In an environment marked by high incidence of corruption, largely initiated and promoted by the immediate past corrupt regime, the Social Safety Net Programmes (SSNPs) introduced to the benefits of the poor could not remain immune to the all-pervading pilferage and irregularities. The high-ups in t

The Foreign Affairs Adviser recently urged the Qatar government to recruit Bangladeshi professionals like doctors, engineers, IT professionals and nurses. In connection with this, he invited representatives from that country to visit Bangladesh to meet and recruit professionals. He made the call du

The revenue authorities as usual failed to reach their tax collection target in the first half of the current fiscal year. According to a report carried in the FE, tax collection during the period since July 2024 till February 16, 2025 declined 1.53 per cent despite extension of the tax return subm

Bangladesh has to bear the brunt of awful climate impacts though its contribution to global warming is negligible, believed to be less than 0.47 per cent of global emission. The Bonn-based green organisation Germanwatch reaffirmed this phenomenon and focused on how climate change is likely to leave

The arrival of the holy month of Ramadan arouses deep concern among all sections of consumers, particularly the low income groups, as the prices of some key essentials record a substantial rise. To ensure a fat profit margin, unscrupulous sections of importers, wholesalers and retailers act in a wa

If morning shows the day and past experience is any guide, the apprehension that road accidents will continue to claim more lives in the coming days cannot be ruled out. Neither the latest statistics about loss of lives and injuries in road accidents are indicative of a better road safety situation

With the overthrow of the Awami League regime, courtesy of the July-August uprising, people started believing that their life or death would no longer be decided by some petty security personnel as was very frequently done during the past one and a half decades. But contrary to their expectations,

Introduction of agent banking system across the country has taken the banking service to the doorsteps of the common people who so long did not have access to formal financial service. In the traditional banking system, clients have to go to cities and towns for banking purposes; but it is the othe