Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2024-12-12 00:00:00
The speedy fall of the Bashar Assad regime in Syria brings about a dramatic change in the politics of the Middle East. In the first place, it changes the dynamics in Syria, given that the 54-year family domination of the...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2024-12-11 00:00:00
Bangladesh's ranking in the global hunger index (GHI) improved slightly with a score of 19.4 this year, narrowly escaping the category of serious-hunger group. The country ranks 84 out of127 countries, graduating to the category of moderate hunger from serious...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-12-11 00:00:00
Many beneficiaries of tax largesse offered by the past regime for indefinite period are among those losing out under a current trimming that limits waivers to maximum five years. Officials say the government's revenue authority has started implementing Sunset Clause-like...
Sarker Nazrul Islam | 2024-12-11 00:00:00
Bureaucrats have once again displayed the complex mentality of considering themselves and their descendants as superior to common people, from whose money they receive their pay and perks and whom they are duty-bound to serve. Only those public servants who...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2024-12-11 00:00:00
The term ‘soft state’ was first used by the Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal in his magnum opus ‘Asian Drama’ (1970) to find out what lay behind the slow and stumbling progress of most of the newly independent countries in the...
NOWSHABA ACHAL | 2024-12-11 00:00:00
The number of homemade bakeries is increasing. For those passionate about baking, starting a handmade bakery business in Bangladesh may be a fascinating and rewarding endeavour. The demand for delicious handmade bakery products is getting bigger. People are now more...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2024-12-10 12:00:00
The flourishing of decentralised, autonomous and self-reliant local government bodies as envisaged in our constitution, has been a long-cherished aspiration of the people of Bangladesh. But the reality on the ground has been quite different from that of expectations, as...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-12-10 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Dec 08: Chattogram district administration has planned to hold Bangladesh's traditional victory fair, the Bijoy Mela, from tomorrow (Wednesday) to December 16. Although the fair, sometimes called the 'Muktijuddher Bijoy Mela', has historically been organised at the outer stadium...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-12-10 00:00:00
The Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) on Monday confiscated computer hard disks, invoices and registers from the President Resort as part of an investigation into tax evasion involving former DB chief Harun-Or-Rashid.During a visit to Mithamoin in Kishoreganj, the CIC team...
Syed Fattahul Alin | 2024-12-10 00:00:00
More than half a century long dynastic rule of Syria by the Assad family is over with the rebels taking control of Damascus on Sunday (December 8). The fate of Bashar al-Assad, who succeeded his father Hafez al-Assad as the...
Syed Abul Basher | 2024-12-10 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) recently announced plans to introduce a new inflation calculation method within six months. This new method known as "core inflation" measure will track price changes of just 50 widely consumed products, running parallel to...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2024-12-10 00:00:00
The possibility of the country's first-ever ETF (exchange traded fund) vanished into thin air for incomplete subscriptions even after the second-time time extension. LankaBangla Asset Management, which had proposed LB Multi Asset Income ETF, had the subscription time extended to...
Neil Ray | 2024-12-09 12:00:00
The news that eight Rolls Royce cars have arrived in the country for the first time following formal commercial import procedures over the past six months may cause some unease as an immediate reaction. But the unsettling feeling may get...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2024-12-09 00:00:00
The interim government has decided to cut approximately 43 percent of the special budget allocation previously designated under deposed premier Sheikh Hasina who fled to India amid a student-mass movement.In a recent meeting, the office of the chief adviser decided...
TAHJIBUL ANAM | 2024-12-09 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR, Nov 08: Dilapidated condition of the Saint Martin Island's jetty resulting from unremitting soil erosion has made movement of tourists and local residents of the island very much risky. Tourists as well as local residents have to make...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-12-09 00:00:00
The edible oil market has again turned dicey and volatile. Now the consumers are once again facing an artificial crisis of edible oils, especially soybean and palm oils, in the retail market. Without prior warning from the dealers, the indispensable...
IFTEKHARUL ISLAM | 2024-12-08 00:00:00
As one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change impacts, Bangladesh faces increasing challenges in balancing energy security with environmental sustainability. The nation relies heavily on non-renewable energy sources, with natural gas accounting for about 60 per cent of...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2024-12-08 00:00:00
Quick approval of corporate bonds and listing on the exchanges' main boards will invigorate the country's corporate bond market, said the head of BRAC EPL Investments. In a recent interview with The FE, Syed Rashed Hussain, chief executive officer of...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-12-08 00:00:00
That bribery and corruption are rampant in various government offices is a common perception, and it is periodically substantiated by Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) through the publication of various survey results. For example, the latest TIB household study, which surveyed...
Asjadul Kibria | 2024-12-08 00:00:00
The inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the last fiscal year declined further, which was predictable. After recording a big jump three years back, the country witnessed a decline in FDI for two consecutive years. Macroeconomic instability coupled with...
Nazimuddin Shyamol | 2024-12-08 00:00:00
The interim government has attached much importance to the Matarbari deep-sea port project of the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) as the port will add an impetus to trade activity. With construction of the country's first deep-sea port, Bangladesh will undergo...
Melita Mehjabeen | 2024-12-08 00:00:00
As the world geared up for the COP29 summit, conversations about environmental sustainability and climate change had not been more pressing. For Bangladesh, a country marked by its resilience against climate challenges, this global conference is not just another international...
Ziaul Haque | 2024-12-08 00:00:00
It has been a tale of woes and wins in farming history. When I started working on commodity distribution for one of the largest B2B Commerce companies in Bangladesh, I was stunned by the numbers. Almost 99 per cent of...
Serajul I Bhuiyan | 2024-12-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh is now at the juncture of an important journey towards transformation into a digitally driven, knowledge-based economy. In other words, “Smart Bangladesh” implies that the country is determined to tap into the vitality of its vast, youthful population and...
Mohammed Salman Rahman | 2024-12-08 00:00:00
World economy has been undergoing its most dramatic rejig since the fall of the Berlin Wall. From Washington to Brussels, western capitals are systematically dismantling the free-trade consensus that defined the past three decades of economic growth. This time, the...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2024-12-07 00:00:00
Uninterrupted supply of import-dependent liquefied natural gas (LNG) until this month-end will cost some Tk 50 billion in state subsidy as Petrobangla seeks the money before long, officials say.The amount is in addition to Tk 20 billion given to the...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2024-12-07 00:00:00
Only 57 per cent of Bangladeshis have come under essential health service coverage, far below the UN sustainable goal of 80 per cent by 2025 and 100 per cent by 2030, according to a health ministry report.An estimated Tk 2.28...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-12-07 00:00:00
It is hard to remember when Agrahayan was this chilly last time. Senior citizens may recollect that in the 50s and 60s of the past millennium, it was harvesting time of the main crop Aman paddy. In the plain lands...
Sarker Nazrul Islam | 2024-12-07 00:00:00
According to the Population and Housing Census 2022 prepared by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the total population of the country in an area of 148,460 square kilometres is about 170 million, with a population density of 1,156.84. As...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-12-06 12:00:00
It is depressing and tragic that the month of victory, December, after 53 years has to look for its national reconciliation. At around this time in 1971, there was a clear indication that the nation in the throes of expectation...
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