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...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-09-12 00:00:00
Agonies of umpteen commuters seem destined to prolong as introducing single-company-based bus route for operating modern mass transport service looks finally shelved with an ancillary project ditched.Officials have said the Planning Commission recently rejected extension of the related technical project...
ISMAIL HOSSAIN | 2025-09-12 00:00:00
Bangladesh stands at a crossroads in its digital journey. The decisions it makes now -- regarding spectrum pricing, taxation, and telecoms regulation -- will determine whether it achieves its ambition of becoming a trillion-dollar economy by 2040, or continues to...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2025-09-12 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Sept 11: Aiming to shift cargo from overburdened highways to cost-effective river routes, the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has signed two agreements to revive Dhaka's Pangaon Inland Container Depot (ICD) and enhance the country's inland waterway cargo handling capacity....
Nilratan Halder | 2025-09-12 00:00:00
The Small and Medium Enterprises (MSEs) account for the majority of businesses all across the world. According to the World Bank (WB), this sector represents 90 per cent businesses with 50 per cent of employment worldwide. Bangladesh is no exception...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2025-09-12 00:00:00
There have been many rogue states in the world but by any reckoning Israel is the worst of them. A commonplace definition of a rogue state is a country that wilfully violates international law and conventions and inflicts harm on...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-09-11 00:00:00
Providing special allowances for some key professionals with intensive technical knowledge is under consideration of the National Pay Commission as the government plans stemming a tide of brain drain from Bangladesh.Doctors, engineers, researchers and scientists are among the must-haves whose...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2025-09-11 00:00:00
The securities regulator has decided to engage the Capital Market Stabilisation Fund (CMSF) in distributing cash dividends to investors on behalf of listed companies, to ease the tax collection process and help investors secure tax waivers on dividend income.The CMSF,...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2025-09-11 00:00:00
Speakers at the recent National Conference on Social Security rightly underscored the urgency of expanding social safety net coverage in urban areas. Numerous studies over the years have shown that while rural poverty is on the decline, urban poverty is...
Abdullah A. Dewan | 2025-09-11 00:00:00
America is both a rich and wealthy country. Its richness lies in abundant natural resources-but its true strength emerges in transforming those resources into lasting wealth through robust institutions, innovation, and productivity. Wall Street is more than a speculative arena;...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-09-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh's interim government has formally requested Japan to review its funded projects in different sectors, including metro rails, for lowering the costs with easier-terms of loans.A high-level delegation led by Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed visited Japan last week and...
TALHA BIN HABIB | 2025-09-10 00:00:00
The government has initiated a move to introduce land zoning system aiming to ensure proper utilisation of land in the country.As part of the move, an ordinance will be passed soon, according to the Ministry of Land (MoL). "We (the...
Babul Barman | 2025-09-10 00:00:00
The benchmark equity index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) is likely to fall by about 59 points, according to EBL Securities, as the merger of five ailing Islami banks may lead to their de-listing.These banks - First Security Islami...
Maliha Tasnim | 2025-09-10 00:00:00
A new rock band, The Velvet Sundown, started their journey two months ago. The band’s songs quickly rose to the top charts of multiple streaming platforms, including YouTube and Spotify. At first, listeners thought that this might be a new...
Serajul I. Bhuiyan | 2025-09-10 00:00:00
The 2025 demise of Badruddin Umar is not simply the loss of an individual, but the muting of a conscience. For over half a century, Umar was a relentless critic of power — state, capital, and ideology. As a thinker,...
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