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Sorry tale of Bangladeshi varsities in global rankings

Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-05-09 00:00:00

That not a single university from Bangladesh is among the top 300 universities of Asia in the Times Higher Education (THE) Asia University Rankings 2024 is truly an embarrassing fact. India boasts no less than 40 universities in the prestigious...

Release of fertilised eggs in Halda begins

NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-05-08 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, May 07: Brood fish started to release fertilised eggs in the Halda river, the country's lone natural fish spawning water body, from Tuesday.Earlier on Monday, brood stock released sample eggs in the Halda.Fishermen can collect fertilised eggs from the...

Addressing three key challenges in Bangladesh economy

Debapriya Bhattacharya and Towfiqul Islam Khan | 2024-05-08 00:00:00

A complex economic situation - at both national and global levels- is now prevailing. Bangladesh is now going through one of the most difficult macroeconomic situations in recent decades. The country is facing a number of transitional challenges: graduation from...

Are you spoiling your privacy and personal life?

MEHENAZ SULTANA TISHA | 2024-05-08 00:00:00

Have you ever paused and wondered why you feel obligated to look at your phone and tap on social media applications to fully freshen up your sleepy eyes right after you wake up? With this habit growing daily, the boundaries...

Adopting summertime eating habit

NOWSHABA ACHAL | 2024-05-08 00:00:00

This summer has brought unprecedented heat across the nation. Persistent heat waves and humidity define this time of year and various temperature-related diseases. Hence, maintaining a balanced diet and lifestyle becomes essential. We must adopt a diet emphasising freshness, hydration,...

23 years on since inception, global standard not developed yet

TAHJIBUL ANAM | 2024-05-07 00:00:00

COX'S BAZAR, May 06: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park located amidst a beautiful natural setting in Dulahazara Reserve Forest of Chakaria upazila of Cox's Bazar district is the first of its kind in Bangladesh. In the 23 years since its...

Enemies of the Sundarbans

Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-05-07 00:00:00

The fire service department, forest guards, the Navy, Air Force, members of the Coast Guard and local volunteers who fought together to bring the latest fire in the Amurbania area of Chandpai range in the Eastern Zone of the Sundarbans...

Economic crisis and inflation

M A Taslim | 2024-05-07 00:00:00

The current economic crisis has developed steadily over the last several years mainly because our aggregate spending far exceeded the national incomeA major manifestation of the current crisis is the high inflation which has imposed great hardship on the ordinary...

Reputable banks reap benefits of wider investment scope in 2023

BABUL BARMAN | 2024-05-06 00:00:00

More than half of the listed banks posted a double-digit profit growth in 2023 as their net interest income surged up to 92 per cent, owing to the removal of the interest rate cap.The foreign exchange gain was not as...

Slow lane to nowhere?

MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-05-06 00:00:00

The Dhaka Bus Rapid Transit Company (Dhaka BRT), a state-owned company formed over a decade ago, appears to be stuck in the slow lane compared to its counterpart mass transit company that handles projects from planning to implementation.For planning, executing,...

University students across world make the right call

Neil Ray | 2024-05-06 00:00:00

Waves of protest by university students from the United States have now shaken not only the campuses of highest seats of learning in that country as well as Europe and Australia but also the world conscience that went into hibernation...

The journeys to death

Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-05-06 00:00:00

Lure of jobs has led many youths to go on a perilous voyage across the Mediterranean Sea to the shores of Europe, especially Italy. Of the hundreds of thousands who embark on such a dangerous journey from different countries, thousands...

Miscreants reign supreme on Patenga beach

Nazimuddin Shyamol | 2024-05-05 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, May 04: Patenga sea beach, the most attractive tourist spot of Chattogram, is being occupied by some influential persons who have set up shops on the beach in recent times.Sources said the walkways on the sea beach are being...

Developing cities in harmony with nature

Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-05-05 00:00:00

From the beginning of summer this year, a sizzling record-breaking heat wave grabbed the attention of all. Indoors, outdoors - it was impossible to miss or to avoid. It even grasped the attention of the international media because Bangladesh is...

Inflation and the upcoming budget

Asjadul Kibria | 2024-05-05 00:00:00

The country's new finance minister and a new state minister for finance are now busy finalising the national budget for the upcoming fiscal year (FY25). It will be the nation's 53rd annual national budget, and the ongoing pre-budget consultations suggest...

