Of late, a lurking public health emergency, dengue, does not hit the headlines, since the media is now obsessed with absorbing or exciting political news. Despite the relative public as well as official inattention, the vector of the disease, the Aedes mosquito, has not stopped breeding, if only du
When people from all walks of life rose up against the Awami League regime in July last year, their focus remained firmly on toppling an authoritarian government. With the state forces unleashing violence on unarmed protesters on the streets, there wasn't enough time to consider what political syst
Besides amending existing cybersecurity laws, Bangladesh could take lessons from advanced countries that are trying to regulate AI usage writes Syed Tashfin Chowdhury As Artificial Intelligence-based software and tools continue to take over many aspects of professio
The recent reduction of the US reciprocal tariff on products imported from Bangladesh - from a previously declared 35 per cent to 20 per cent - has come as a much-needed relief for stakeholders in the Ready-Made Garment (RMG) industry. This development follows a flurry of diplomatic negotiations an
The emergence of shipbreaking in the country decades ago has offered many positive and negative upshots. While the meteoric rise of the industry stirred by massive manual activities is highly risk-prone and environment-degrading, its contribution in terms of employment and feeding the country's boo
As Bangladesh moves steadily toward its 13th national parliamentary election, the urgency to ensure a peaceful and orderly electoral environment has never been more pronounced. In any democratic setup, law and order constitute the bedrock upon which fair and free elections are built. Citizens must
Accounting for close to 30 per cent of the global consumer spending, the USA has been the favoured export destination of the rest of the world. The incumbent US president, Donald Trump, thinks it's unfair. Since, in his view, exporting countries are selling more to America than they are buying. So,
Despite a gradual moderation of the inflation in the last six months, the central bank has decided to maintain its tight monetary stance for another six months by keeping the policy rate unchanged at 10 per cent. The announcement of the latest monetary policy statement (MPS) last week also indicate
Farmers in this country could not be more discriminated against. Growers of major crops appear to be only more so. This year potato farmers have produced a record high of 13 million tonnes of potato---4.0 million tonnes in excess of the country's demand. Only 70,000 tonnes have so far been exported
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), Bangladesh's main financial marketplace, has now been on a steady upward climb for eight consecutive weeks. During this gaining streak, the benchmark DSEX index crossed the 5,400 mark for the first time since last November. The index surged by 5.06 per cent in the th
The interim government had given transport owners a six-month ultimatum to remove all unfit vehicles from the roads. To facilitate this transition, the transport owners were even offered soft loans so that they can replace their rundown fleets with newer, safer vehicles. However, despite these ince
The teacher-student ratio-widely regarded as one of the key indicators of educational quality-is deteriorating alarmingly, particularly in the country's secondary education system. One of the primary causes of the worsening ratio is the failure to recruit enough teachers to keep pace with the stead
As Bangladesh braces for the third round of negotiations with the United States, starting from today (Tuesday), the stakes have never been higher. The escalating tariff crisis, triggered by the Trump administration's decision to impose a nearly 50 per cent reciprocal tariff on Bangladeshi exports -
