SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2024-09-29 00:00:00
The government is set to issue Three-Year Floating Rate Treasury Bonds (FRTBs) worth Tk 9.0 billion in the next three months to partly finance the budget deficit.Under the arrangement, the FRTBs of Tk 3.0 billion each will be issued on...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2024-09-29 00:00:00
Experts suggest that the current system for categorising listed companies solely based on dividends should be revised to better reflect their business performance. They recommend categorising companies based on their performance and the size of capital, as the existing system...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-09-29 00:00:00
As Dhaka's population keeps swelling and traffic jams become more intensified, the need for a quality, proficient, and extended bus service is growing. The current public transport system is not only inefficient and inadequate, but it also operates in a...
Asjadul Kibria | 2024-09-29 00:00:00
The moderate decline in the country's overall external trade with the rest of the world in the last fiscal year is not surprising. Both exports and imports dropped in FY24, leading to a fall in overall trade in terms of...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-09-28 12:00:00
Iccha kare paraandare Gamchha dia bandhi Nothing could do more than the above song sung by Pankaj Mitra to immortalise gamchha. This towel-like body wiper is a special piece of cloth of unique designs, patterns and colours. Its multi-purpose usages...
Asjadul Kibria | 2024-09-28 12:00:00
Israeli senior journalist and writer Gideon Levy has covered the Palestine-Israel conflicts, in particular the occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, from the ground for more than two decades. Working for the Israel's oldest newspaper Haaretz, Levy is a...
REZAUL KARIM | 2024-09-28 00:00:00
Several government agencies, including the agriculture ministry and the BCIC, have sounded the alarm over a possible crisis of fertilisers next January during the Rabi season.The state-owned Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) is worried about the stock of fertilisers.The agencies...
GULAM RABBANI | 2024-09-28 00:00:00
Security concern due to unrest in the hills is seriously hampering tourism and hotel business in the districts of Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT). The arrival of tourists in the picturesque districts nestled in the lap of nature is yet to...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2024-09-27 00:00:00
The inter-bank call money rate increased for the last two consecutive days following the policy rate hike by the central bank on Tuesday.The weighted average rate (WAR) of call money rose to 9.55 per cent on Thursday from 9.53 per...
Sulav Indra Paul | 2024-09-27 00:00:00
Soil health is a multifaceted concept that refers to soil's ability to function as a vital living ecosystem sustaining living organisms while also maintaining environmental sustainability. Healthy soil is the foundation of global food production and environmental sustainability. It supports...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-09-27 00:00:00
The transformation of the modest one-point non-political quota reform student movement into nine-point political agitation following the death of six protestors including Abu Syed, and its successful culmination in bringing a powerful regime down are unique in history. There were...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-09-26 00:00:00
Bringing any desirable change in the highest trip-generated city bus service is still a far cry through reform due to politicisation and criminalisation though at least 14 studies, revised studies and initiatives have been carried out since 1990 for a...
SDDIQUE ISLAM AND JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-09-26 00:00:00
Liquidity-strapped banks' ordeals are set to be all over as well-off bankers finally decide in principle to lend to the weaklings, sources said, thanks to regulatory interventions.Officials and bankers said that, under the bailout arrangement, top management of the lender...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-09-26 00:00:00
Almost a century-old rail-road bridge, known as the Kalurghat bridge, over Chattogram's largest river Karnaphuli, is scheduled to be officially open within November as the renovation works are coming almost to an end with only bridge painting and street light...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-09-26 00:00:00
As the interim government is appointing Vice-Chancellors and Pro-Vice-Chancellors for public universities based on merit and broad acceptability, there is a sigh of relief and a palpable sense of hope of better things to come among students and the general...
CAF Dowlah | 2024-09-26 00:00:00
In recent weeks, Bangladesh has witnessed a disturbing rise in mob justice, as segments of society have begun to take the law into their own hands. This alarming trend, worsened by a weakened law enforcement apparatus, reflects a growing disregard...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2024-09-26 00:00:00
Donald Trump appears to have mellowed a little, very little. If he loses the election in November, he has told a journalist, he will not be seeking the White House again in 2028. He has not said why, but given...
IFTEKHARUL ISLAM | 2024-09-25 00:00:00
Photography is a universal artistic expression transcending age, geography, and professional background. With advancements in technology, it has become an integral part of millions' daily lives, serving as a personal contemplation, professional ambition, or therapeutic escape. The author speaks with...
Md. Abdur Rouf and Enamul Hafiz Latifee | 2024-09-25 00:00:00
One of the pressing issues we face is enhancing our domestic revenue mobilisation, and a key solution lies in transforming how we collect Value Added Tax (VAT). The National Invoice Automation System is not just another bureaucratic upgrade; it is...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-09-24 12:00:00
If business magnets in Bangladesh play fair or cook the books crops up as a moot question as their tax files do not reflect the cache of wealth they posses at home and abroad.A recent finding by the tax sleuths...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM and JUBAIR HASAN | 2024-09-24 00:00:00
Liquidity-starved five commercial banks have yet to get any positive response in feeding promised funds from interbank sources even after securing guarantee from the central bank, officials and bankers said.The cash-hungry five - National Bank, First Security Islami Bank, Global...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-09-24 00:00:00
A recheck of Bangladesh's macroeconomic situation and possible reforms, besides additional funding needs, dominate its tasks as a team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) embarks on a weeklong mission here today. The four-member delegation of the multilateral development financier,...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-09-24 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 23: Importers have shown less interest in transporting cargo from Chattogram Port to Pangaon Inland Container Depot (ICD) via waterways, as they find it more expensive than road or rail options.As a result, importers in Dhaka and other...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-09-24 00:00:00
On Friday (September 20), the lead news of a national daily confirmed the fishery adviser's earlier stance that no hilsa would be exported to India this year. However, just the next day, on Saturday (September 21), a statement released by...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2024-09-24 00:00:00
Much expectation has been generated among the masses following a people's revolution in Bangladesh culminating in the assumption of office by an interim government. There is now almost a universal consensus that the state needs to be repaired before a...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-09-23 00:00:00
Chattogram suffered a loss of Tk 3.94 billion in its agriculture sector due to continuous rain and floods in 15 upazilas of the district, including in the nearby areas of the city, according to Omar Faruk, additional deputy director of...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-09-23 00:00:00
Financial intelligence urges signing key agreements for recovering stashes of Bangladesh's stolen assets from various countries and the finance adviser affirms interim government bid for such deals.These formal arrangements are essential for creating robust legal frameworks to support this process,...
Neil Ray | 2024-09-23 00:00:00
At a time when sobriety, tolerance and logic should have prevailed over impulsiveness, intolerance and irrationality, society has turned into a psychological tinderbox. It is flaring up anywhere anytime, consuming not just the target victims but also other innocent people....
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-09-23 00:00:00
The tension and rumour over killing of a suspected motorcycle thief in mob beating at Dighinala of Khagrachhari in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) has led to further violence involving clashes between the tribal people and Bengali people living in...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2024-09-22 12:00:00
Very few countries have faced such acute and complex challenges as Bangladesh does now after the overthrow of the autocratic regime. To make matters worse, the challenges are not few and they have come thick and fast. On top of...
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