To go by the report on negative growth experienced by readymade garments (RMG) export to some major destinations in the first quarter of the current fiscal year, there is no reason to give a knee-jerk reaction to the development. Developments beyond Bangladesh's shores may indeed negatively affect the country's export,...
Read moreBlack money has been dominating the economies of South Asia for quite a long time. Its principal sources are drug trafficking, smuggling, gambling, prostitution and corruption. Higher levels of corruption are often associated with large underground or black economies.The size of the shadow or underground economy in Bangladesh is around...
Read moreVarious quarters are raising questions about the legitimacy of the detailed area plan (DAP) of Dhaka city. They say DAP is not being followed according to its original master plan. As such, it remains no more legitimate. The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakhha (Rajuk) has urged all government, semi-government and local government...
Read moreA female student was ejected from a bus on the Dhaka-Narayanganj highway in Dania area on Tuesday. She somehow managed to escape but once she tried to protest, the bus just ran away. The student's helpless moment was captured in a photograph published by a Bangla daily with caption 'Anarchy...
Read moreOnly recently, the country has seen a crisis of onion following a ban on export of the essential item imposed by India. To meet the domestic need, Bangladesh imported onion from Myanmar. When the two countries have conflicting relations over the Rohingya issue, bilateral trade has not come to a...
Read moreHealthcare is now a package of combined efforts of different professional groups -- doctors, nurses, medical technologists, hospital managers and other staffers. Diagnosis of a disease depends on different types of tests that are carried out by medical technologists (MTs). To detect a disease and measure its severity, the role...
Read more© 2024 - All Rights with The Financial Express
