Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-01-28 00:00:00
Bangladesh, like many other countries of the world, has a community of non-binary gender who suffers from a mismatch between their biological sexual gender and their gender identity. In Bangladesh as well as in India, Pakistan and Nepal, they are...
Asjadul Kibria | 2024-01-28 00:00:00
It may be good news that overall global foreign direct investment (FDI) increased modestly in the past year. The preliminary estimate of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), released last week, showed that global FDI posted a...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-01-27 12:00:00
Businesses in Bangladesh feel the heat of big-power conflicts in the Red Sea area as reinsurers worldwide start charging a hefty additional 250-percent premium for coverage of war risks on trade.The usual war-coverage premium is 0.05 per cent which now...
Mohammad Ashraful Islam Khan | 2024-01-27 00:00:00
Supply chains in 2023 witnessed improvement since the economic downturn triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020-21. Operations became more streamlined, experiencing reduced congestion and a more harmonious supply-demand equilibrium. Valuable insights from the challenges posed by the pandemic underscored...
Md. Abdul Latif | 2024-01-27 00:00:00
Cox's Bazar, the sea, sun, and sand-based tourism capital in the country has built its connectivity with the capital, Dhaka, by the railway track opened on December 1 2023. This strengthens its existing multimodal connectivity and offers safer, cost-effective, and...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-01-27 00:00:00
Some call it metro magic, others 'a slice of foreign land'. By foreign land, they mean the most advanced countries in the West where life is so synchronised that it can with rare exception go by the clock. Movements on...
Syed Nasim Manzur, Tanvir Sobhan, A K M Fahim Mashroor, Amzad Hussain, Mohammad Sahab Uddin, Nazmul Ahsan, Sayema Haque Bidisha, Selim Raihan, Shale Ahmed, Shams Mahmud, Suborna Barua, and Zahid Hussain | 2024-01-27 00:00:00
Bangladesh’s demographic landscape is characterised by a large young population, which offers both significant opportunities and confronts the country with formidable challenges. As is widely recognised, the country’s performance in terms of many socio-economic indicators has been quite impressive. However,...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-01-26 12:00:00
The humanitarian crisis now prevailing with the spectre of a famine unfolding soon in the Palestinian territory Gaza is unsettling news for the major parts of the world. Pitted against this development of global concern, the news that seedbeds in...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-01-26 00:00:00
The government has finalised a draft national toll policy which proposes annual revisions to tolls for all vehicle categories based on the consumer price index.If approved, sources say, tolls for all existing 13 categories of vehicles would be calculated based...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-01-26 00:00:00
Tax-revenue collection missed the time-bound target for the first half of this fiscal with a Tk 232.27-billion shortfall for several adversities, although the receipt showed some annualised growth. The National Board of Revenue blames the target failure on import tightening...
Shadab Zahin Sarker and Sayed Ashraful Basher | 2024-01-26 00:00:00
Electricity is often viewed as an indicator of a nation's progress. A reliable and abundant electricity supply can improve life as we know it. In Bangladesh's growth process, electricity is crucial to power its industry and improve the quality of...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-01-25 12:00:00
That corruption in Bangladesh is both endemic and systemic is hardly a debatable issue. This is particularly true for the public entities. A number of national and international organizations have carried out surveys on the extent of corruption in different...
REZAUL KARIM | 2024-01-25 00:00:00
The scam-hit People's Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (PLFSL) has sought financial support from the government to help the non-bank financial institution run operations at full capacity.Hasan Shaheed Ferdous, the court-appointed chairman of the institution, also sought government intervention in...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-01-25 00:00:00
Half the capacity of the mass rapid transit (MRT) line-6 has remained unutilised despite huge passenger pressure following the inauguration of its daylong operation since Saturday.Metro-rail-company sources have attributed the passenger pressure at the terminals to the unavailability of adequate...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2024-01-25 00:00:00
Runner Automobiles has planned to cut down its short- and long-term loan burden by expanding its equity and focus on manufacturing electric vehicles to turn the losing concern into a profit-making business. Chairman of Runner Group Hafizur Rahman Khan revealed...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2024-01-25 00:00:00
How does it feel to live under foreign, and of course brutal, occupation? We in Bangladesh know the answer to that question, for we experienced life under an army which subjected us to not only occupation but also accompanied it...
