Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2023-02-21 00:00:00
Bangla is the mother tongue of the Bangalis and the state language of Bangladesh. With a heritage spanning more than a millennium, its progress carries the imprints of innumerable struggles and sacrifices. Supreme sacrifices had to be made with loss...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2023-02-21 00:00:00
Half of listed mutual funds (MFs), which have been receiving lukewarm responses from investors since the 2010 stock market debacle, surpassed all other listed securities in terms of latest annual yields. The fund units trade mostly around the face value...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-02-21 00:00:00
Seventy-two years ago this day, students of Dhaka University were staging a demonstration protesting the then-Pakistan government's move to deny Bangla the status of a state language of Pakistan. The police opened fire on the protest marchers. Salam, Barkat, Rafiq,...
Saleemul Huq and Mizan Khan | 2023-02-21 00:00:00
As discussed in the previous pieces, growth is the priority for policymakers, and this is likely to continue for at least the next decade. Bangladesh has also fared well in the social dimensions of sustainable development compared to other South...
Mohammad Mushfiqul Haque Mukit | 2023-02-21 00:00:00
While investing in Bangladesh may offer attractive returns for investors, it's crucial to keep in mind the possible financial hazards that come with factors such as inflation, unemployment, reserve depletion, and significant indebtedness incurred for large-scale infrastructure projects.The Centre for...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-02-20 12:00:00
A recent report published in the British multidisciplinary science journal, Nature, says that a variant of bird flu virus, H5N1, that can spread from mammal to mammal also poses risk to both humans and wild animals. At an American mink...
Engr. Ali Ahmed | 2023-02-20 00:00:00
Plastic packaging makers are in deep dilemma facing a disproportionate AIT deduction at 7% on their gross sales which is ultimately absorbed as 'minimum tax' etc. Repeated appeals by chambers & business representatives for redress of this crippling situation remains...
Neil Ray | 2023-02-20 00:00:00
Quite a few pictures of the river Buriganga carried in different newspapers over the past weeks paint a nightmarish sight of Dhaka City's lifeline. In one such picture, the colour of water is so jet-black that anyone can mistake it...
Saleemul Huq and Mizan Khan | 2023-02-20 00:00:00
In Bangladesh, economic growth has been the priority focus for policymaking. For the last three decades, Bangladesh has achieved an average growth rate of around 6 per cent. As a result, from the devastated economy inherited after its independence from...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2023-02-19 00:00:00
Unplanned river-dredging in the upstream of Padma Bridge is allegedly going on unabated, changing direction of the water flows that, officials fear, might cause a threat to the dream bridge.Sources said the Tk 301.93 billion bridge project has already faced...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2023-02-19 00:00:00
The pharmaceuticals and chemicals sector lost over 6.5 per cent in market capitalisation to Tk707.6 billion in the three months through February 16 this year, at a time when a good number of stocks on the Dhaka Stock Exchange have...
Asjadul Kibria | 2023-02-19 00:00:00
Bangladesh economy has recovered significantly in the post-Covid period and stayed on the higher trajectory of growth. It is reflected in the country's official statistics on macroeconomic situation. The final estimation of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), released by the...
Saleemul Huq and Mizan Khan | 2023-02-19 00:00:00
With its geographical location sandwiched between the Himalayas in the North and the Bay of Bengal in the South, Bangladesh can be regarded as the ground zero of vulnerability to the increasing impacts of climate change. Recurring climate disasters like...
Nilratan Halder | 2023-02-18 12:00:00
The Valentine's Day and the Pahela Falgun or the first day of the Spring come together as a double delight. One is a Christian festival originating from the martyrdom of Saint Valentine in the third century. But there are several...
REZAUL KARIM | 2023-02-18 00:00:00
Hectic government search for procuring sugar locally yields not much due to lower bidding than jacked-up market prices, sources said, stocking worry about Ramadan binge.The sweetener will be rationed to 10-million families under TCB operations ahead of the upcoming holy...
Mohammad Ashraful Islam Khan | 2023-02-18 00:00:00
Agriculture is an important sector in Bangladesh, contributing significantly to the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and providing employment for millions of people. A robust agriculture supply chain management system can help improve the efficiency, quality, and competitiveness of the...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2023-02-17 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Feb 16: The monthlong 30th Chattogram International Trade Fair (CITF) 2023 started at Railway Polo Ground on Thursday. Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud MP inaugurated the CITF as the chief guest, while Chattogram Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI)...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2023-02-17 00:00:00
The authorities have decided to buy diesel AC (air-conditioned) buses in the first phase of the troubled BRT project as per its French funder's guideline.The Dhaka BRT Company earlier planned the procurement of electric buses for the project.The Agence Francaise...
BABUL BARMAN | 2023-02-17 00:00:00
A majority of listed food makers gained double-digit profit growth year-on-year in the first half of the ongoing financial year even when inflation is sky high and all other indicators portray a turbulent economic situation. Companies' export earnings, the type...
Nazimuddin Shyamol, back from Matarbari | 2023-02-17 00:00:00
The authorities have set the target to complete the project work of the long-awaited deep sea port in Matarbari of Cox's Bazar by the year 2027. To this end, ground work of the dream project is now going on in...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2023-02-17 00:00:00
Mirza Nurul Huda - or Dr M N Huda, as he is widely known at home and abroad - was undoubtedly a prominent and illustrious Bangali of the 20th century. With a career rooted in Dhaka University as an outstanding...
Nilratan Halder | 2023-02-17 00:00:00
It is public denouncement of the rice market in this country in the strongest of terms. More importantly, it comes from none other than a sitting minister. The minister concerned here is Prof. Shamsul Alam, state minister for planning, who...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2023-02-16 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange has been considering bringing changes in the rules of the Alternative Trading Board (ATB) to boost investor participation and attract more companies to offload shares.Since the launching of the ATB on June 4, the number of...
MORIUM KULSUM | 2023-02-15 12:00:00
"Moder gorob, moder asha, amori bangla bhasha" - perhaps we Bengalis are the only nation who can boastfully claim that our language is our pride. For this very language, we valiantly fought oppressive forces and earned the right to speak...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2023-02-15 00:00:00
In 2022 when the stock market was highly illiquid for the imposition of floor prices, the possibility of capital gains dwindled, often to nil for stretches of time for majority securities. Companies' distribution of profits in the form of cash...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2023-02-15 00:00:00
Democracy watchers do not have happy tidings to convey, imperilled and threatened as it is, in developed and developing countries alike. As Cassandra - like messengers, they may not be welcome to powers that be, but their message is telling:...
MOHAMMAD SAIFUL ISLAM | 2023-02-15 00:00:00
Mr Ali Ahmed was looking at one of the art pieces through his thick glasses when this writer approached him to talk about his experience at Dhaka Art Summit (DAS) 2023. The retired architect and a resident of Dhaka's Moghbazar...
ISMAIL HOSSAIN | 2023-02-14 00:00:00
The registration of Bigo Bangla, a live-stream app that comes under investigation by law-enforcement agencies, has been cancelled for allegedly streaming obscene contents and laundering money.The Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSC) has cancelled the licence, an RJSC...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2023-02-14 00:00:00
Upgrading the old toll policy is underway as government avenue collection from tolls on roads, highways and bridges is increasing for building newer costly communications infrastructures.The latest tolls have been imposed based on the toll policy 2014, when high-tech bridges,...
ISMAIL HOSSAIN | 2023-02-14 00:00:00
Islamic Finance and Investment Limited (IFIL) has been giving priority to cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises (CMSME) in making sustainable and socially responsible investments for its future growth, said the top executive of the first-ever Shariah-based non-bank financial institution....
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