Neil Ray | 2021-11-29 00:00:00
Never before did the country come across the shocking news of killing of so many elephants by electrocution as it has been a witness to, of late. The High Court took cognisance of the rapacious murder of the giant creature...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2021-11-29 00:00:00
A dustbin lorry, belonging to the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), ran over and killed Naim Hasan, a student of Notre Dame College, on Wednesday last. The vehicle had hit Naim when he was crossing the road in the Gulistan...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2021-11-28 00:00:00
Rowshon Ara Akter, a housewife who lives in the city's New Eskaton area, got puzzled last year getting a notice from the income tax office after the expiry of the deadline for return submission for individual taxpayers. She does not...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2021-11-28 00:00:00
As the first ever metro rail will open to traffic in the city in a year or two, a 357-member special police team will be formed to ensure safety and security of the state-of-the-art transportation system.The Finance Division approved the...
Asjadul Kibria | 2021-11-28 00:00:00
From Tuesday next, trade ministers of more than 160 countries were scheduled to gather in Geneva to negotiate some critical issues of global trade rules. The four-day event, the 12th ministerial conference (MC12) of the World Trade Organization (WTO), has...
BABUL BARMAN | 2021-11-27 12:00:00
Stocks suffered a massive drop in the outgoing week as investors dumped their holdings of major sector shares amid fears of further price erosion.The market bled throughout the week as panic gripped investors following the news that non-performing loans in...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2021-11-27 00:00:00
The postal directorate has taken a move to change the charges and slabs of its express mail service (EMS) to streamline the service for making it customer-friendly, officials said. The authorities aim to woo more customers to the state-run international...
REZAUL KARIM | 2021-11-27 00:00:00
A comprehensive database of country's different services and commodities is being prepared to access their market status and clear supply chain of anti-competitive interventions, officials say. The proposed database is likely to include information about all local services and locally...
Nilratan Halder | 2021-11-27 00:00:00
A report released in June this year claimed that as many as 37 divorce petitions were being filed a day in the capital city during a few months preceding its publication and 70 per cent of those were done by...
Dilip Barua | 2021-11-27 00:00:00
We very keenly observe that the Sixth plenary session holds great significance as the CPC embarks on a new journey toward building a modern socialist country in all respects. It is sticking to peaceful development based on a win-win cooperation...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2021-11-27 00:00:00
Research in medical science, especially, when it is an emergency, motivates people from far afield to cooperate and collaborate for developing a treatment to save people. The COVID-19 pandemic created such an emergency so that in less than a year's...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2021-11-26 00:00:00
As the Covid-19 situation started easing for the last couple of months, expectations over an economic rebound were running high. But a toxic cocktail created by creeping inflation at home and supply chain disruptions and an increase in most raw...
Nilratan Halder | 2021-11-26 00:00:00
After the historic verdict delivered by the High Court (HC), recognising the river Turag as a living entity on February 3, 2019, exactly two years seven months and 17 days have passed. Once again the HC in another directive on...
Siddique Islam | 2021-11-25 00:00:00
Provision shortfall against loans, particularly classified ones, in Bangladesh's banking system marked a steep fiftyfold rise during the first nine months of the current calendar year.The aggregate amount of provisioning shortfall jumped to Tk 62.04 billion, over 50 times higher,...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2021-11-25 00:00:00
The launch of cluster bus service in the city under a joint-venture company may be delayed further due to 'a lack of cooperation' from bus operators. The special committee, formed to work on bus route rationalisation (BRR) on the city's...
Nazimuddin Shyamol | 2021-11-25 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Nov 24: ICB Capital Management Limited, a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) is suffering from lack of manpower affecting its functions in the port city. Sources said, of the total 240 posts of ICB Capital Management Limited,...
Md Ziaul Haque Zim | 2021-11-25 00:00:00
An entrepreneur's job description entails inventing new products and services or improving those that already exist to improve the quality of life. As the need for inventions to encourage entrepreneurial behaviour is increasing by the day, Daffodil International University's Fabrication...
Jannatul Ferdous | 2021-11-25 00:00:00
The pandemic hit everyone unexpectedly two years ago. Similar to what the protagonist from the movie Forrest Gump stated, "My mom always said life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." The pandemic forced...
Shafiun Nahin Shimul | 2021-11-24 12:00:00
Bangladesh has made a commendable progress in the health indicators such as an increase in life expectancy, extension of sanitation coverage, vaccination for children and so on. Paradoxically, it is the health sector of Bangladesh which remains highly inequitable whenever...
M A Taslim | 2021-11-24 12:00:00
It is almost embarrassing to admit that China was a poorer (by income per capita criterion) country than Bangladesh as late as the early-1980s. But since then a miraculous near double digit growth rate over long three decades have catapulted...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2021-11-24 12:00:00
Digitization of global trade has simplified business processes, ushering in speeds and newer dimensions. The digital-era businesses are constantly adopting advanced technology and paperless trade procedures to stay competitive amid this paradigm shift. As such, how to match the taxation...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2021-11-24 00:00:00
Classified loans in Bangladesh's banking system swelled to more than Tk 1.0-trillion mark again, as of September, despite receiving state policy support.The volume of non-performing loans (NPLs) grew by nearly 14 per cent or Tk 124.16 billion to Tk 1011.50...
Tarannum Azim Baigh and Asad Islam | 2021-11-24 00:00:00
Consider the final scene of the cult classic movie "Titanic," in which passengers frantically elbow one another for a spot in one of the few available lifeboats while a group of musicians continue to perform, recognising the impending disaster. The...
Syed Naimul Abedin | 2021-11-24 00:00:00
Bangladesh has, of late, achieved the much-needed political stability that is a prerequisite for any nation to reap sustainable growth. Despite having countless challenges, the country has embarked on a trajectory with an excellent track record for growth and poverty...
Farhana Rafiq and Mohammed Foysal Chowdhury | 2021-11-24 00:00:00
Winter is around the corner-with its associated boons and banes, too. This season invokes a sense of festivity for many Bangladeshis primarily because it offers a respite from a persisting spell of hot and humid climatic conditions of this subtropical...
Rizwanul Islam | 2021-11-24 00:00:00
What kind of transformation is expected in an economy is a moot question. Economic growth is important for all countries irrespective of the level of development, but it needs to be accompanied by productive and decent employment because that is...
Mesbaul Asif Siddiqui and Gultekin Binte Azad | 2021-11-24 00:00:00
With advances in communications, trade, industrialization and increased footprint in this era of globalization, we as a nation have surpassed Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) milestone and moved up the ladder from being an LDC to a developing country. Bangladesh is...
Mohammad A. Momen and Melita Mehjabeen | 2021-11-24 00:00:00
The growth story of Bangladesh, across both economic and social development indicators, has been phenomenal over the last 50 years since independence. However, the country continues to face headwinds in future growth opportunities due to academic and vocational skills mismatch...
Debapriya Bhattacharya, Towfiqul Islam Khan, and Md Mursalin Hossain Rabbi | 2021-11-24 00:00:00
Since the onset of Covid-19 in Bangladesh in March 2020, the health impact on the country's population has been staggering. With more than 4,680 cases and 73 deaths per million population a day the country has had the highest infection...
Mirza Azizul Islam | 2021-11-24 00:00:00
Practically all countries in the world have suffered major setbacks in their macroeconomic performance due to disruptions of economic activities caused by Covid-19. Bangladesh is no exception. This article is not about the impact of Covid-19 per se, though references...
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