Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-09-18 00:00:00
A study on the presence of microplastics in salt from 12 salt-producing sites in the Cox's Bazar and Chattogram districts came up with results that are concerning. Plastics are manmade polymeric materials of organic origin with the property that it...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2023-09-17 00:00:00
State-run Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) has sought an increased subsidy of Tk 4.9 billion to meet expenditure as its earnings fell substantially following inauguration of the Padma Bridge.The ferry services of Mawa-Banglabazar route have been suspended after the...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2023-09-17 00:00:00
Square Pharmaceuticals will be concentrating its strength on catering to the local demand for drugs, keeping in mind two main factors -- quality and availability, said the company's Managing Director Tapan Chowdhury.The drug manufacturer, which expanded its market share to...
Abdul Bayes | 2023-09-17 00:00:00
There is an avalanche of literature arguing that "cross-country empirical analyses, in combination with micro-level studies, provide strong support for the overwhelming importance of institutions in predicting the level of development in countries around the world. Protection of property rights,...
Asjadul Kibria | 2023-09-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh's eagerness to sign free trade agreements (FTA) with various trade partners is known. To recover the erosion of preferences like duty-free quota-free market access in the post-LDC era, signing bilateral and regional FTAs is now critical. The policymakers also...
ASJADUL KIBRIA, FROM GENEVA | 2023-09-16 00:00:00
Despite some limitations, trade can play a pivotal role in helping countries address the challenges of climate change and promote a sustainable future.The most critical thing is to devise strategies and ways to "make trade an enabler of a better...
ISMAIL HOSSAIN | 2023-09-16 00:00:00
Although mobile phone manufacturing in the country tripled in July this year compared to May, local phone makers saw smartphone productions plummet - putting Bangladesh's much-celebrated entry into the fifth-generation (5G) era in question.The share of smartphone production dropped a...
Nilratan Halder | 2023-09-16 00:00:00
A devastating fire at Krishi Market, Mohammadpur has reduced 217 out of 317 shops to ashes. This is, however, official estimate of the registered shops. The unofficial count puts the total number of shops to more than 500 and of...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2023-09-15 00:00:00
After publishing the electric motor vehicle registration and operation policy early this year, the government now moves to formulate a comprehensive policy for setting the ground for EVs - aiming at those to replace the country's 30 per cent of...
ASJADUL KIBRIA, FROM GENEVA | 2023-09-15 00:00:00
As fashion giants are imposing varied standards and requirements for clothing manufacturers and exporters in the developing countries, including Bangladesh, it impedes making factories environment-friendly and sustainable in transition process.In this connection, trade experts argue that there should be some...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-09-15 00:00:00
Concerns from both ends over implementation of a new income-tax law prompt government's revenue authority to make frequent changes to its incongruous provisions, like taxing private provident fund at corporate-tax rate.In another instance of what is now deemed as a...
BABUL BARMAN and FARHAN FARDAUS | 2023-09-15 00:00:00
Four years after investors lost assets to fund embezzlement by Shah Mohammad Sagir & Company, the Dhaka bourse took a move to settle claims. Now, the clients of the brokerage firm, who fell victim to its fraudulent activities, may hope...
Nilratan Halder | 2023-09-15 00:00:00
Each successive study on the state of pollution in Bangladesh is exposing a new and graver dimension of pollution in this densely populated country. The veracity of these authoritative studies is unquestionable. Lately, the first to come is the disconcerting...
ASJADUL KIBRIA, from GENEVA | 2023-09-14 00:00:00
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and ChatGPT will be a big issue in near future to determine the course of trade and jobs. So it is critical for the countries, especially the developing nations, to understand the fast changing issue. An...
ASJADUL KIBRIA, FROM GENEVA | 2023-09-14 00:00:00
Bangladesh's digital services export is outpacing traditional goods shipment although the country's overall digitally generated services sector still stays nascent and needs policy push to unlock potential.The World Trade Report 2023, themed 'Reglobalisation for a Secure, Inclusive and Sustainable Future',...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2023-09-14 00:00:00
The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has invited fresh offers from interested parties to operate the Inland Container Depot (ICD) at Kamalapur in the capital as it cancelled the previous tender amid allegations of favouring a vested interest group, officials have...
