The government has decided to scrap 37 renewable energy (RE) deals that had been struck during Awami League government's last tenure under the 'Quick Enhancement of Electricity and Energy Supply (Special Provision) Act 2010 (extended till 2025). The operation of this dark law has been suspended by
Before his exit from the post of president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) on Sunday, Khandoker Rafiqul Islam claimed that normalcy has returned to the apparel sector but at a huge cost. According to him, the industry lost $400 million in more than a month-
The recently released 2024 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) reveals an alarming extent of poverty in Bangladesh. According to the report, jointly published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative of the Oxford University,
With the reopening of the Mirpur-10 and Kazipara metro rail stations within months after it was vandalised by miscreants during the Anti-discrimination Student Movement supported by the masses, the interim government has proved wrong the deposed Hasina government's suggestion that the repair work o
The relationship between Bangladesh's manufacturing sector growth and decline in employment on that front presents an incongruous picture. This converse equation is highlighted in the recently released World Bank report titled Bangladesh Development Update. The report, while presenting an overall e
At the time of unveiling the results of the truncated Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) examinations, Chairman of the Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee Tapan Kumar Sarker claims that this year's results have followed the general trend of the past few years. It is because, he elab
The reports of a series of mysterious fire incidents in oil and LPG tankers between September 30 and the small hours of October 13 are disconcerting. So far two oil tankers owned by Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) caught fires on September 30 and October 5 respectively, one at a jetty of the
Although the number of deaths during the quota-reform movement is yet to be finalised, it has been put at around 800 so far. The number of the injured is many times more. Some of those receiving treatment in hospitals are dying now. This is because not all of them have sustained the same degree of
Poverty, food insecurity, and malnourishment are significant and persistent problems in Bangladesh, with millions of low- and middle-income households across the country affected by some degree of hunger or malnourishment. In fact it would not be an exaggeration to say that ensuring food security f
What has been revealed by Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) in a recent research study about the level of corruption in the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) is deeply shocking. For decades, this department has been a hotbed of corruption, but the level of graft had reached a new height
