At a time when Bangladesh's overdependence on import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) poses a threat to power generation and industrial production, a study by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) suggests how the import parameter can be reduced substantially. According to
Ever since the Green Climate Fund (GCF) was set up by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2010, there have been talks on how the countries to benefit from it can access the fund and on which priority basis. No doubt, the fund was meant for developing and poor count
The central bank's directive, issued late last week, to recover at least one per cent of the non-performing loans (NPLs) using the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanism highlights its desperation for doing whatever it can about the ever-bulging toxic assets in the country's banking sector.
This year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examination was important on several counts. But the most outstanding certainly was the holding of the examination for all the subjects with full syllabuses after the pandemic that forced either reduction of subjects or syllabuses. It is
Bangladesh appears to be taking the bait and falling into the market manipulation trap again and again meticulously orchestrated by a section of unscrupulous and speculative traders who are increasing in number, as are their nefarious activities. Take for example the recent exchange rate hike of th
The continued downward spiral of the country's bourses does not come as a surprise to market watchers. The stock markets are littered with more bad stocks than good ones and this has been a problem spanning more than a decade. Despite best efforts of stock exchange authorities, the mood remains bea
Consumer price index, inflation rate, GDP growth, unemployment rate, etc., are vital indicators of the performance of an economy. But these indicators could be misleading, if they are based on faulty data. So, ensuring accurate data, or for that matter, statistics, on GDP growth, inflation, unemplo
One of the much talked-about mechanisms for raising NBR revenue as well as bringing a sense of rationalisation in the country's Tax-GDP ratio is the expansion of tax-net. No doubt, the low Tax-GDP ratio is an indication of the narrow tax net that despite promises for widening every year in the budg
That the country's youth workforce has consistently shrunk over the past two years is a completely new dimension to the country's demography. If it is a sure indication of aging of the population, it presents an unmistakable proof that the process of aging has set in before the country could
In recent years, heat waves generated by various atmospheric events including the impacts of climate change have caused temperatures during the summer months to rise abnormally well above 400Celsius in different parts of the country. As a result, adoption of special measures to protect public healt
