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

Dhaka's falling liveability

The elderly people can still remember the sylvan, green look of Dhaka. The spectacle was in place just 60/70 years ago. Today's younger generation will, in all likelihood, accept the fact with incredulity. Few of them perhaps know that Dhaka was once considered a lush green city, with its avenues...

Fixing rational consultation, diagnostic fees

The government, to a great extent, does have a laissez-faire attitude when it comes to fixing consultation fees by doctors both at private hospitals and their own chambers. The same is true in the case of fees for diagnostic tests done by private hospitals and laboratories. The Ministry of Health...

Tragedy at mosque

At a time when human hearts have been numbed or deadened by outrageous figures of daily global casualties from Covid-19, even unwarranted and tragic deaths reduce into just numbers. Yet agony mixed with helpless exasperation gives an uneasy feeling -one that seems rather irreconcilable. Had this predatory virus not prowled...

Telemedicine guidelines

Physicians who provide telemedicine services would be able to charge fees from patients the way they do so during private practice. Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC) has reportedly prepared telemedicine guidelines and opened it for the practitioners following higher demand for consultation with doctors from distance during the Covid-19...

Ban on entry into Malaysia

Bangladesh is one of the 12 countries from where citizens would not be able to enter Malaysia until the next December, according to a decision by Kuala Lumpur. Although Malaysian authorities have set criteria for issuing such a blanket ban, the measures have become discriminatory to Bangladeshis. Apart from hundreds...

Urgent need for creativity

Everyone agrees the post-pandemic world is going to be changed. So, we know many things we do and we need would be obsolete. Many people may lose jobs and some businesses may not survive the new challenges.We only feel frustrated at this kind of future staring us in the face....

Explosion in mosque

Mosque is not only a sacred place for prayers but also a place of peace and safety. The explosion of air conditioners in a Narayanganj mosque that claimed 20 lives is not just shocking, it's at the same time scary for people. This shows how careless people with authority are...

Reflections of new lives

A popular Bangladeshi singer, Sabina Yasmin, has expressed her hope that the new generations would remember the songs of their generation. It's always good to build bridges between generations through cultural activities, literature and record-keeping of history.However, the new generation of writers, lyricists, and playwrights would come up with new...