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BRAC University Economics Club organises career counselling seminar

Mridula Das | 2023-02-23 00:00:00

Brac University Economics Club (BUEC) organised a career counselling seminar on February 16 at the BRAC University campus in collaboration presented by Kore Search with the goal of connecting students with the prospects of the corporate world. The three invited...

Bracing for another difficult summer

Meer Saiful Islam | 2023-02-23 00:00:00

With the end of winter and a steady rise in temperature, the demand for electricity has started increasing just before the onset of summer. The demand primarily goes up due to the extensive use of electrical fans and airconditioners. The...

As twilight approaches Jimmy Carter

Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2023-02-23 00:00:00

Jimmy Carter is an ailing man today.In November 1976, when we were young, Jimmy Carter became President of the United States. He had defeated Gerald Ford. And for those of us who watched post-Watergate politics unfold in distant America from...

Digital marketing & sustainable rural tourism

Mohammad Shahidul Islam and Youssef El Archi | 2023-02-23 00:00:00

The countryside and other rural areas of Bangladesh provide some of the most splendid natural landscapes. As a result, one of the sectors that have significantly aided in the growth of rural regions is tourism. This mostly has to do...

Bond facility expands for exporters

DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-02-21 00:00:00

One bonded-warehouse licence can now be used for importing duty-free raw materials by three active factories as the government expands the facility for the export-oriented apparel industry to flourish further. Officials say the measure taken by the revenue board will...

Ekushey February . . . and the repercussions

Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2023-02-21 00:00:00

The city of Dhaka was shocked by the gruesome acts carried out by the state on February 21, 1952. Tragedy struck Dhaka, indeed the whole of East Bengal, on the day when the police fired on the student demonstrators gathered...

Problems and prospects of using Bangla in higher education

Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2023-02-21 00:00:00

Bangla is the mother tongue of the Bangalis and the state language of Bangladesh. With a heritage spanning more than a millennium, its progress carries the imprints of innumerable struggles and sacrifices. Supreme sacrifices had to be made with loss...

How to explain listed MFs' latest double-digit returns on investments

MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2023-02-21 00:00:00

Half of listed mutual funds (MFs), which have been receiving lukewarm responses from investors since the 2010 stock market debacle, surpassed all other listed securities in terms of latest annual yields. The fund units trade mostly around the face value...

Revisiting the Language Movement

Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-02-21 00:00:00

Seventy-two years ago this day, students of Dhaka University were staging a demonstration protesting the then-Pakistan government's move to deny Bangla the status of a state language of Pakistan. The police opened fire on the protest marchers. Salam, Barkat, Rafiq,...

Strengthening policies to support sustainable development

Saleemul Huq and Mizan Khan | 2023-02-21 00:00:00

As discussed in the previous pieces, growth is the priority for policymakers, and this is likely to continue for at least the next decade. Bangladesh has also fared well in the social dimensions of sustainable development compared to other South...

Securing financial future and unlocking investment potential

Mohammad Mushfiqul Haque Mukit | 2023-02-21 00:00:00

While investing in Bangladesh may offer attractive returns for investors, it's crucial to keep in mind the possible financial hazards that come with factors such as inflation, unemployment, reserve depletion, and significant indebtedness incurred for large-scale infrastructure projects.The Centre for...

How concerning is bird flu?

Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-02-20 12:00:00

A recent report published in the British multidisciplinary science journal, Nature, says that a variant of bird flu virus, H5N1, that can spread from mammal to mammal also poses risk to both humans and wild animals. At an American mink...

Irrational taxation hurts plastic packaging industry

Engr. Ali Ahmed | 2023-02-20 00:00:00

Plastic packaging makers are in deep dilemma facing a disproportionate AIT deduction at 7% on their gross sales which is ultimately absorbed as 'minimum tax' etc. Repeated appeals by chambers & business representatives for redress of this crippling situation remains...

Rivers are in their death throes

Neil Ray | 2023-02-20 00:00:00

Quite a few pictures of the river Buriganga carried in different newspapers over the past weeks paint a nightmarish sight of Dhaka City's lifeline. In one such picture, the colour of water is so jet-black that anyone can mistake it...

Obstacles in the way of a greener BD

Saleemul Huq and Mizan Khan | 2023-02-20 00:00:00

In Bangladesh, economic growth has been the priority focus for policymaking. For the last three decades, Bangladesh has achieved an average growth rate of around 6 per cent. As a result, from the devastated economy inherited after its independence from...

