discipline in the Banking Sector: What Should be Done Immediately," highlighted the growing erosion of public trust in the banking sector, driven by its continuous deterioration and the inadequate actions taken by the previous government’s policymakers. Fahmida Khatun, the executive director of CPD and the keynote speaker, outlined a series