Illicit financial flows from various countries to tax havens are now a reality. Over the decades, these flows have increased, and their diversification has troubled developing nations. Bangladesh is no exception. After the fall of Sheikh Ha...
World Day Against Trafficking in Persons was observed on July 30 to raise awareness, support victims and reinforce global efforts to combat this transnational crime. The occasion comes at a time when human trafficking and irregular migrants...
Muhammad Mahmood’s article, “Global Economy in 2026,” (FE, P-4 July 26, 2026) is both timely and important. The global economy is unquestionably under severe stress. War in the Middle East, renewed pressure on energy price...
The proposed BDT 9.38 trillion national budget for Bangladesh for fiscal year 2026–27 is the largest in the country's history. It presents a roadmap for economic restructuring, administrative reform, social protection, and long-term g...
The evolution theory holds that progress or positive transition is a natural process. This planet was created between 4.0 and 4.5 billion years ago. From that hoary past the transition of the world, as we know it now, has been beyond recogn...
Boro-season irrigation cost typically hovers at Tk 3,500 to Tk 4,000 a bigha. But during the recent days of fuel shortages in Chuadanga the cost hit a high of Tk 6,000. That wiped out the profit margin of the farmers. Solar energy could be...
A couple weeks ago, the United States ambassador to Bangladesh paid a visit to the central office of National Citizen's Party (NCP), ostensibly to drum up support for the Reciprocal Trade Agreement signed in the final days of the interim go...
Zahir Dehlvi's Taraz-e-Zahiri was first published in Lahore in 1914 as Dastan-e-Ghadar. Written in Urdu, the book is an eyewitness account of the May 1857 uprising in British India. It is also known as Ghadar, the mutiny, or the great revol...
Bangladesh's social protection system has been one of the country's quiet success stories. Over the past several decades, it has helped millions of poor and vulnerable households cope with poverty, natural disasters, food insecurity, and ec...
