Bangladesh gets in the process of democratic transition from the post-uprising interregnum with the rollout of poll schedule Thursday for general election and reform referendum to be held on February 12 next. Political parties active through the 5th-August 2024 student-mass uprising instantly wel
Bangladesh's long-standing dependence on overseas labour migration may have helped cushion external shocks, but it cannot deliver a sustainable path to middle- or high-income status without significant investment in skills and human capital, experts have warned. While remittances support consumpti
The allocations for health, education, and social protection - the key pillars of human-capital development - have been sharply reduced, by as much as 63 per cent, in the Revised Annual Development Programme (RADP) for the current fiscal year. Amid an extensive downward revision, driven by c
Today's metro-rail operations remain uncertain as the operator on Thursday said services would run as usual, even though the striking staff did not withdraw their work stoppage that begins today. The Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL) employees of grades 10 to 16 on Tuesday announced to go
An interim government pointsman proposes the formation of a truth commission for rectifying economic crimes and examining how non-performing loans were created under the ousted previous regime. "We have to form a Truth and Reconciliation Commission on economic crime and see how NPLs were created,"