SK AMLAN AHMED PRACHURJJO | 2023-09-14 00:00:00
Jahangirnagar University Model United Nations Association (JUMUNA) is organising the 7th Jahangirnagar Model United Nations 2023 (JMUN'23) Conference, scheduled for September 28, 2023, at Jahangirnagar University in Savar, Dhaka. This event is designed to facilitate discussions on critical global issues...
IFTEKHARUL ISLAM | 2023-09-14 00:00:00
Japan has a distinct blend of tradition and innovation that has captured the world's attention. Aside from its tranquil landscapes and cutting-edge technology, Japan's allure comes from the opportunity to immerse themselves in a society steeped in history and tradition.As...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2023-09-14 00:00:00
In the course of the recent G-20 summit in Delhi, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife, both with roots in India, wished to make a trip to Haldirams, the reputed food outlet, in the Indian capital. They could...
FE ONLINE REPORT | 2023-09-13 00:00:00
The combined cost of the health effects due to lead pollution in Bangladesh is a loss of up to 9.0 per cent of the country's GDP, revealed a new global study on Tuesday.The study, published in the Lancet scientific journal,...
ASJADUL KIBRIA, from Geneva | 2023-09-13 00:00:00
A series of shocks over the last decade and a half -- the 2008-09 global financial crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic, and now the war in Ukraine -- has raised concern about the future of globalisation, says a World Trade Report.The...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2023-09-13 00:00:00
Retail investors, who jumped on Legacy Footwear after the April announcement that new shares would be issued, got it all wrong. Though the disclosure said shares would be distributed among "existing shareholders", it was clear by the time that general...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2023-09-13 00:00:00
Opinion polls and market surveys are quite dated tools that are still in use for assessment of real life situations of the present and the near future. Their reliability varies on the issues or subjects for which opinions are garnered...
ASJADUL KIBRIA, FROM GENEVA | 2023-09-12 00:00:00
The largest outreach event of the World Trade Organization (WTO) starts today (September 12, 2023) at the multilateral trade organisation's secretariat in the Swiss city of Geneva.Officially termed WTO Public Forum 2023, the four-day event will examine how trade can...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-09-12 00:00:00
Digital Business Identification (DBID) has yet to pay off by way of disciplining Bangladesh's anomalous e-commerce operations as a year elapsed sans outcome of the government's legal move.The government has made registration mandatory for e-commerce businesses without setting forth any...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-09-12 00:00:00
Standard Chartered Bank has introduced 20-week paid parental leave for its employees to put forward the philosophy that child rearing is a responsibility for both parents to share. The objective is to help parents of the newborns rear a new...
FARHAN FARDAUS and BABUL BARMAN | 2023-09-12 00:00:00
Beximco Pharmaceuticals faces a ban on export of eye drops for glaucoma to the European market over concerns tied to the manufacturing plant in Bangladesh. The drug maker listed in Bangladesh's stock market and London Stock Exchange should be barred...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-09-12 00:00:00
Shoolgoing boys and girls are committing suicide in greater number than members of other age groups, a recent study says. Done by a non-government youth-focused social organisation, Achol Foundation, the study has analysed the circumstances of the suicides as reported...
Asaf Ibne Salim and Syed Abul Basher | 2023-09-12 00:00:00
In the football match between Spain and Switzerland during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, even though Spain had the majority of ball possession, fans were stunned by a Swiss goal that led to Spain's 0-1 defeat. The concept of jobless...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2023-09-11 00:00:00
The groundbreaking ceremony slated for September 16 to mark the formal beginning of the country's third metro-rail construction along Dhaka's east-west axis has been postponed indefinitely, according to sources.They said the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Line-5 (northern route) project office...
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