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Exploiting ICT potential  

At a time the world is getting prepared for the fourth industrial revolution, Bangladesh cannot be indifferent to the developments all around. From a humble beginning the country's Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector has come a long way off but still there are miles to go before it earns...

Plugging VAT leaks through electronic device

The failure of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to...

Revamping the SoEs  

Isn't it paradoxical that while the government is trying to...

Fast tracking some projects  

The meeting of the 'fast-track monitoring committee' under the chairmanship...

Special trade intelligence unit  

A suggestion for formation of a special trade intelligence unit...

Grappling with noise pollution

Transport-sector casualties  

Dealing with cold  

Deportation of Bangladesh workers

Saving the consumer  

$10m fund to boost exports  

Banning single-use plastic products

Banning single-use plastic products is highly challenging, no doubt but the challenge has to be accepted in the interest of survival of human beings and other creatures either on land or in waters. Environmentally most vulnerable, Bangladesh also needs to make its option clear in favour of plastic and synthetic materials that are indiscriminately littered all across the country. During the hearing of a writ petition submitted by 11 non-government organisations to a High Court (HC) bench, the HC has...

Greening the concrete jungle  

That Dhaka city has long...

Migratory birds, a tourist asset          

Lots of people in the...

If rumours take hold of the stock market  

When none other than the...

Of single-digit lending rate  

Some suspicions notwithstanding, businesses will...

Food safety -- too distant to come by?  

Isn't it thoroughly incongruous that...

A 'happening year' for RMG  

The Readymade Garments (RMG) sector...

Pressing issues of light engineering

Welcome the year 2020  

Turning Dhaka into a modern city

No let-up in river-saving drive  

Hike in edible oil prices  

HC directive for foreign nationals' database  

Hike in edible oil prices  

The essential commodity market continues to be somewhat...

HC directive for foreign nationals' database  

Strangely there is no reliable information on the...

Improving Dhaka's air quality  

Increased demand for warm wears

Proper use of money for SDG  

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