A prolonged financial strain combined with persistent management weaknesses in Bangladesh’s life insurance sector has led to a severe backlog in the settlement of policyholder claims. According to recent figures, around 1.2 million insurance customers are currently awaiting payments, while the total value of unsettled claims has surged to approximately Tk 4,403 crore. One such […]

The Bangladesh economy has achieved notable progress over recent decades, driven by industrial expansion, export growth, infrastructure development, and sustained remittance inflows. Yet beneath this overall success lies a growing structural concern: economic activity and financial flows remain heavily concentrated in a few urban centres, particularly around Dhaka and Chittagong, leaving much of the country’s […]

Government domestic bank borrowing in the first six months of the 2025–26 fiscal year has risen markedly to BDT 53,386 crore, exceeding half of the annual target and signalling growing pressure on the public financing structure early in the fiscal cycle. According to the latest data from the central bank, total domestic borrowing by the […]

The interim government has leaned heavily on the domestic banking system to meet its fiscal obligations, borrowing in excess of Tk73,000 crore during the first seven months of the 2025–26 financial year. The latest data from Bangladesh Bank reveals a pronounced shift in the composition of public borrowing, with banks emerging as the principal source […]