GULAM RABBANI | 2024-10-05 00:00:00
An appeal against the cancellation of two cases filed over the share-market scam in 1996 against Salman F Rahman and others has been pending with the apex court for long seven years. Although it was strongly believed that Salman was...
REZAUL KARIM | 2024-10-05 00:00:00
The government at present has no plan to allow import of farm eggs to protect the interests of the domestic poultry industry. If farm egg is imported, the country's developing poultry sector would be massively affected, apprehends the Ministry of...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-10-05 00:00:00
Restructuring and recapitalisation of weakened banks are in a bailout package being mulled by the regulator as financial health of many public-and private-sector lenders deteriorated following wanton plunder in the recent past, officials said. Before applying the remedy, the asset...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-10-05 00:00:00
The century-old Kalurghat Bridge over the Karnaphuli River is finally going to be replaced with a new one at a cost of Tk 115.60 billion, as the interim government is likely to approve the first railway project after reviewing its...
Serajul I. Bhuiyan | 2024-10-05 00:00:00
Recently this scribe had an exciting interaction with the members of the Board of Trustees (BoT) from one of the leading private universities in Bangladesh. The most appropriate question they posed was: What are the qualities and strategies that a...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-10-05 00:00:00
Aging is a process that culminates in life's end. Not all people have the luxury of enjoy aging. Geriatric maturity of skin, flesh, veins, blood and bones ---let alone hair, eyesight and hearing--- has its attendant ills. The thicker the...
TIM Nurul Kabir | 2024-10-05 00:00:00
Bangladesh is a country with high potential for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Large investment inflow in electricity, transport, and telecommunications is creating a strong foundation for business. Other major sectors of foreign investments include readymade garments and textiles, energy and...
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana | 2024-10-05 00:00:00
Social protection systems are essential to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. However, social protection is insufficient across Asia and the Pacific, and the region is at risk from megatrends: climate change, demographic shifts and digitalization. Tens of millions...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2024-10-04 12:00:00
My childhood was spent in trauma following the premature death of my mother in March 1971 while residing in Islamabad, Pakistan. We returned to Bangladesh in April 1973 after escaping from Pakistan via Afghaistan and India. And within five months...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-10-04 00:00:00
Eminent citizens, the Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB), the Udichi and progressive social and political organisations have come down heavily on the interim government for dissolution of the 10-member coordination committee it formed for revising the primary and secondary school textbooks....
Syed Md Aminul Karim and Md Ariful Islam | 2024-10-04 00:00:00
In recent years, Bangladesh has experienced significant changes and developments across its financial landscape, but amid the progress, corruption continues to plague the banking sector. The country is at a pivotal moment, as it must tackle systemic issues to ensure...
GULAM RABBANI | 2024-10-03 00:00:00
A High Court (HC) bench has recalled its verdict and order delivered over a tax claim for Tk 6.66 billion from Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser of the interim government, and his organisation Grameen Kalyan after regime change.The judgment...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-10-03 00:00:00
The government has reconstituted the interagency taskforce -- for the fifth time since its first formation in 2010 -- assigned to help recover Bangladesh's stolen assets.The Ministry of Finance (MoF) issued a circular on the reconstitution of the taskforce on...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-10-03 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 02: The Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) Administrator and Chattogram Additional Divisional Commissioner (General) Muhammad Anwar Pasha's current tenure has been extended by 90 days to a total of 210 days.The extension was notified in a...
Seyed Mosayeb Alam | 2024-10-03 00:00:00
In Bangladesh's fast-paced economy, young professionals face an increasingly complex and competitive environment. Whether recently graduated or a few years into career, problem-solving is a crucial skill. How can it be effectively cultivated for long-term success?Problem-solving is not merely about...
Md Tauhidul Alam | 2024-10-03 00:00:00
The Cottage, Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (CMSME) sector is a crucial pillar of Bangladesh's economy, playing a significant role in driving economic growth, employment, and social development. With CMSMEs representing nearly 99 per cent of all businesses, they contribute...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-10-03 00:00:00
Since its inception, the ready-made garment (RMG) industry has gone through many ups and downs over the last four decades. Now the industry has reached a stage where it can take pride in its achievements as the world's second-largest garment...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2024-10-03 00:00:00
The killing of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, along with many of his close associates, in an Israeli raid in Lebanon certainly does not end the crisis in the Middle East. Much as Benjamin Netanyahu would like the world to...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-10-02 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 01: BNP leader Dr Shahadat Hossain has been declared mayor of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) in a case verdict.The Election Tribunal and the Joint District and Sessions Judge Court pronounced the verdict on Tuesday.The court directed the Election...
Md Abdul Latif | 2024-10-02 00:00:00
The labour-intensive SME sector is crucial to Bangladesh's economy, driving job creation, economic diversification, innovation, and support for larger enterprises while fostering social stability and sustainability. This sector comprises cottage, micro, small, and medium enterprises, usually defined by a small...
FE LIFESTYLE | 2024-10-02 00:00:00
There's a Bengali saying that translates roughly to: "We don't appreciate our teeth until we've lost them." It's a reminder to value what we have before it's too late. In today's world, the same could be said for our eyes.With...
Ismail Hossain | 2024-10-01 00:00:00
Shopping bags in supermarkets will no longer be a freebie as outlet owners are offering no free bags as the interim government executes the no-more-polythene-bag policy in super shops from today (Tuesday).The Bangladesh Supermarket Owners Association will inaugurate the no-more-polythene-bags...
Abu Mukhles Alamgir Hossain | 2024-10-01 00:00:00
Efficient cargo handling is crucial for export-driven economies like Bangladesh. Air transport plays a significant role in logistics management, accounting for 6.20 per cent of exports. Due to the short seasonal cycles in the global fashion industry, apparel buyers increasingly...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-10-01 00:00:00
When the need for exploiting all sources of renewable energy including that of the tropical sun is being felt more than ever, the number of existing Solar Home Systems (SHSs) that converts solar energy into electricity through a photovoltaic (PV)...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2024-10-01 00:00:00
One of the long-term recommendations of the Public Administration Reform Commission (PARC) that submitted its report in 2000 was to establish an Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). Subsequently, the Government of Bangladesh did establish an Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) in...
CAF Dowlah | 2024-10-01 00:00:00
In every country --- no matter developed or developing --- the central bank serves as the economy's nervous system. It regulates interest rates, controls money supply, maintains foreign exchange reserves, and fights inflation. Such responsibilities are critical to ensuring economic...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-09-30 00:00:00
Road sector contractors have come down heavily on the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) for discriminatory evaluation method in tenders of small budgeted work claiming that it has created syndication in the process to get the work of below Tk...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-09-30 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 29: The Chittagong Customs House (CCH) has extended the permission for importers to take delivery of 38 types of imported goods, including food products specified by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) from both the jetties of the...
Neil Ray | 2024-09-30 00:00:00
Much as the police's role during the quota reform and anti-discrimination movements may be maligned, it is impossible to dispense with the service---no matter if it is flawed ---of the law enforcement agency. Incapacitated, the force was totally non-functional for...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-09-30 00:00:00
Dispelling speculations the Lebanese Shia Islamist militant group, Hezbollah, has admitted that their supreme leader Hassan Nasrallah has been killed in Friday evening in a massive Israeli air attack in Southern Beirut. Israeli Defence Force (IDF) also claimed that in...
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