FE REPORT | 2024-07-19 00:00:00
Economists expressed mixed reactions over the latest Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) for the next six months up to December, 2024. Former World Bank's Dhaka office lead economist Dr Zahid Hussain said the central bank thinks they have taken enough tightening...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2024-07-19 00:00:00
The ongoing unrest across the country poses downside risks of supply chain disruptions and further erosion in investment, economists have said, calling upon all to show restraint for putting an immediate end to violence.They also stressed the need for keeping...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-19 00:00:00
Nearly 17 people were killed and a thousand more injured Thursday as protracted quota-reform movement turned street fights between protesters and law- enforcers and ruling-party supporters, officials and witnesses said. As chaos gripped the country amid widespread clashes, the government...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON & JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-07-19 00:00:00
No more printing of money or currency swaps with banks while base rates will stay steady as monetary tightening continues in July-December period to tame inexorable inflation.Bangladesh Bank, the country's central bank, Thursday rolled out half-yearly monetary policy statement or...
Rownak Jahan | 2024-07-19 00:00:00
As Shrabon clouds shroud the sky and stir a sense of nostalgia among us, today marks the arrival and departure of two literary giants: the birthday of Qazi Anwar Husain and the death anniversary of Humayun Ahmed.Humayun, the creator of...
Asjadul Kibria | 2024-07-19 00:00:00
They were the common inhabitants of one world, and they are still there even after their passing into eternity. They had many things in common, and at the same time, there were many dissimilarities or contrasts among them, too. However,...
That an increasing number of foreign nationals seek work permits in Bangladesh highlights the issue of skills gap in our local workforce. Reportedly, in the current fiscal year, the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (Bida) approved 16,303 applications from nationals of...
The recent report on economic loss sustained by Bangladesh to the tune of Tk 65 billion daily amid the ongoing unrest is deeply concerning. The combination of blockades and violent clashes over quota reform has strained our economy significantly. This...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-07-19 00:00:00
Money and politics are by no means strange bedfellows. Economists and social scientists the world over have continuously attempted to propound economic theories aimed at maximising national and individual wealth. Ever since the transition of political orders from the old...
Dismissal of the need to revise GDP and per-capita income by the ministry of finance (MoF) due to discrepancies in export data has sparked controversy over the methods used in calculating crucial economic statistics. In a press statement, the ministry...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2024-07-19 00:00:00
It has happened again. America's gun culture has been at work yet once again. The assassination attempt on Donald Trump reveals with disturbing clarity how a society which permits people to come by guns easily can often create havoc for...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Chattogram, Khulna and Barishal divisions with moderately...
Dhaka's air quality continues to be in the 'moderate' zone on Tuesday morning, reports UNB.With an air quality index (AQI) score of 67 at 9:05 am, Dhaka ranked 30th on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality.Pakistan's...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-17 00:00:00
The UK is providing vital humanitarian assistance worth 30,000 euro (Tk 45 million) to support the flood-affected communities in Sylhet, where over three million people are impacted and 260,000 are displaced. This UK contribution will be managed by START Fund...
The selection round of Chattogram division of the country's biggest talent-based TV reality show 'Ispahani Mirzapore Banglabid - Season Six' will take place tomorrow (Friday), says a press release.The audition will be held on the premises of Ispahani Public School...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-17 00:00:00
The High Court (HC) on Tuesday issued a rule upon the government's bodies concerned to explain in six weeks as to why their inaction and malfeasance in damaging the lives of the Malaysia-bound workers should not be declared illegal.In the...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-17 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against the owner of Sadeeq Agro and six government officials over illegal cattle import of the banned Brahman breed.ACC Assistant Director Md Abul Kalam Azad filed the case at the ACC's Dhaka...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina posed with the receipients of the Prime Minister Fellowship 2024-25 during their award ceremony at the PMO in the capital on Tuesday. — PID
FE REPORT | 2024-07-17 00:00:00
Japan is willing to hire more workers from Bangladesh for its different sectors like caregiving and agriculture.State Minister for Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Shofiqur Rahman Chowdhury said it to the journalists. Earlier, he had a meeting with the Japanese...
A Dhaka court has adjourned until July 31 the hearing in a graft case against BNP leader Mosaddeq Ali Falu, reports BSS. As no witnesses appeared to testify, Judge Mohammad Nazrul Islam at Dhaka Special Judge Court-10, adjourned the hearing...
Workers Party of Bangladesh has strongly protested the slogan chanted by anti-quota protesters terming themselves as Razakar during their movement, reports BSS."Such slogan is not only shocking but also unfortunate in the independent Bangladesh," said the party's politburo in a...
Awami League Joint General Secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim has said BNP-Jamaat clique wants to take political advantage by instigating quota protestors, reports BSS."BNP-Jamaat clique is derailing our young generation. They want to take political advantage instigating the quota protestors," he...
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student wing of BNP, has announced to stand by the general students, who are staging demonstrations across the country against the quota system in government jobs, to realise their demands, reports UNB.Speaking at a press...
FE REPORT | 2024-07-17 00:00:00
Two factions of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) have taken a dissenting stance on the quota reform movement. Two factions, led by its President and Secretary, presented their positions on Tuesday in the SCBA auditorium.During a briefing, a faction...
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has called upon the country's people and all political parties to stand beside the general students who are demonstrating against the reinstatement of the quota system in government jobs across the country, reports...
Fire-fighters trying to extinguish fire after miscreants set ablaze two buses in front of the National Press Club in the capital on Tuesday night. — FE Photo
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has condemned and protested attacks on general students and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) during the quota reform movement, reports UNB."A section of these protesters are speaking in favour of the razakars. It is...
Startup Bangladesh Limited has cancelled its Tk 50 million investment in 10 Minute School after the online educational platform's founder posted in support of the quota reform movement on Facebook, reports bdnews24.com.On Monday, Startup Bangladesh took to Facebook to announce...
The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) in a study on 'Bangladesh's External Public Borrowings and Debt Servicing Capacity' has expressed concern about the sharp rise in the share of costly foreign loans in the country's overall debt portfolio in recent...
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel have been deployed in Dhaka, Gazipur, Chattog-ram, Bogura, Rangpur and Rajshahi to maintain law and order situation amid the ongoing quota reform movement across the country."In the wake of the ongoing quota reform movement,...
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