BABUL BARMAN and FARHAN FARDAUS | 2024-01-24 00:00:00
The stock market stayed upbeat on Tuesday effectively absorbing the floor price withdrawal shock, as buoyant investors injected fresh funds into fundamentally strong stocks.The exuberance was centred mostly on BRAC Bank, Square Pharmaceuticals, Reckitt Benckiser, Marico, and Unilever Consumer Care,...
ZANJABIL MASHKURA | 2024-01-24 00:00:00
The freezing winter is shivering down the country, meaning it is time to rock our warm sweaters again. Right now, gentlemen are almost as equally invested in fashion as ladies. The reflection of the growing male interest in trendy clothes...
KHALID SAIFULLAH KHAN | 2024-01-24 00:00:00
In this era of modern technology, people are more into city life than enjoying the mystical language of poetry. It's not that city life doesn't collide with poetry, but people are now more stuck with their busy schedules than ever....
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-01-23 00:00:00
A brigade of tax agents is about to be fielded across Bangladesh for revenue boost, after recurrent target failures, but lawyers who help taxpayers through cumbersome submission procedures cross swords with the authority. Sources said taxmen and tax practitioners are...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-01-23 00:00:00
Despite its increasing popularity, the much-anticipated Dhaka Metro Rail is facing early challenges.While primarily catering to passengers transitioning from public transport, it has encountered technical glitches in train operation and ticketing system, and overcrowding since its launch.Morning commuters across stations...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-01-23 00:00:00
The international charity, Oxfam, made a startling revelation on the eve of the Davos meet of the world's richest in Switzerland. Davos is a mountain resort in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland where the World Economic Forum (WEF) of...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-01-22 12:00:00
Rice being the staple food for more than half of humanity, everything about it is of interest and concern for the general public. The rice grains as we find them in the market are generally found in two categories-the brown...
BABUL BARMAN | 2024-01-22 00:00:00
The broad index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) saw 214 points wiped out in just five minutes as the market opened on Sunday. Though it regained from that level, it settled at 96.50 points, or 1.52 per cent, down...
REZAUL KARIM | 2024-01-22 00:00:00
With the ongoing Boro-planting season approaching to its peak, farmers face a looming uncertainty: a potential shortage of urea due to the ongoing dollar crisis, according to Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC). The state-run chemical agency has warned of dire...
Neil Ray | 2024-01-22 00:00:00
That a subvariant of SARS-COV-2, a close relative of BA.286 with its lineage from the Omicron variant, has been detected in Dhaka is concerning. On Friday last as many as 22 people were infected and on Saturday the number dropped...
Khalid Saifullah Khan | 2024-01-21 12:00:00
In this modern world, with a definitive gradual change in climate, it is indispensable to discuss climate issues collectively and take the proper steps to keep ourselves safe from calamities. Various worldwide organisations have been organising climate conclaves, intending to...
Md Abdul Mukit | 2024-01-21 00:00:00
Did you make a new year's fitness resolution last year? Did you keep it? If you are like most fitness enthusiasts, chances are the answer is 'no.' In fact, approximately 80 per cent of people who make new year resolutions...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2024-01-21 00:00:00
The biggest challenge of highly leveraged companies now is to tackle their burgeoning interest payment following the persistent policy rate hikes. Ensuring profitability will depend on how prudent their management will be in keeping costs in check while bearing a...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-01-21 00:00:00
That the country's overall business environment didn't improve in spite of the government's numerous measures and policy support is evident from a survey of Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD). The CPD survey, conducted in partnership with the World Economic Forum...
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