Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-02-13 00:00:00
It is about a week short of three months that the Iran-backed Houthi fighters of Yemen, the Ansar Allah, started to block movement of commercial ships in the Red Sea. How has the global maritime trade been faring since? Reports...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2024-02-13 00:00:00
Bangladesh is fortunate to have a major power as a friendly country since its inception. India not only helped in the war of liberation with men and materials but have also assisted in its development efforts in a spirit of...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2024-02-12 00:00:00
Merchant banks pay tax at the same rate as banks despite playing different roles, and so they urge the National Board of Revenue to cut it down to what is applicable for market intermediaries. A merchant bank is required to...
REZAUL KARIM | 2024-02-12 00:00:00
The government plans to develop strategies to offset losses incurred due to India's imposition of anti-dumping duty (ADD) on jute goods, sources say.It also plans to take necessary steps against a possible imposition of countervailing duty (CVD) -- also known...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-02-12 00:00:00
When major carbon emission reduction projects in Bangladesh struggled to trade greenhouse gas (GHG) credits, the state-owned natural gas distributor Titas Gas earned over $3 million in four years till 2023 for saving gas from leaky residential and commercial risers.Officials...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-02-12 00:00:00
Airfreight costs for sending exports from Bangladesh to its main export destinations have nearly doubled in a month amid mounting pressure for having to bypass conflicts-ridden Red Sea area. The proxy wars in the main global shipping route force container...
Kazi Mohammad Aymanullah and Nusrat Jahan Urmi | 2024-02-12 00:00:00
Bangladesh, a steadily growing economy since achieving independence in 1971, boasts positive developments in all sectors of its economy. Headlining as the model of growth in many places, is it efficiently utilising its actual potential or are these just tall...
Neil Ray | 2024-02-12 00:00:00
The power of music is irresistible. A discerning music lover can immerse himself or herself in the finest form of song or instrumental music. Band music that usually is known for rendition of different genres of music such as pop,...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-02-12 00:00:00
The fear that the fallouts from the ongoing conflict between the Myanmar military junta and the People's Defence Forces (PDFs), an umbrella organisation of the resistance movements by different ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) of Myanmar might spill over into Bangladesh,...
Nazimuddin Shyamol | 2024-02-11 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Feb 10: The government has a plan to establish three additional liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals alongside the existing two for re-gasifying imported gas. Two of these will be situated in Moheshkhali and Matarbari in Cox's Bazar, while the...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2024-02-11 00:00:00
The country's banking sector has proposed that the government bring down corporate tax rates in the upcoming fiscal budget in a bid to help them expand business and mobilise more funds.Bankers have sought uniform tax rates for all publicly-listed companies...
Md Shafiul Alam | 2024-02-11 00:00:00
The growing competition in the job sector has made it tough enough for fresh graduates to get an entry-level job. Moreover, most prospective employers think that they may need to invest a significant amount of resources to train a new...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-02-11 00:00:00
In a recent appearance before the US Congress, Mark Zuckerberg - CEO of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp - apologised to parents of children who were victims of cyber bullying and sexual exploitation on his social...
Asjadul Kibria | 2024-02-11 00:00:00
Global trade faced another setback last year, which is reflected in the decline in trade after two years, mainly due to a fall in trade in goods, although trade in services showed a better performance. Global trade has experienced negative...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-02-10 00:00:00
The book fair that began in commemoration of the language martyrs has now made its extensive foray into the Suhrawardy Udyan from the Bangla Academu premise. At a time when few nations boast their book reading habit has not diminished,...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-02-09 12:00:00
An apathy towards and even hostility to children's outdoor activities seems to be ingrained in the social attitude of urban people. Even few people complain against a dire shortage of open space in the capital Dhaka with a population density...
Mohammad A Razzaque, Mostafa Abid Khan, Md. Deen Islam, and Md. Hossain Uzzaman | 2024-02-09 00:00:00
The World Trade Organization (WTO)’s highest decision-making body, the Ministerial Conference, meets biennially with all members present. Decisions on multilateral trade agreements are made here. The 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) is scheduled for 26-29 February 2024 in Abu Dhabi, the...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL AND FARHAN FARDAUS | 2024-02-08 00:00:00
Merchant banks have been dealing with the hopeless case of negative equity since the 2010 market collapse and consider keeping the matter unsettled for at least another two years. The Bangladesh Merchant Bankers Association (BMBA) says the lenders of margin...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-02-08 00:00:00
The over-population issue has been one of the most demanding and pressing concerns for a resource-constrained and geographically small Bangladesh since its birth in 1971. Since independence, successive governments have prioritised family planning programmes and achieved notable success. According to...
Shafiul Alam | 2024-02-08 00:00:00
Built on the Digital Bangladesh vision, the implementation of electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) has marked a remarkable success. The e-GP system started its journey in Bangladesh with the Hon’ble Prime Minister inaugurating e-GP portal on June 2, 2011.Since 2012, the...
BABUL BARMAN | 2024-02-07 00:00:00
Despite a 10 per cent profit increase year-on-year to Tk 33.06 billion in 2023, Grameenphone's dividend payout ratio for the year will be the lowest in four years.One factor that stands out as the primary reason is a spending of...
DOULOT AKTER MALA AND MONIRA MUNNI | 2024-02-07 00:00:00
Rollback of export incentives prompts businesses to rush to the finance minister with an appeal for retaining the cash stimulus until Bangladesh's graduation to middle-income status in 2026.Apex trade chambers fear some 200 export-oriented spinning mills that spin out fabrics...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2024-02-06 00:00:00
Private enterprises are facing a tricky situation in collecting funds through bonds; they want to keep the return rate low, avoiding high bank borrowing costs, but are having to compete with rates of government securities. After the latest policy rate...
Ashik Mosaddik and Dilara Begum | 2024-02-06 00:00:00
Access to quality education and knowledge is a fundamental factor in shaping the future of any nation. In Bangladesh, the slogan "Read books in the library, build smart Bangladesh" for this year National Library Day-2024 (observed on Monday) emphasises the...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-02-06 00:00:00
Who owns Tangail saree? As the name of the saree indicates, it should naturally belong to Tangail, a district of Bangladesh, where it is produced. But no, in the market-driven and defined world of today, the right to ownership of...
M A Taslim | 2024-02-05 12:00:00
Ever since the people of the country started migrating to other countries in search of employment and better livelihood, they remitted money to their families at home. These remittances soon became an important prop to our balance of payments (BoP)...
BABUL BARMAN | 2024-02-05 00:00:00
Revenue jumped in the first half of FY24, compared to FY23, but it was accompanied by higher cost of sales in the turbulent macroeconomic scenario, depriving drug makers of the pleasure of attaining the expected profit growth. Higher raw material...
Md Nasiruddin Mitul | 2024-02-05 00:00:00
Bangladesh is celebrating ‘The National Library Day’ today (February 5, 2024). This year the slogan for National Library Day is Granthegare Boi Pori, Smart Bangladesh Gori (Let’s Read Book in Library to Build Smart Bangladesh’. The Department of Public Libraries...
Neil Ray | 2024-02-05 00:00:00
Lions and tigers are carnivores but man is more, he is omnivore. The range of his omnivorousness at times transcends the limit of sanity. When it does, he can be a killer of the worst kind. In fact, he is...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-02-05 00:00:00
To be in debt is nothing wrong with a business or even an entire economy, because that is how capitalist economy runs. If a bank has no borrower to lend money, it will fail, because interests accruing on the loans...
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