Asjadul Kibria | 2024-12-29 00:00:00
After a decade, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) is now performing a significant task of conducting the fourth economic census. This comprehensive effort aims to capture the most recent data on the country's economic units. The two-week country-wide census,...
REZAUL KARIM | 2024-12-28 00:00:00
The food ministry has sought a Tk 26.51- billion emergency allocation to continue the subsidised open market sale (OMS) of key essentials without interruptions, sources said. It recently requested the finance ministry to take steps in this connection.The amount has...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-12-28 00:00:00
The Roads and Highways Department's (RHD) work on the Matarbari Port Development Project is facing an inordinate delay as the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is taking "excessive" time to approve various processes, officials have said.The Japanese government is funding...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2024-12-28 00:00:00
The government is expecting a Tk 651.4 million World Bank (WB) fund to support critical infrastructure development in the railway sector after a pause of such loans since 2006. The funding will be used for the project involving the relocation...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-12-28 00:00:00
"Ars longa vita brevis" is a saying by history's most famous physician, Hippocrates of Greece. Translated into English, it stands as "Art is long, life is short". Here is a proverb that highlights the universal truth of art's enduring nature...
Sarker Nazrul Islam | 2024-12-28 00:00:00
Drastic fall of groundwater level due to indiscriminate extraction of water mainly for irrigation in the country's Barind region has become a cause for concern. Many areas in the region are now facing an acute shortage of water for the...
Asjadul Kibria | 2024-12-27 12:00:00
It is a must-read tale of Beni Madhav Rusava, a Rajput-descendant who lives in Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, India. Being an enthusiastic youth, he closely watched the great revolt in 1857 against the British rule in India and participated in...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2024-12-27 00:00:00
The Bridges Division has drafted a detailed plan to construct a bridge over the Meghna River along the Shariatpur-Chandpur corridor that aims to boost the country's gross domestic product (GDP) by 0.76 per cent over the next 30 years. The...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-12-27 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Dec 26: The bulk carrier ship 'MV Tanais Dream' arrived at Chittagong Port on Thursday, marking the arrival of the first shipment of imported rice from India under the open tender agreement during the interim government. The vessel, which...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-12-27 00:00:00
"The winner is not the richest, happiest or most virtuous place, but the one that has improved the most in the previous 12 months", contends The Economist, one of the most prestigious British media outlets, to justify its selection of...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2024-12-26 00:00:00
Road transport and highways division sees a deep cut in its development funds by Tk 112 billion as the interim government struggles to make two ends meet through tightfisted spending amid inherited financial crunch. Officials said the Budget Management Committee...
SYFUL ISLAM and JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-12-26 00:00:00
Billions worth of money in unsettled insurance claims has accumulated with the companies in flagrant default that invites government instructions for the regulator to heighten efforts to save people from deception, officials said.A total of Tk 62.15 billion has piled...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-12-26 00:00:00
Bangladesh Railway, which this country inherited from the British colonial era, is more than 160 years old. It is the pioneer of land transportation in the country. Even in this age of style and speed, the railway has not lost...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2024-12-26 00:00:00
The issue is one of the contributions political appointees to diplomatic positions are able to make. Or do such appointments fail to raise a nation's standards where a projection of foreign policy is concerned? Should there be phases in a...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-12-25 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Dec 24: The detailed design of a project to upgrade the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway from four lanes is expected to be completed by 2025. The work will begin in June 2026, officials of the Road and Highway Department (RHD) said....
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2024-12-25 00:00:00
Domestic technology companies are seeking opportunities to be involved in the collection of tolls from roads and bridges built with public funds.The Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) recently sent a letter to the Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-12-25 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Dec 24: Gates of six factories here of the embroiled S Alam Group, including power plant and sugar refinery, were shut on the staffs indefinitely without citing grounds.Witnesses said the suddenly laid-off staffers kept staging factory-gate demonstrations, in one...
MAHMUDUL ISLAM | 2024-12-25 00:00:00
"You just arrived and will leave tomorrow morning? What will you see as a tourist then?" the hotel receptionist was confused when he handed me the room key. I explained to him I was not in Khulna to visit the...
TANGILA TASNIM | 2024-12-25 00:00:00
There was a time when sports, dancing, singing, and painting were all part of our leisure hobbies or cultural activities. Still, we gradually started to get acquainted with the different ways of young people's careers. They have earned the country's...
Mirza Manbira Sultana, Iqbal Hossain and Munir Ahmed | 2024-12-25 00:00:00
Eye health is a critical aspect of overall well-being, yet it remains a neglected issue, particularly for women and marginalised communities worldwide. The World Health Organization's first World Vision Report reveals that 2.2 billion people worldwide suffer from vision impairment,...
Sarker Nazrul Islam | 2024-12-25 00:00:00
It is indeed a good development that the country's labour-intensive apparel industry is advancing along the path of automation to accelerate the production process and reduce the cost of production. Automation has gained greater importance for Bangladesh when its competitors...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2024-12-25 00:00:00
After years of fiscal profligacy, monetary policy came to the forefront as the saviour of the economy in a large swath of the world. From the financial crisis of 2008 to the Covid pandemic, loose fiscal policy was found to...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2024-12-24 12:00:00
Experts and investors smell a rat in the recent decision of Daffodil Computers to issue shares to non-listed Creative International at face value in repayment of a debt of Tk 467 million. Both the organisations belong to the Daffodil Family,...
REZAUL KARIM | 2024-12-24 00:00:00
Amid some disarray in local banking situation, a private organization wants licence to establish a global-standard unconventional climate bank, first of its kind in Bangladesh, sources said.A cardinal objective of the bank is to preserve nature and address environmental issues...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-12-24 00:00:00
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will extend the ongoing $4.7-billion loan programme for Bangladesh by six months until December 2026, officials have said.It was decided at the two-week-long third review of the programme held this month after the multilateral lender...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-12-24 00:00:00
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Baharul Alam's frank admission that they (the police) committed no end of wrongful acts during the previous regime at the dictates of the party in power is a statement of fact. He said...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2024-12-24 00:00:00
A number of mega projects have been implemented in the country's communication sector during the past few decades. But experts opine that not much economic benefits could be derived from those despite facilitating transportation, mainly due to lack of a...
Serajul I. Bhuiyan | 2024-12-24 00:00:00
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - Martin Luther King Jr. The publication of the White Paper on Bangladesh’s economy, revealing widespread corruption under the Awami League-led regime, stands as a defining moment for accountability and a catalyst...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-12-23 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Dec 22: The 16.5-kilometer Chattogram Elevated Expressway, the longest freeway in the country, will formally be opened to traffic in January next.The Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges has already approved the new toll rate proposed by the Chattogram...
Neil Ray | 2024-12-23 00:00:00
Tapan Kumar Biswas, additional secretary and chairman of the polythene monitoring committee formed under the ministry of environment, forest and climate change came up with the performances accomplished so far since November 3. Following a drive against polythene in the...
© 2026 - All Rights with The Financial Express
