Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2025-01-31 00:00:00
"She cannot leave us. She will remain forever. She is immortal," Tariqul Alam uttered these words repeatedly when she expired. He believed that his wife - singer and classical musician Ava Alam - could never die. One of the greatest...
Fahmida Khatun, Mustafizur Rahman, Khondaker Golam Moazzem, Muntaseer Kamal and Syed Yusuf Saadat | 2025-01-31 00:00:00
The economy of Bangladesh has been facing considerable challenges over the last couple of years which have weakened the macroeconomic stability. Despite claims of economic growth by the fallen regime under the previous autocratic government, the economic situation continued to...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2025-01-30 00:00:00
Shinepukur Ceramics fell 8.33 per cent on Wednesday on the Dhaka bourse in the aftereffect of the government's decision to pay salaries to the laid-off employees of Beximco Group by selling shares that had been mortgaged against loans. Shares of...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2025-01-30 00:00:00
As Bangladesh approaches its scheduled graduation from the United Nations' Least Developed Country (LDC) category in November 2026, concerns are mounting among industrialists and exporters about the potential impact on their businesses. With the impending loss of trade benefits typically...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2025-01-30 00:00:00
In this week of a remembrance of Auschwitz-Birkenau, of the liberation of Auschwitz eight decades ago, it becomes the moral responsibility of all nations to inform themselves that the tragedy the Nazis subjected Jews to in the course of the...
GULAM RABBANI | 2025-01-29 00:00:00
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is unable to operate flights to potentially profitable international destinations due to aircraft shortages, its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Md Shafiqur Rahman has told The Financial Express. This is depriving the country's largest...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-01-29 00:00:00
Non-agricultural economic units like business establishments numbered 11.88 million in 2024 with a 51.91-percent growth in last 11 years from 7.82 million in 2013 as per official count, but economists see deviation from economic-expansion trajectory. They point out growth path...
REZAUL KARIM | 2025-01-29 00:00:00
Cargill India, a US-based company, has sought permission to establish bonded warehouses in Bangladesh's customs zones to import cotton with duty-free facilities, sources say.It has also requested to allow the export of surplus cotton to other countries after meeting local...
NOWSHABA ACHAL | 2025-01-29 00:00:00
Winter is the season for a variety of colorful vegetables. These fresh, refreshing, versatile, and flavourful vegetables add a new dimension to our menu. Warm, hearty dishes and winter vegetables like cauliflower, carrots, broccoli, and peas are what we crave...
Sarker Nazrul Islam | 2025-01-29 00:00:00
The country's cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises (CMSME) sector despite having immense growth potential receives only lukewarm response from the authorities concerned. The sector did not get necessary policy and financial support for its growth which is evident from...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-01-28 00:00:00
Import-revenue collection from top ten tax-contributing items declined 10 per cent in the first half of the FY 2025 compared with that of the corresponding period of the previous fiscal, casting pressure on the public exchequer, officials said.From the ten...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2025-01-28 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Jan 27: The Chattogram Customs House (CCH) has launched an online auction to sell 100 high-value imported vehicles that have been held at the Chittagong Port's car shade for a long time. Interested individuals or organisations can submit bids...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-01-28 00:00:00
A director of the Department of Environment (DoE) was reportedly seriously injured in an attack allegedly by the workers from an illegal polythene factory in the Chowkbazar area of Old Dhaka on Sunday (January 26). The said DoE official along...
Md. Abdul Latif & Sabila Binta Saif Sondhi | 2025-01-28 00:00:00
Dhaka, the bustling center of Bangladesh, faces severe challenges due to rapid growth. The morning sun struggles to pierce through thick smog, as unregulated development pollutes the air. The Air Quality Index (AQI) often ranks among the worst worldwide, with...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-01-27 00:00:00
Some 2,330 jewellers are operating in Dhaka city without paying taxes, while a number of businesses selling essential commodities, including medicine, are subject to taxes.The Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) recently sent the list of these jewellers to National Board of...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-01-27 00:00:00
Foreign-aid disbursement to Bangladesh dropped US$3.53 billion in the first half of the current fiscal year as all its development partners ramped down bankrolling its uplift recipe, official statistics show. Of the amount received in the July-December period, $3.26 billion...
Neil Ray | 2025-01-27 00:00:00
Of the 247 million schoolchildren whose education was disrupted worldwide by climate change last year, 33 million were in Bangladesh, estimates the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF). Among the 77 countries where the learning kids had this misfortune, Bangladesh's...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-01-27 00:00:00
The frequency of petty as well as serious crimes has registered a sharp rise recently. Increase in the number of petty crimes like stealing, mugging, snatching, etc., means that the police patrol at the crime-prone spots in the city or...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2025-01-26 12:00:00
Margin loans should be short term. Investors should make an exit from investments made with borrowed cash quickly even if there is a loss. Otherwise, losses may mount along with repayment burden, dragging both investors and lenders into an abyss...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-01-26 00:00:00
The Local Government Division (LGD) has drafted a Tk 20.99-billion project proposal to maintain 91,080 kilometres of rural roads across the country.It also aims at providing livelihood for 45,540 underprivileged women.Each woman employed for the job will earn a daily...
Iftekharul Islam | 2025-01-26 00:00:00
Many graduates consider entering the development sector after graduation. However, they lack a lot of information, resulting in a poor understanding of the sector and ultimately failing to enter this sector, which has decent potential. If someone is considering a...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2025-01-26 00:00:00
On his first day back in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO), reigniting a controversial decision that experts argue poses risks to global health and security. This...
Asjadul Kibria | 2025-01-26 00:00:00
Though the overall global foreign direct investment (FDI) witnessed an increase in the past year in gross terms, the real flow indicates a decline due to the diversion of fund flows by several European countries. These countries, known as 'conduit...
Alik Bhowmick | 2025-01-26 00:00:00
In the bustling sports arenas of Bangladesh, names like Rituparna Chakma, Sura Krishna Chakma and Ramhim Lian Bawms resonate with pride and admiration. These star athletes have brought honour to the nation, earning accolades on national and international platforms. Yet,...
REZAUL KARIM | 2025-01-25 00:00:00
Seemingly like borrowing from Peter to pay Paul, government authorities move to cut the number treasury bonds to help cure the bearish securities market, subject to bond-investors' responses, sources said.The interim government, which is pursuing a course of wide-scale reforms,...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-01-25 00:00:00
The cost of a project to improve Munshiganj's road connectivity with Dhaka and its surrounding areas has been increased by 49.04 per cent in the first revision proposal. The project involves widening 10.813km of roads and constructing 9.06km of elevated...
GULAM RABBANI | 2025-01-25 00:00:00
Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the lone national flag carrier of the country, is strengthening its capacity for ground handling at the third terminal of the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.Dr Md Shafiqur Rahman, managing director and CEO of Biman, said Biman was...
Nilratan Halder | 2025-01-25 00:00:00
There are fairs galore in this land of diverse cultures and traditions. People in this capital city may not have any idea of several of the traditional, religious, cultural and agro-centric fairs arranged all across the country. But they are...
Serajul I Bhuiyan | 2025-01-25 00:00:00
In times when the threads of technology have irretrievably interwoven themselves into the labyrinth of political games, the revelation of sturdier capabilities of Pegasus spyware has evoked a heated debate on the fragile line between the private and the secure,...
Sarker Nazrul Islam | 2025-01-25 00:00:00
In the present context, nothing is more important than a stable socio-political environment for sustainable development of the country. The liberation of the country more than half a century ago unlocked the potential for Bangladesh to become a politically stable...
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