Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2025-09-19 00:00:00
A legendary voice of the masses for over six decades – Badruddin Umar is no more. The 93-year-old veteran political activist, revered writer, patriotic researcher, and celebrated public intellectual who never compromised on the question of his ideals during his...
Nilratan Halder | 2025-09-19 00:00:00
That Dhaka City has long become an overturned cauldron in months marked by high temperature is known to its inhabitants. It is because they experience the scorching heat at its merciless sizzling worst. Now the World Bank in its report...
Serajul I. Bhuiyan | 2025-09-19 00:00:00
Across South Asia, few forces have profoundly shaped the course of national politics. Student activism is one such forces. From the Language Movement martyrs of Dhaka to the uprisings in Kathmandu and Colombo, students have played the role of political...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-09-18 00:00:00
The country's Value Added Tax (VAT) automation has remained monopolised by Vietnamese firm FPT, as the online platform was developed on software for which there is no local expertise.The contract with FPT, signed in 2015 at a value of US$33.6...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2025-09-18 00:00:00
After the enhancement of tariffs and various charges by the Chittagong seaport authority, berth operators and container-depot owners come up now the ship liners for upward cost adjustments, foreshadowing domino effect on Bangladesh's foreign trade, sources say. "We are planning...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-09-18 00:00:00
The Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges (MoRTB) has moved to reassess the much-delayed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project after the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) rejected its latest cost-escalation proposal in July this year. The project,...
BABUL BARMAN | 2025-09-18 00:00:00
Investors in five troubled Islamic banks are in a tight spot, as their stock prices have been declining since the Bangladesh Bank announced four months ago its plan to merge the Shariah-compliant lenders.Jittery investors have been dumping their holdings to...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2025-09-18 00:00:00
An independent, strong and effective human rights commission is indispensable for the protection and promotion of human rights. For decades, Bangladesh has faced censure both within the country and abroad for violation of human rights, particularly in the form of...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-09-17 00:00:00
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) is set to consider approval of nine new development projects in its meeting today (Wednesday), to be held at the NEC auditorium in the capital, officials said.The new projects include establishment...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2025-09-17 00:00:00
The yield on treasury bonds fell below 10 per cent for the first time in two years on Tuesday, as banks parked surplus funds in government securities amid weak private credit demand before the national election.The cut off yield, generally...
Ismail Hossain | 2025-09-17 00:00:00
In a move to protect the country's burgeoning digital entertainment sector, several over-the-top (OTT) platforms have sought urgent support from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to combat the rampant piracy of their contents on a host of illegal online...
Tareq Ahmed Robin and Mohammad Saiful Islam | 2025-09-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh's education system produces few STEM-trained graduates. The White Paper on the country's economic situation notes that about 60 per cent of university students study arts and social sciences, and only 12 per cent study science, technology, engineering, or math...
Jannatul Faima | 2025-09-17 00:00:00
Do we fear that when we die, we won't see memories in front of our eyes, but thousands of reels instead? Surely, many of us don't. This is the harsh reality of our times. Drowning in endless scrolling, likes, comments,...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-09-16 00:00:00
AI is now the latest global craze. It appears to be the solution to everything. It is, no doubt, a good helping hand in every branch of scientific research. It is also replacing humans in doing many tasks that are...
Abdullah A Dewan | 2025-09-16 00:00:00
September marks my 80th birthday (03/09/1945)—a milestone I have waited for through 29,200 days, finally earning the title of octogenarian. You may dispute the date on my high school matriculation certificate, but you cannot deny that every one of those...
Jahidul Islam | 2025-09-15 00:00:00
China has agreed to provide a Tk 15.91 billion grant to Bangladesh for procuring 20 meter-gauge (MG) locomotives for Bangladesh Railway (BR).The initiative aims to replace aged engines and ease the acute shortage of locomotives that has been crippling train...
Nazimuddin Shyamol | 2025-09-15 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 14: The Chittagong University Central Students' Union (CUCSU) and hall union elections will be held on October 12 - after long 35 years of the previous polls in 1990. As per the election schedule, distribution of nomination forms...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2025-09-15 00:00:00
The securities regulator has launched an investigation into allegations of stock price manipulation using bank loans, brought against companies and individuals closely tied to Beximco Group owner Salman F Rahman.It will also examine whether the accused committed money laundering through...
Neil Ray | 2025-09-15 00:00:00
At a different type of fair hosted by the Bangladesh Animal Welfare Association under the title, "Animal and Life Fair" held in the city, speakers waxed eloquent about the need for saving animals including the wildlife. So far as the...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-09-15 00:00:00
The Himalayan nation of Nepal is returning to relative normality after days of violent protests spearheaded by the Nepali youth, more particularly the Gen Z generation. It all started with a government's decision to ban 26 popular social media platforms...
REZAUL KARIM | 2025-09-14 12:00:00
Deshbandhu Group, one of Bangladesh's leading industrial conglomerates, has sought urgent government intervention to continue operations and prevent possible labour unrest as it struggles with an acute capital shortage, sources said.Managing Director (MD) Golam Rahman has formally appealed to the...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-09-14 00:00:00
Latest revenue rules are being bent to allow authorised representatives to assist taxpayers in online tax-return submission to make the process faster and simpler.The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is going to launch Tax Representative Management System (TRMS) software for...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2025-09-14 00:00:00
The securities regulator has proposed restructuring the board of the Capital Market Stabilisation Fund (CMSF) and introducing an act to streamline its operations so that it can best serve the interests of investors.The new commission, formed after the political changeover...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2025-09-14 00:00:00
Women's development, their empowerment and improved standing in society and family are the key issues of social advancement. Progress in increasing women's representation in different sectors including employment achieved over the last few decades can be called a success story...
Asjadul Kibria | 2025-09-14 00:00:00
The country's trade in services has been gaining momentum over the years, a trend that is not in line with the services sector's dominant contribution to the gross domestic product (GDP). However, the share of services in total external trade...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2025-09-13 00:00:00
Foreign port-operator Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) earns the ire of port users for alleged "inefficiency and mismanagement" in operation of the Patenga container terminal of the Chittagong seaport.Recently, Chittagong Customs Agents Association submitted a memo to the chairman of...
REZAUL KARIM | 2025-09-13 00:00:00
The state-owned Janata Bank has sought the government's necessary steps for recovering its Tk 18.38 billion worth of outstanding loans from the Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC) and some other sugar mills. Managing Director of Janata Bank Md....
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-09-13 00:00:00
Despite the increase in demand for trains, the supply side continues to be slow with no sign of improvement due to the wrong selection of funding agencies, faulty tender process, and inefficiency in project preparation by railway officials.Bangladesh Railway (BR)...
Ghulam Suhrawardi | 2025-09-13 00:00:00
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." — Nelson Mandela There are moments in a nation's life when institutions-once founded with lofty aims-begin to lose their way. Bangladesh is at one such moment...
Nilratan Halder | 2025-09-13 00:00:00
Bansh baganer mathar upor chand uthechhe oi/ Mago amar sholok bola Kajla Didi koi? In this poignant poem, Jotindramohon Bagchi presents the sweet and sad emotion experienced by a little restive soul that cannot go to sleep because she is...
© 2025 - All Rights with The Financial Express