Teletalk to revise hiring policy to attract top talent

ISMAIL HOSSAIN | 2024-05-04 12:00:00

State-owned mobile phone operator Teletalk is set to revise its recruitment policy to attract experienced and skilled professionals from the corporate sector, according to officials, marking a major shift from its traditional hiring practices.To adopt the new policy, the company...

Taka depreciation triggers dev project cost overruns

SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-05-04 00:00:00

Substantial taka depreciation having eaten into their allocated funds in a couple of years, state-owned enterprises continue feeling the pinch and keep seeking recompense against cost overruns of projects.Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) and Payra Port Authority are...

Thriving of a niche brand

Ali Tasjad | 2024-05-04 00:00:00

The country's local market is filled with hundreds if not thousands of e-commerce, retail and f-commerce brands in similar categories like T-shirts, shirts, pants, or punjabis. Only a few people do anything beyond that as it is easier to follow...

Role of gender in longevity of men and women

Nilratan Halder | 2024-05-04 00:00:00

Women live longer because they don't have a wife. Sarcasm at its worst from the point of male chauvinism! Well, that is likely to be the case but the underbelly punch in the light statement is unmissed. Sarcasm apart, the...

Call for tracing extreme heat areas in Dhaka city

MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-05-03 00:00:00

When urban cities are the worst sufferers of extreme heat for global warming, Dhaka city has still to address its consequences by tracing extreme heat areas in preparedness to cope with the situation.From policy to sectoral level, dealing with extreme...

Tk 155m earned in revenue from fishing at Kaptai Lake

NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-05-03 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, May 02: The Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation (BFDC) has earned about Tk 155.6 million (15.56 crore) in tax from 7,627 tonnes of fish that has been sold by four fisheries centres for Kaptai Lake this season.The four marketing centres...

Tax rise plan for high earners faces backlash

DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-05-03 00:00:00

Salaried taxpayers have seen their tax liabilities increase over recent years, due mainly to a high rate of inflation that has outpaced wage growth.A proposal to raise the tax rate by 5.0 percentage points in the next financial year (FY...

How to arrest unliveable Dhaka's decline

Nilratan Halder | 2024-05-03 00:00:00

Savar is not light years away from Dhaka, just a little over 30 kilometers separate the satellite town from the Bangladesh capital. But the former normally has temperature 3.0 degree Celsius lower than in the megacity. Still more significant is...

When the young march, the world changes

Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2024-05-03 00:00:00

The old have throughout the course of history sent the young off to wars. The young have always resisted, have marched on the streets to let the old know of the dangers they are constantly putting the world to.As students...

Most drug makers' revenue growth fails to propel profit as much

BABUL BARMAN | 2024-05-01 00:00:00

Leading drug makers showed a double-digit revenue growth year-on-year in the nine months through March this year, but the rise in their profits was much slower in comparison during the period for escalation in business cost. Increased raw material prices,...

DMTCL yet to relocate utilities though physical work set to begin in Dec

MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-05-01 00:00:00

Despite the planned physical work start of the Mass Rapid Transit Line-1 in December this year, the project authorities have yet to get the utility lines relocated thanks to "non-cooperation" from two Dhaka city corporations and the Roads and Highways...

IMF prescribes greater exchange rate flexibility

SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-05-01 00:00:00

Bangladesh has to pursue greater exchange-rate flexibility to get rover the jitters over depleting foreign-exchange reserves, the IMF says to reaffirm its financial-recovery suggestions. "…it's important that the next stage of the reform agenda is to allow greater exchange-rate flexibility,...

Full-scale oil transportation thru undersea pipeline from July

NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-05-01 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, Apr 30: The full-scale transportation of petroleum products through undersea pipeline from Matarbari storage station in Kutubdia to the storage tank of the Eastern Refinery Limited (ERL) in Patenga is expected to start in July next. The authorities conducted...

Wardrobe essentials to stay cool and fashionable in sweltering weather

ZANJABIL MASHKURA | 2024-05-01 00:00:00

With the increasing temperature, picking breathable, relaxing, lightweight outfits for all-day-long activities is necessary. Heat waves might end in a few days, but the temperature will continue to stay up for at least the next three months, as it is...

BD issues logistics policy on private investment

DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-04-30 00:00:00

The government has issued the first-ever logistic policy, thereby opening scope for private-sector investment in ports, railways, waterways and other investment-starved areas in Bangladesh.The 'National Logistics Policy 2024' has outlined more than 62 reform plans in major areas to attract...