Finance News: Latest Financial News, Finance News today in Bangladesh

Distressed Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia

Reports that many Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia are going hungry as they have lost jobs due to the pandemic are very disconcerting. As it is a serious humanitarian crisis affecting the country's foreign-currency earners in a foreign land, it demands immediate attention from the authorities concerned. According to reports,...

Retelling the story of jute

Before independence, jute was the chief cash crop of the country and it accounted for more than 50 per cent of the export earning. Being the biggest foreign-exchange earner, jute also figured prominently in the pre-independence political discourse of this region. Unsurprisingly, jute was called 'Golden Fibre,' and rightly so....

Public transport ignored again

After a series of hard restrictions, the government has favoured gradual return of normalcy by reopening almost all sectors except educational institutions. The pandemic compelled the government to impose several restrictions or lockdowns again and again in the last one and a half years. Though the effectiveness of the lockdown...

Curbing child marriages

Prolonged closure of schools coupled with Covid-triggered economic hardship is increasing the number of child marriages in Bangladesh. According to BRAC's research, child marriage has increased by 75 per cent across the country due to joblessness of parents during the Covid-19 pandemic. A study conducted by the Save the Children...

Checking adulterated drugs

Fake medicines available in the market are direct threats to public health. Instead of curing diseases, they aggravate health problems, and further complicate them. However, around 20 per cent drugs we consume are reportedly adulterated. There are media reports that market is flooded with adulterated and copied versions of famous...

Managing electronic waste

The amount of electronic waste has been increasing alarmingly in Bangladesh for the past few years. According to a recent study, 600,000 tonnes of e-waste were said to have been generated across the country in 2020 and experts say that the amount grows by 20 per cent every year. What...