Nilratan Halder | 2021-07-03 00:00:00
How welcome rains are when scorching heat of summer makes a hell of a life for people. Right now parts of Canada and the United States of America are smarting under a relentless and repressive sun. People there are gasping...
BABUL BARMAN | 2021-07-03 00:00:00
Stocks extended rally for the second consecutive week, the last week of the just concluded fiscal year, as bargain hunters continued their buying binge on major sector issues ahead of the complete lockdown.The government enforced countrywide week-long strict lockdown started...
Natalya Stankevich, Erik Nora and Arnab Bandyopadhyay | 2021-07-03 00:00:00
Rivers are the oldest means of transport in the massive Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta, where a dense lattice of waterways once carried over 70 per cent of the goods and passengers within the region. Today, however, less than 2.0 per cent of...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2021-07-03 00:00:00
How is the US-brokered peace process progressing in Afghanistan? And once all the US troops are withdrawn from Afghanistan by early September this year, as scheduled, what is the prospect that peace in that war-ravaged country will finally arrive? Will...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2021-07-02 00:00:00
The securities regulator has finally issued a set of rules, paving the way for creating a special fund to help revitalise the capital market.The much-awaited rules on formation of the market stabilisation fund came into effect from June 27 last...
Siddique Islam | 2021-07-02 00:00:00
Most of the private commercial banks (PCBs) showed an increased operating profit in the first six months (H1) of this calendar year (2021) despite the extent of overall classified loans in the banking system was on the rising trend, bankers...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2021-07-02 00:00:00
The opportunity given to the holders of dirty money in the budget for the immediate past financial year had raised lots of hullabaloos. The honest taxpayers---their number is unlikely to be very large, in particular, were annoyed.Economists and some business...
Nilratan Halder | 2021-07-02 00:00:00
A survey report titled, "Bangladesh Sample Vital Statistics (BSVS) 2020" unveiled on Monday last has come up with many a positive for the nation even in this most critical time. However, the title should have been Sample Bangladesh Vital Statistics...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2021-07-01 00:00:00
The tax authority has surpassed its target for tax collection from large taxpayers in the just concluded fiscal year (FY), thanks to money whitening scheme and withholding tax collection.According to a provisional data of Large Taxpayers Unit (LTU) under the...
Jannatul Ferdous Anan | 2021-07-01 00:00:00
If Neville Longbottom (a fictional character in Harry Potter) was asked whether he prefers a one-hour session with Professor Lupin or a course with Professor Snape, he probably would've chosen the former one in a heartbeat. Workshops are similar to...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2021-07-01 00:00:00
As is well-known, a Muslim man can have as many as four wives based on the Islamic Sharia law, but not more simultaneously. In the backdrop of this general perception of Islam condoning polygamy, the Grand Imam of Egypt's topmost...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2021-07-01 00:00:00
Today, July 1, 2021 is the birth centenary of Dhaka University - once known as 'Oxford of the East'. But its birth did not happen all of a sudden. It is quite apparent from its founding and evolution that it...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2021-06-30 00:00:00
The central bank has requested the securities regulator to amend or fine-tune its directives issued under the corporate governance code (CGC) for the listed banks and financial institutions (FIs).Formed and operated under different laws, the banks and FIs have no...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2021-06-30 00:00:00
The government is set to start fiscal year (FY) 2021-22 with a higher bank borrowing target for July to adjust expenditure in June and partly finance budget deficit.It may take up to Tk 206.50 billion in gross borrowing from the...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2021-06-30 00:00:00
Parliament on Tuesday passed the Finance Bill-2021, amending a few of its original provisions.The lawmakers vetted continuation of the controversial opportunity to legalise undeclared income during the next fiscal year (FY 2021-22), however, on terms harder than that of the...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2021-06-30 00:00:00
The backlog in funding need for maintenance work on the country's road network has increased to 315 per cent this fiscal year in the absence of required budgetary allocation in the last fiscal year, according to a report of the...
Tanjim-Ul-Islam | 2021-06-30 00:00:00
After coming out of the shadow of famine, Bangladesh took moral responsibility to provide people with social safety net coverage. Protecting citizens from economic vulnerabilities has become even more important task during the ongoing pandemic that has shattered most people.Not...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2021-06-29 00:00:00
An 'imposed' merger of the scam-hit BASIC Bank with the Bangladesh Development Bank Limited (BDBL) is unlikely to yield any tangible result, experts have said.They expressed scepticism about fruitful outcome of such a move and demanded stern actions against the...
REZAUL KARIM | 2021-06-29 00:00:00
A government agency has suggested increasing the cash incentives on exports of frozen shrimps and other fish to help boost fish production and export earnings.The Export Promotion bureau (EPB) sent the recommendation to the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) last week...
Md Kamrul Bari, Enamul Hafiz Latifee and Mohammad Musleh Uddin | 2021-06-29 00:00:00
The Covid-19 pandemic has hard hit the global economy, and Bangladesh is not an exception to that. Many businesses across the country are struggling to cope with the new normal situation with financial strain and trying to revamp their businesses...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2021-06-29 00:00:00
The alarming rise in the infection rate of Corona virus across the country has forced the government to go for countrywide lockdown. However, the lockdowns on a limited scale have already been in force first in the districts bordering India...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2021-06-29 00:00:00
Matt Hancock's resignation from the office of Britain's Health Secretary is once again a sign of the vitality of democracy. He was caught violating the very social distancing rules in a coronavirus situation he had been urging people to follow....
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2021-06-28 00:00:00
The government would offer the undisclosed money holders yet another opportunity to legalise their income in the next fiscal year (FY2021-22), but with harder terms than that of the existing ones. The holders of such money may have to pay...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2021-06-28 00:00:00
Responding to calls from economists and experts, the government may increase further the allocation for the social safety net programme (SSNP) in the budget for the fiscal year 2021-22 which is slated for adoption by parliament on Wednesday, officials said.While...
Neil Ray | 2021-06-28 00:00:00
Lockdown or shutdown has come in various shapes and sizes. The earliest form was not even called lockdown. Euphemistically it was named general holiday but to what purpose remains a mystery. Yet for the longest stretch of time, people's movement...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2021-06-28 00:00:00
What is the basic responsibility of the Bangladesh Police? The answer is simple. The agency with its network reaching up to the grassroots level ensures the safety and security of the citizens.Criticisms notwithstanding, its major focus has been on law...
REZAUL KARIM | 2021-06-27 00:00:00
India may soon add yet another item--- clear float glass (CFG) --- to the list of Bangladeshi exports facing anti-dumping duty (ADD). CFG, exported by Bangladesh, may face ADD for five years, officials said.Indian local producers have requested the director...
Natália Mazoni Silva Martins | 2021-06-27 00:00:00
The last time governments around the world gathered to put women's rights front and centre was in 1995, during the Fourth World Conference on Women, convened by the United Nations in Beijing, China. On this occasion, governments from 189 countries...
Asjadul Kibria | 2021-06-27 00:00:00
Two weeks back, the government formally handed over Geographical Indication (GI) certificates to six offices for six Bangladeshi products. Thus the total number of GI-tagged products increased to nine in the country. The six new GI-tagged products are: Maslin of...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2021-06-26 00:00:00
The government has issued a new rule for investors of the clothing and textile industries, keeping a provision of getting environment and fire safety clearance first prior to obtaining factory registration.However, textile mill owners opposed the move earlier citing the...
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