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Igniting the national ethos through Ekushey

2024-02-21 00:00:00

Martyr’s Day and International Mother Language Day, 2024

The movement for making Bangla the state language was a unique and indelible chapter in the annals of Bangladesh's struggle for attaining nationhood. Being the...

When Pakistan's leaders displayed no sagacity

2024-02-21 00:00:00

Martyr’s Day and International Mother Language Day, 2024

There are all the questions which once again rise to the surface all these decades after the shootings of 21 February 1952. These questions, or...

The Future of the Plastics Industry in Bangladesh

2024-01-24 00:00:00

16TH BANGLADESH INTERNATIONAL PLASTIC PACKAGING AND PRINTING INDUSTRIAL FAIR

Bangladesh plastics industry is poised for substantial growth, driven by a combination of factors that position the country as a key player in the global...

Analysis and Evaluation of Global Plastics Treaty

2024-01-24 00:00:00

16TH BANGLADESH INTERNATIONAL PLASTIC PACKAGING AND PRINTING INDUSTRIAL FAIR

The Global Plastics Treaty INC 3 represents a significant milestone in international efforts to address the escalating challenges posed by plastic pollution. This research paper...

The expanding rural footprint of banks

2024-01-17 00:00:00

SUPPLEMENT ON AGENT BANKING - 2024

In Bangladesh, the landscape of financial inclusion has undergone a massive change as reflected in the stark contrast between deposit accounts in rural and urban...

‘We have garnered trust and confidence very fast’

2024-01-17 00:00:00

SUPPLEMENT ON AGENT BANKING - 2024

Although the agent banking activities of Islami Bank started a little late, it has been expanded very fast with the trust and acceptance of the...

The game changer in financial inclusion

2024-01-17 00:00:00

SUPPLEMENT ON AGENT BANKING - 2024

Agent banking has emerged as a pivotal solution in extending financial services to the unbanked and under-banked population in Bangladesh. AB Bank, the very first...

'Apnar Shathey Apnar Pashe'

2024-01-17 00:00:00

SUPPLEMENT ON AGENT BANKING - 2024

To serve the underserved and under-banked, Midland Bank has started Agent Banking operations with the slogan of "Apnar Shathey Apnar Pashe" since 2017. The aim...

Bangladesh: the idea and the ethos

2023-12-16 00:00:00

VICTORY DAY 2023

It is Victory Day we celebrate today, fifty two years after the liberation of the land. It is the three million martyrs we remember, the...

The end of the rope

2023-12-16 00:00:00

VICTORY DAY 2023

In the third week of October, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session ended. Fifty five out of one hundred and seventeen nations that made...

The battle of resistance at Kalurghat

2023-12-16 00:00:00

VICTORY DAY 2023

The Battle of Resistance at Kalurghat of Chittagong, officially now Chattogram, was one of the first battles that took place between the Pakistani army and...

The MRT-6 success story

2023-11-04 12:00:00

DHAKA METRO RAIL INAUGURATION

MAN Siddique, Managing Director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), the state-owned metro rail planner, constructor and operator, joined the company when the Mass...

Experts call for outsourcing operation

2023-11-04 00:00:00

DHAKA METRO RAIL INAUGURATION

On the occasion of commercial launch of the country's first MRT, the FE talked to experts in different fields including environment and technology to assess...

Local steelmakers yet to utilise full strength-

2023-11-04 00:00:00

DHAKA METRO RAIL INAUGUATION

The country's first mass rapid transit (MRT) line has been built on an elevated structure along a 20.1-kilometre corridor. More than a dozen local manufacturing...