Serajul I Bhuiyan | 2025-01-03 12:00:00
“The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him as a rational, moral, and social being.” These timely utterances by Thomas Jefferson have stood the test of time in relation to the impact of...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2025-01-03 00:00:00
The private-sector credit growth fell significantly in November 2024 mainly due to a lower demand for loans, particularly for trade financing, amid ongoing uncertainties along with higher interest rates on lending, bankers say. The growth in credit flow to the...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2025-01-03 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM: The Chattogram Elevated Expressway, the longest of the country, opens to commercial traffic today (Friday). After four months of trial runs, toll collection on the expressway starts today. Sources said tolls for both entry and exit would initially be...
BABUL BARMAN | 2025-01-03 00:00:00
Transactions through the DSE mobile app jumped more than 26 per cent year-on-year to Tk 214.3 billion in 2024, as tech savvy younger generations and professionals prefer to trade remotely.Investors purchased securities worth Tk 108.67 billion and sold shares worth...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-01-02 00:00:00
Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) plans to spend Tk 10.52 billion on installing 62 new deep tube wells and rehabilitating 728 existing ones, aiming to extract an additional 576 million litres of water per day (MLD) from ground...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2025-01-02 00:00:00
A major amendment to the value-added tax law is on the anvil to hike the standard VAT rate on 42 items up to 15 per cent under government bid to enhance revenue, as suggested by a multilateral donor. In some...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2025-01-02 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Jan 01: Chittagong Port, the country's prime seaport, has set new records for container and cargo handling in 2024, underscoring the resilience of the nation's maritime sector despite challenges over the past year. According to the Chittagong Port Authority...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2025-01-02 00:00:00
The year 2024 is lost in the layers of time. Just like any other year in the Gregorian calendar, it was comprised of 12 months, 52 weeks and 366 days. Yet, it was profoundly distinct in its essence, as the...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2025-01-02 00:00:00
A void opens up in the lives of people when the good men in politics, in office or in retirement, pass from the scene. In times where politics is a ceaseless battle waged by its practitioners, the objective being to...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-01-01 00:00:00
The Dhaka-Mawa-Janjira highway experiences a top speed of 135 kilometres per hour (kph) against its allowable limit of 80 kph, causing frequent fatal accidents on the country's first expressway.Since its opening in March 2020, an average 50 accidents have taken...
DOULOT AKTER MALA AND JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2025-01-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh joins the world to ring in the New Year 2025 with expectations for a socioeconomic resurgence as 2024 departs with indelible historical footnotes on political upheavals and changeover left behind.For Bangladesh, the bygone year will remain a landmark chapter...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2025-01-01 00:00:00
The market decides its own course now as the August political changeover and subsequent restructuring of the board of the securities commission led to its emancipation from regulatory interventions. Market experts say the previous two commissions exerted direct or indirect...
NOWSHABA ACHAL | 2025-01-01 00:00:00
Seize the chance to host a charming event by embracing the winter season. A barbecue party unites people more than just a meal. Combining the comforting charm of the chilly weather with the tempting appeal of grilled, smoky food, a...
Sarker Nazrul Islam | 2025-01-01 00:00:00
Road blocking seems to have become a common practice -- resorted to more often than not -- of demonstration and protest programmes that at times turn violent to the point of vandalism and street fight in Bangladesh. Despite limitless public...
Mohammad Enamul Hoque | 2025-01-01 00:00:00
The political journey of Sheikh Hasina, one of Bangladesh's most polarising leaders, was deeply intertwined with allegations of corruption, authoritarianism, and misuse of state resources. Her tenure has been marred by systemic complicity and unchecked power, sustained by a network...
BABUL BARMAN | 2024-12-31 00:00:00
The year 2024 was tough for stock investors, with the benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) losing 16.5 per cent, the biggest annual fall in four years.The outgoing year is an eventful year for the country's capital market...
Md Ahsan Ul Hossain | 2024-12-31 00:00:00
The recent floods in Bangladesh have been some of the most severe in the country's history, impacting millions of lives and causing widespread devastation. In the face of such a crisis, the Bangladesh Army has played a pivotal role in...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-12-31 00:00:00
Fear of technology is hardwired in humans, though they could never keep from conducting researches on making machines that are smarter than themselves. It is like being drawn to the forbidden fruit, the fruit of the biblical tree of knowledge....
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2024-12-31 00:00:00
Safe and nutritious food is a fundamental human right. According to a report prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations last year, people are suffering from lack of safe food and nutrition across the globe...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2024-12-31 00:00:00
Bangladesh, still reeling from the sanguinary last ditch efforts of the former autocratic regime of Sheikh Hasina to cling to power, could not expect a better new year’s gift than the one presented by the prestigious weekly The Economist. Selecting...
DOULOT AKTER MALA and JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2024-12-30 00:00:00
Revenue sleuths have made a decisive move to reclaim siphoned-off assets of Bangladesh tycoons from five countries through claiming taxing rights under the double-taxation-avoidance agreement (DTAA) as the mechanism.Revenue officials say the Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) has listed the UK,...
Neil Ray | 2024-12-30 00:00:00
At a time when anti-social elements including muggers and dacoits are on the prowl, taking advantage of the inhibition the law enforcement agencies are still suffering from, there are reports on rising violence at family and social levels. But all...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-12-30 00:00:00
Persistent rise in the prices of foodstuffs is a constant concern for the ordinary public nowadays. The interim government has been wrestling with the problem since it assumed office following the July-August uprising. Even before that the previous government which...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-12-29 00:00:00
Sponsors of commercial banks have proposed making company registration and monitoring stricter to bring discipline in corporate bodies.They also suggest recasting the revenue board to plug leaks. The sponsors also feel that the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-12-29 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Dec 28: Cargo vessel workers launched a strike early on Saturday, suspending loading and unloading of goods in Chittagong Port.The Bangladesh Noujan Sramik Federation announced the strike to meet their various demands, including arrest of the killers of the...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-12-29 00:00:00
Despite formulation a draft law one year ago, a special purpose company (SPC) on integrated tickets for all public transports is yet to be formed to facilitate overall management of the Rapid Pass. As the first integrated circuit (IC) cards...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2024-12-29 00:00:00
The task force formed with an aim of overhauling the capital market will submit recommendations on three key areas -- mutual funds (MFs), IPOs (initial public offerings) and margin loans -- by March next year.More than two and a half...
Tasnimul Islam | 2024-12-29 00:00:00
In the international landscape of education and career achievement, students from certain regions, particularly North America, Europe, and East Asia, frequently excel compared to their Bangladeshi peers. This gap has led to debates among educators, policymakers, and students. A 2023...
Zia Hassan Siddique, ASM Ahsan Habib and Sanjoy Pal | 2024-12-29 00:00:00
Embedded finance is the seamless integration of financial products or services into nonfinancial company's platforms or apps. Embedded finance is a very popular business model in the world for its frictionless payment experience. And that is why, several giant companies...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-12-29 00:00:00
Any well-meaning initiative that benefits the people is expected to be gradually strengthened by building upon successes, learning from failures and continuously adapting on the basis of experience and feedback. However, when some of the stakeholders try to dismantle the...
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