A two-day international conference titled 'Water and Public-Innovation,' organised by ActionAid Bangladesh (AAB) at Kuakata in Patuakhali district, has brought to the fore the fact that unplanned development at regional and local levels is killing the flowing rivers in Bangladesh. This is also creating social, financial and cultural complications for...
Read moreMonetary Policy matters in fixing or influencing the prices in the economy. If more money is supplied, other things remaining the same, prices will go up, but not equally, or not proportionately. If variables like gross domestic product (GDP), investment and other economic activities grow in the economy, prices may...
Read moreConflicting findings about the cost of living are baffling the citizens in Bangladesh. On the one hand, the Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) is saying that the cost of living in Dhaka has gone up by 8.44 per cent as of December last year. On the other, Bangladesh Bureau of...
Read moreWE came to know from a report published on this newspaper on Tuesday that power division had sought finance authorities' intervention to realise some Tk 13.83 billion in unpaid electricity bills from state entities.According to the report, 52 state-owned entities, autonomous-and constitutional bodies had owed Tk 13.83 billion to six...
Read moreRECENTLY, a student of the first year of Jahangirnagar University has fallen victim to ragging of senior students in a dormitory of the university. It is learnt that he was hospitalized after the incident and doctors said he became mentally imbalanced due to the torture conducted by the seniors in...
Read moreThough cotton is of great demand in our country, its cultivation has not been popularised among the farmers. Bangladesh can meet up only 1 per cent of its cotton demand. The country imports around 7 million bales of cotton annually. One bale equals 480 pounds or 218 kg.In fact, cotton...
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