MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2021-06-02 00:00:00
Five types of listed companies, including the 'Z' category ones, are set to be barred from issuing bonus shares without justified reason of business expansion and the regulatory permission as well.The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) is about to...
Siddique Islam | 2021-06-02 00:00:00
Mercantile Bank Limited (MBL) has taken a series of measures to become one of the country's top five financial institutions in the near future in terms of market share, its top executive has said.As part of the moves, the third-generation...
REZAUL KARIM | 2021-06-02 00:00:00
The government has taken an initiative to devise a strategy to cushion possible external shocks to the country's export trade, officials said.While working out the strategy, they said, the government would consider the aftermath of the country's graduation from a...
Fahmida Khatun, Mustafizur Rahman, Khondaker Golam Moazzem, and Towfiqul Islam Khan | 2021-06-02 00:00:00
The economic downturn and uncertainty induced by the Coivd-19 pandemic continued in the fiscal year 2020-21 (FY21), although at a lower intensity than was initially perceived. During the first half of the ongoing fiscal year, much of the discussions and...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2021-06-01 00:00:00
The metro rail line being developed from Uttara to Motijheel will be linked up with Kamalapur Railway Station as a feasibility study has finally recommended extending the elevated track by over one kilometre after acquiring private land and buildings.The Dhaka...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2021-06-01 00:00:00
The revenue board is almost certain that the revenue receipt during the outgoing fiscal year (FY) will fall far short of the revised target because of the pandemic effect. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) collected Tk 1.97 trillion during...
Md Saifullah | 2021-06-01 00:00:00
The Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh guarantees freedom of thought and conscience and of speech as fundamental rights. The present democratic government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina firmly believes in freedom of press, as the fourth estate...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2021-06-01 00:00:00
History has long been about the history of the conquerors, heroes. What happened to the people so conquered after their kings were defeated by the more powerful invaders was not of much interest to the writers of imperial history. The...
Paul Vandenberg | 2021-06-01 00:00:00
The number of bankruptcies fell in 2020 in many countries. At first glance, this is a strange occurrence as 2020 was the year of the Covid-19 outbreak that caused lockdowns, a sharp decline in business activity, and negative economic growth....
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2021-05-31 12:00:00
Something incredible is happening. Bangladesh has decided to lend $200 million to Sri Lanka under a currency swap deal. The lending decision has caused many to raise their eyebrows, at least, for a couple of reasons. The first reason is...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2021-05-31 00:00:00
Belying the policymakers expectations, only a meagre amount of 'undisclosed' funds, legalised under a controversial tax exemption facility, flowed into the country's bourses until May 25 of the current fiscal year (FY).An amount of Tk 2.82 billion, which is only...
Md Touhidul Alam Khan | 2021-05-31 00:00:00
Every year on May 31, the World Health Organisation (WHO) observes 'World No Tobacco Day'. The objective of the day is to create awareness about the ill effects of tobacco use and how we can attain a tobacco-free future. Almost...
Marina Elefante and Alena Sakhonchik | 2021-05-31 00:00:00
Childcare matters for the economic participation of men and women alike. Parents of young children would not be able to join the labour force without it. However, women have a higher stake in this issue as they carry out the...
Fabian Bornhorst and Ceyla Pazarbasioglu | 2021-05-30 12:00:00
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is responding to the policy challenges of a fast-changing global economy still reeling from the Covid-19 crisis: it is modernising the way it provides its regular policy advice to member countries-a process known as surveillance.The...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2021-05-30 00:00:00
The builders are hopeful of completing the country's longest Padma Multipurpose Bridge by June 2022 despite slow progress in work amid the second wave of coronavirus.The Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project (PMBP) office recently extended the deadline of completing the bridge...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2021-05-30 00:00:00
The government is likely to impose fiscal measures in the upcoming budget that is expected to compel the contractors to become tax-compliant in case of realizing their bills, sources said.The contractors would have to receive the payments through banking channel...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2021-05-30 00:00:00
Experts and stakeholders have hailed the regulatory reforms brought in rules and the actions taken against the wrong doers to enhance good governance in the country's capital market.Their evaluation came on completion of one year of the securities regulator's incumbent...
BABUL BARMAN | 2021-05-29 00:00:00
Stocks extended their rally for the seven consecutive weeks that ended on Thursday as investors continued to put fresh bets on stocks amid budgetary expectations.Week-on-week, DSEX, the core index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up by 172.75 points...
Md. Sazedul Islam | 2021-05-29 00:00:00
Leprosy seemed to be a less important issue in the country. Due to outbreak of Covid-19, leprosy has reportedly lost its more importance. Bangladesh's aim to achieve the leprosy-free country target seemed uncertain due to continued negligence of concerned policymaking...
Cecile Fruman, Matias Herrera Dappe and Charles Kunaka | 2021-05-29 00:00:00
Strong cross-border transport links make it easier to import and export goods. The benefits typically ripple throughout the economy, boosting the income of people near and far. In the case of Bangladesh, seamless transport integration with neighbouring India would stop...
Carolina Landsmann | 2021-05-29 00:00:00
Any way you look at it, whether the focus is on Gaza, the West Bank or the internal tension vis-à-vis Israel's Arab citizens, the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the same: two states for two peoples. Even those who...
Md Saiful Islam and AKM Tariful Islam Khan | 2021-05-29 00:00:00
The Covid-19 pandemic has shaken lives of people, communities, organisations and governments across the world. Like any other organisation, icddr,b was at a loss about the twin threats of the outbreak - protecting lives and livelihoods of its employees and...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2021-05-29 00:00:00
While the nation is engaged in a protracted battle against Covid-19 pandemic, yet another kind of morbidity is learnt to have been looming on the horizon. It is a deadly fungal infection known as black fungus, or mucormycosis. The fungus...
Khondaker Golam Moazzem and Taslima Taznur | 2021-05-28 12:00:00
Since the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, the global economy has failed to cope up and is struggling to rebound. The pandemic has had a profound impact on the world of work in the first half of 2020, but, in...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2021-05-28 00:00:00
Since the deadly pathogen SARS-CoV-2 started wreaking havoc across the globe, there has been an unprecedented race to develop vaccines to deal with the pandemic. Because of notable scientific progress achieved in the recent decades, researchers in several countries could...
Asjadul Kibria | 2021-05-28 00:00:00
From now on, Bangladesh passport is 'valid for all countries of the world.' Even a few months ago, the passport contained the words 'valid for all countries of the world, except Israel.' Dropping of the words 'except Israel' might lead...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2021-05-27 00:00:00
The tax authority may impose a limit on cash transactions from merchant accounts through Mobile Financial Services (MFS) in the upcoming fiscal year (FY), sources said.The tax officials would not allow cash transactions beyond the cap and the amount would...
Ismail Hossain | 2021-05-27 00:00:00
A ministry has proposed to impose 30-32 per cent tax on import of computer and laptop to facilitate developing domestic industry, sources said.The Ministry of Telecommunication and ICT has put forward the recommendation to the National Board of Revenue (NBR)...
Siddique Islam | 2021-05-27 00:00:00
Bangladesh's overall imports dropped by more than 10 per cent or US$509.03 million in April last mainly due to the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, bankers said.Settlement of letters of credit (LCs), generally known as actual import, in terms...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2021-05-27 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is likely to impose a higher rate of tax on income from fish farming in the next budget if the earnings exceed a certain ceiling, officials said.The government is considering imposition of the tax...
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