Unplanned river dredging poses a threat to Padma Bridge

MUNIMA SULTANA | 2023-02-19 00:00:00

Unplanned river-dredging in the upstream of Padma Bridge is allegedly going on unabated, changing direction of the water flows that, officials fear, might cause a threat to the dream bridge.Sources said the Tk 301.93 billion bridge project has already faced...

Mid-cap drug makers lose, wiping out much of market value

MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2023-02-19 00:00:00

The pharmaceuticals and chemicals sector lost over 6.5 per cent in market capitalisation to Tk707.6 billion in the three months through February 16 this year, at a time when a good number of stocks on the Dhaka Stock Exchange have...

Inequitable growth behind skewed income distribution

Asjadul Kibria | 2023-02-19 00:00:00

Bangladesh economy has recovered significantly in the post-Covid period and stayed on the higher trajectory of growth. It is reflected in the country's official statistics on macroeconomic situation. The final estimation of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), released by the...

Frameworks for green transition in Bangladesh

Saleemul Huq and Mizan Khan | 2023-02-19 00:00:00

With its geographical location sandwiched between the Himalayas in the North and the Bay of Bengal in the South, Bangladesh can be regarded as the ground zero of vulnerability to the increasing impacts of climate change. Recurring climate disasters like...

Festivals of colours meet at a confluence

Nilratan Halder | 2023-02-18 12:00:00

The Valentine's Day and the Pahela Falgun or the first day of the Spring come together as a double delight. One is a Christian festival originating from the martyrdom of Saint Valentine in the third century. But there are several...

Govt faces difficulty in sugar procurement

REZAUL KARIM | 2023-02-18 00:00:00

Hectic government search for procuring sugar locally yields not much due to lower bidding than jacked-up market prices, sources said, stocking worry about Ramadan binge.The sweetener will be rationed to 10-million families under TCB operations ahead of the upcoming holy...

The opportunities of agriculture sector and supply chain difficulties

Mohammad Ashraful Islam Khan | 2023-02-18 00:00:00

Agriculture is an important sector in Bangladesh, contributing significantly to the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and providing employment for millions of people. A robust agriculture supply chain management system can help improve the efficiency, quality, and competitiveness of the...

Monthlong 30th CITF starts

NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2023-02-17 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, Feb 16: The monthlong 30th Chattogram International Trade Fair (CITF) 2023 started at Railway Polo Ground on Thursday. Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud MP inaugurated the CITF as the chief guest, while Chattogram Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI)...

BRT to buy diesel AC buses in first phase

MUNIMA SULTANA | 2023-02-17 00:00:00

The authorities have decided to buy diesel AC (air-conditioned) buses in the first phase of the troubled BRT project as per its French funder's guideline.The Dhaka BRT Company earlier planned the procurement of electric buses for the project.The Agence Francaise...

Despite inflation, most food makers earn double-digit profit growth in H1, FY23

BABUL BARMAN | 2023-02-17 00:00:00

A majority of listed food makers gained double-digit profit growth year-on-year in the first half of the ongoing financial year even when inflation is sky high and all other indicators portray a turbulent economic situation. Companies' export earnings, the type...

Work on Matarbari deep-sea port to be completed by 2027

Nazimuddin Shyamol, back from Matarbari | 2023-02-17 00:00:00

The authorities have set the target to complete the project work of the long-awaited deep sea port in Matarbari of Cox's Bazar by the year 2027. To this end, ground work of the dream project is now going on in...

Life and times of Mirza Nurul Huda

Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2023-02-17 00:00:00

Mirza Nurul Huda - or Dr M N Huda, as he is widely known at home and abroad - was undoubtedly a prominent and illustrious Bangali of the 20th century. With a career rooted in Dhaka University as an outstanding...

Deceitful staple business calls for immediate action

Nilratan Halder | 2023-02-17 00:00:00

It is public denouncement of the rice market in this country in the strongest of terms. More importantly, it comes from none other than a sitting minister. The minister concerned here is Prof. Shamsul Alam, state minister for planning, who...

DSE ponders changing rules to shake up ATB

MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2023-02-16 00:00:00

The Dhaka Stock Exchange has been considering bringing changes in the rules of the Alternative Trading Board (ATB) to boost investor participation and attract more companies to offload shares.Since the launching of the ATB on June 4, the number of...

Ekushey's spirit through the lens of fashion

MORIUM KULSUM | 2023-02-15 12:00:00

"Moder gorob, moder asha, amori bangla bhasha" - perhaps we Bengalis are the only nation who can boastfully claim that our language is our pride. For this very language, we valiantly fought oppressive forces and earned the right to speak...