A survey on children carried out by the Campaign for Popular Education (CPE) and the BRAC Institute of Education Development (IED) has exposed the mindless invasion of the young ones' special mental space by their intrusive elders. Marked by limitless open violence on the street, bloody strife, mob
The bond market in Bangladesh, despite its immense potential, remains largely unexplored. Several factors including weak corporate governance, lack of awareness and data transparency, investor-unfriendly tax structures, and inadequate enforcement of regulations contribute to the underutilisation. T
Separation of power among the three organs of the state, namely, the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary is essential for a functioning democracy. But the successive governments since Bangladesh's independence were never serious about implementing the relevant provision as enshrined in the
Belying expectations of the Petrobangla officials, this time also the international bid Bangladesh floated to woo international oil companies (IOCs) has drawn a blank. Not a single IOC did come for bidding for bay hydrocarbon exploration. The head of the state-run Petrobangla, according to an FE re
As the saying goes, old habits die hard. This is particularly true for market manipulators in Bangladesh. They are once again playing their old nasty trick of creating artificial crisis to drive up prices, and this time, their target is soybean oil. It has been reported that citing price hikes in t
Minimum wage for a certain amount of work or services is the legitimate right of a worker. This is an important tenet of industrial relationship, without which production in industries cannot continue. This right of the workers has been established in almost all countries of the world and incorpora
When the country's economy was underperforming as indicated by slowdown in industrial output, import, export, remittance, etc., and so on, the Labour Force Survey report of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) surprisingly painted a rather rosy picture for last year's employment growth. The to
That service seekers in the country are hapless victims of bribery and corrupt practices of the public service delivery system had remained endemic until the first quarter of this year under review. A recent survey by the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) throws further insight revealing
Although dengue has been comparatively merciful this year by claiming 497 lives as against 1,705 lives last year, it is still higher than its 269 fatalities in 2022. But zika and chikungunya reportedly infecting 11 and 67 people respectively appear as the triumvirate of evils before a nation strugg
With bank borrowing getting more expensive and restrictive, thanks to regulatory constraints and rise in Non-Performing Loan (NPL) ratio in local banks, growth of the country's private sector is facing multiple challenges. While prospects of foreign loans are narrowing due to high variable interest
