JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2026-01-03 00:00:00
Many midsize development schemes also find their fate entwined with megaprojects in the infrastructure sector in downsizing budget outlays as the interim government tries to make two ends meet with limited funds. Sources say a large number of medium-scale development...
Md Shafiul Alam | 2026-01-03 00:00:00
Political division is a universal reality. No country in the world is free from differences in ideology, beliefs, or political allegiance. Even in the most established democracies, allegations of vote rigging, manipulation, and misinformation surface from time to time.Yet, despite...
Sohel Miah | 2026-01-03 00:00:00
As Bangladesh's national elections draw closer, political pressures increase -- and their wave effects are also felt in industrial areas. Especially in industry-dense zones such as Ashulia, Savar, Gazipur, and Narayanganj, a latent instability often emerges before and after elections....
Nilratan Halder | 2026-01-03 00:00:00
At a time when the Generation Z or popularly known as Gen Z is making media splashes all across the globe, there are reasons to be inquisitive about what its preceding or post-generations stood for. Its immediately preceding generation is...
Serajul I Bhuiyan | 2026-01-03 00:00:00
The condolence letter, penned and signed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and addressed to Tarique Rahman in tribute to Khaleda Zia upon her passing, has arrived in Bangladesh at a moment in history laden with meaning. On one hand,...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2026-01-02 00:00:00
Pensioners and elderly citizens see red as their much-needed earnings from savings certificates squeeze for yield-rate cutbacks under government debt-servicing pressures, sources say. The public debt buildups prompt the government to further lower yields on savings certificates in a belt-tightening...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2026-01-02 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Jan 01: Chittagong Port, the maritime gateway of Bangladesh, has achieved a historic milestone by handling the highest number of containers in 2025.The prime seaport handled a total of 3.40 million (34,09,069) TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) of containers, 138.15...
Nilratan Halder | 2026-01-02 00:00:00
An eventful year marked by tumultuous national developments and international conflicts raising at times the spectre of a World War III has just passed. The world has already welcomed the New Year with open arms in the hope that the...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2026-01-01 00:00:00
The year 2025 ended with deepening concern over Bangladesh's weakening domestic revenue mobilisation, prompting economists and policymakers to warn about the government's ability to meet rising public expenditure.The National Board of Revenue (NBR) went through unprecedented turmoil at both its...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2026-01-01 00:00:00
As a new year dawns, an economic post-mortem of the bygone year reflects a story of resilience, reform and recalibration. While public expectations were sky-high at the outset of the interim government, the economy failed to stage a decisive turnaround...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2025-12-31 00:00:00
Sammilito Islami Bank, which emerged from the merger of five Islamic banks, will decide whether to close the banks' subsidiaries or keep their businesses running, according to the central bank.The decision will be based on a feasibility study, sources at...
GULAM RABBANI | 2025-12-31 00:00:00
Dense winter fog has once again disrupted flight operations at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA), but this season the impact has been far more severe due to damage to the airport's Instrument Landing System (ILS). With the upgraded system not...
ASJADUL KIBRIA | 2025-12-31 00:00:00
When Bangladesh returned to democracy in 1991 after nearly a decade of authoritarian rule, the moment carried both relief and expectation. At the centre of that transition stood Begum Khaleda Zia, who not only became the country's first female prime...
Serajul I Bhuiyan | 2025-12-31 00:00:00
With the demise of Khaleda Zia (1945-2025), Bangladesh is not only bidding farewell to a former prime minister but also to an era. It is an era that encapsulates not only the political struggles but the moral fabric of this...
Golam Rasul | 2025-12-31 00:00:00
Dhaka-Delhi relations, long characterised by periodic flare-ups and uneasy cooperation, have entered a sudden and potentially dangerous downturn. In recent weeks, violent protests in Bangladesh, the suspension of visa services, and threats directed at Bangladeshi diplomats in New Delhi have...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2025-12-31 00:00:00
Begum Khaleda Zia, an icon of democratic tolerance in Bangladesh who served thrice as the Prime Minister (1991-96, 1996, 2001-06), and chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) for over four decades, is no more. She was born on August 15...
BABUL BARMAN | 2025-12-30 00:00:00
Listed foreign companies passed another tough year, with their stocks suffering further erosion in market value due to investors' apathy in making fresh investments. A major reason is the exodus of foreign investors from Bangladesh's secondary market. Overseas investors mostly...
GULAM RABBANI | 2025-12-30 00:00:00
The activities of the newly-established Supreme Court (SC) Secretariat remain almost stagnant due to inadequate manpower and infrastructure.Consequently, the Supreme Court continues to rely heavily on the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs for almost all of its secretarial...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-12-30 00:00:00
An enormous amount of money had been invested in developing Bangladesh's communications system over the past 15 years but modal transport share remained heavily skewed toward overburdened roads for no significant shift to rail, water, or air transport.A baseline study...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-12-30 00:00:00
A former lead economist of the World Bank (WB)'s Dhaka office, Dr Zahid Hussain recently said what Bangladesh economy is experiencing at the moment is a form of stagflation. Stagflation in developed economies like in the UK is characterized by...
Serajul I Bhuiyan | 2025-12-30 00:00:00
The print media in Bangladesh is going through one of the most critical periods in its history. Advertisements shrinking in number, production costs rising, and readership dwindling have pushed newspapers, especially ones that carry serious and public interest-based content, to...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2025-12-29 00:00:00
The yields on treasury bills (T-bills) edged down on Sunday as the central bank purchased US$115 million more from three banks on the day to keep the exchange rate stable. On the day, the government raised Tk 70 billion by...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-12-29 00:00:00
The ICT Division has proposed a $99.84-million project to build climate-resilient digital infrastructure across some of most remote and disaster-prone islands, targeting 77 unions and 701 villages in five coastal districts. The initiative is expected to benefit more than two...
Bazlul H Khondker and Samah J Majid | 2025-12-29 00:00:00
Remittances have long underpinned Bangladesh's economy - boosting household consumption, stabilising the balance of payments and acting as a buffer against shocks. From a modest US$1.4 billion in the 1997 financial year, inflows surpassed US$30 billion in the 2025 financial...
Neil Ray | 2025-12-29 00:00:00
That 40-41people terminate their lives every day, according to recent police data, in this country should send a chill down the spine. The very word 'suicide' has a story behind and that certainly is not very positive. People by nature...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-12-29 00:00:00
The interim government inherited the virtual wreckage of a state left by the autocracy toppled in the popular upsurge. The financial sector, especially the banks were in a shambles. The ousted autocracy would like to portray a rosy picture of...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-12-28 00:00:00
The Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) project, originally planned for 9.5 years with a budget of Tk 1.13 trillion, is set to reach the end of its tenure next Tuesday. So far, around 72.5 per cent of the works has...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2025-12-28 00:00:00
A textbook definition of the well-worn word ‘nation’ may denote ‘a group of people who share a common identity based on shared history, culture, tradition, custom, religion, language and a sense of unity or belonging together. Here, ‘nation’ is mostly...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2025-12-28 00:00:00
The revelation that an average of around 40 people die by suicide every day in Bangladesh is a chilling indicator of a profound and largely unaddressed social crisis. Police records on unnatural deaths show that between 2020 and 2024, a...
ASJADUL KIBRIA | 2025-12-28 00:00:00
December is usually a month of holiday-making for most people in Bangladesh. A large number of people wait throughout the year for the month when they can travel home and abroad with their families and friends. For most outbound tourists...
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