Farzana Munshi | 2023-11-12 00:00:00
Accumulation of human capital by investing in education, training and other forms of learning has been considered as a critical source of economic growth by many economists including Nobel laureates Gary S. Becker, Paul Romer and William Nordhaus. Appropriate education...
K A S Murshid | 2023-11-12 00:00:00
The topic, by its nature, is controversial and difficult to navigate given the expansive and tortuous literature and acute differences in opinion amongst key, influential scholars. This writeup is focused on exploring the social-justice space in Bangladesh. It has adopted...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2023-11-12 00:00:00
A decade has elapsed in neglect by now since Bangladesh introduced the Transfer Pricing (TP) law aimed at checking illegal profit shifting through cross-border transactions. Unfortunately, the fiscal measure has been kept ineffectual until now. The revenue authority could not...
Shafiq R. Bhuiyan | 2023-11-12 00:00:00
A fundamental question in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is whether it is financially viable or rewarding. After years of implementation, the top management still debates whether CSR is a cost that gives an image-building opportunity that companies must pursue or...
M Rokonuzzaman | 2023-11-12 00:00:00
Like a few other aspiring lower-middle-income countries, Bangladesh would like to reach high-income status. The country has already exhausted its natural resources and low-skilled workforce to reach lower-middle-income status. The next option, likely the only one, that is left is...
Muhammad Zamir | 2023-11-12 00:00:00
In various dimensions within our socio-economic paradigm, we have been facing difficulties that have been casting shadows. This has partially been due to the current geo-strategic paradigm and issues emanating from conflicts in different parts of the world. These factors...
M. Kabir Hassan and Mashuk Rahman | 2023-11-12 00:00:00
Bangladesh's contemporary macroeconomic condition is positively trending as it continues to impress globally as one of the fastest-growing economies in the Asia-Pacific region. Since the initial shocks of the pandemic and lockdown measures a few years ago, Bangladesh has seen...
Atiur Rahman | 2023-11-12 00:00:00
Ups and downs aside, Bangladesh's economy remains a fascinating story that is still unfolding. Indeed, it deserves to be told more cogently. The only other day, while sharing the "Economic Outlook for Asia Pacific', IMF Director for the region Krishna...
Syed Abul Basher and Salim Rashid | 2023-11-12 00:00:00
Universities have an important role in helping students understand the difference between doing things for quick, personal benefits and making choices for long-term goodness and morality. They should teach students to think about the future, encouraging actions that are good...
Rizwanul Islam | 2023-11-12 00:00:00
It has been more than a year since the economy of Bangladesh started to face the current phase of macroeconomic instability. The story is familiar. A sharp rise in trade deficit combined with the slow growth of remittances put pressure...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2023-11-12 00:00:00
Needless to say, globalisation has many dimensions of which the economic one is the cutting-edge, underpinning the rest. That the nomenclature embodies movement of goods, capital, manufacturing and technology is also well-known. Of these the first one, movement of goods...
Recently, heavy metals have been found in crops grown in Jamalpur. Researchers have confirmed this by testing the eggplants produced there. In addition, a significant amount of harmful substances has been found in other crops. Experts believe that this is...
Studying engineering has now become easier in the country, thanks to a number of private universities and public science and technology universities, which offer students an array of engineering disciplines. The more engineering students we have, the more we need...
NEW YORK, Nov 10 (Reuters): President Joe Biden will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping face-to-face for the first time in a year on Wednesday, the White House said, in high-stakes diplomacy aimed at curbing tensions between the world's two superpowers.The...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed to take measures against the individual who has threatened a foreign diplomat through his public speech, reports UNB.State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam confirmed it on Friday.He said Bangladesh respects all norms...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-11 00:00:00
The health authorities in Bangladesh reported 11 deaths due to mosquito-borne dengue fever on Friday, taking the total fatalities to 1,460 this year.Three of the new deaths were from Dhaka. As of November 10, Dhaka's total deaths climbed to 857,...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-11 00:00:00
At least 64 buses were either set ablaze or vandalised from October 28 to November 10 in the capital amid political rallies, blockades and strikes by the BNP, according to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)."Three phases of blockades and one-day...
GAZA STRIP, Nov 10 (AFP/Reuters): Palestinians said Friday a deadly strike hit Gaza's largest hospital compound as heavy fighting between Hamas and Israel has sent tens of thousands of civilians fleeing their homes.Gaza's Hamas government, which reported a toll of...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-11 00:00:00
Different labour organisations and alliances staged a demonstration in front of the National Press Club in the city on Friday to demand a minimum wage of Tk 23,000 to Tk 25,000 for the readymade garment workers. They vehemently opposed the...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-11 00:00:00
Even amid record-high patenting activities across the globe, Bangladeshis filed only 418 patent applications in 2022, according to a global report. The country's number of appeals last year was less than the submission in 2021, according to the World Intellectual...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-11 00:00:00
The United Nations (UN) has requested Bangladesh to submit its annual report and action plan on addressing the possible challenges after graduation from the least-developed country (LDC) status in 2026, according to sources.The Committee for Development Policy (CDP) under the...
Inaugurating the "Mrityunjoyee Prangyan" which consists of a sculpture of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Frideay that this sculpture of Bangabandhu was merely not a sculpture, it was a history to...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2023-11-11 00:00:00
Deal with Saudi company Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) is expected shortly to run the newly built Patenga Container Terminal (PCT) and more porting facilities in Bangladesh are up for foreign operators, sources say.Meanwhile, negotiations on the agreement between Chittagong...
FE REPORT | 2023-11-11 00:00:00
Imperious US dollar overshoots set exchange rates in Bangladesh as speculation reigns over the forex market, with kerb-market price rising up to Tk 128 per greenback, sources say. According to economists and bankers, speculators rule the roost on the forex...
OUR CORRESPONDENT, COX'S BAZAR | 2023-11-11 00:00:00
The beach town of Cox's Bazar has been decked up with banners, festoons and billboards to welcome Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who will inaugurate the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar rail line today (Saturday).The newly built rail route features an iconic oyster-shaped rail-station...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2023-11-11 00:00:00
Rising inflationary pressure outweighs wage rates in Bangladesh despite month-on-month income growth over 27 months, analysts say, leaving particularly low-paid people in a shambles.The higher inflation rate than the wage growth as indicated in the Wage Rate Index (WRI) has...
NATORE, Nov 10 (UNB): The sugarcane crushing programme began at North Bengal Sugar Mills Ltd of Natore with a target of production of 13,000 metric tonnes (MT) of sugar this current season.The authorities concerned started the crushing amid the crisis...
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