THERE was a time when government-run primary schools in Bangladesh functioned with little more than the bare minimum. Dilapidated classrooms, broken benches, a severe shortage of trained teachers and scant learning materials were the norm. Yet, against these odds, the system produced learners who, at the very least, attained basic literacy and numeracy...
A persistent decline in private-sector credit growth is concerning. A sluggish private sector credit growth has a direct negative impact on industrial expansion, new investment and employment opportunities. The private sector credit growth fell to 6.82 per cent in February, hitting its lowest in the past two decades, according to available Bangladesh Bank data. A...
The overall rate of inflation remained almost unchanged as it persisted over 9 per cent in March, while the gross domestic product growth bounced back in the second quarter of the current financial year of 2024鈥�25...
Commerce adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin visited Sena Edible Oil Industries and Sena Flour Mill, Narayanganj 鈥� subsidiary organisations of the Sena Kallyan Sangstha 鈥� for their special contributions to the production of high-quality and standard-compliant products...
Tea workers鈥� union leaders in Moulvibazar on Monday demanded immediate payment of due wages, rations and festival bonuses to the workers at different tea estates...
The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education under the education ministry on Monday ordered all educational institutions under it to celebrate Bengali New Year on April 14...
The commerce ministry in Bangladesh on Monday sent a letter to the United States Trade Representative saying duty on 100 items will be cut to zero.
DESPITE a remarkable advancement in the industrial sector, with its contribution now standing at more than a third of the gross domestic product, it has failed to diversify export-oriented industries, products and markets. A lack of comprehensive and consistent policies and the failure to effectively implement the few that are there are said to have led to such a state. An...
A group of Dhaka University students on Sunday submitted a memorandum to the vice-chancellor鈥檚 office, urging the swift announcement of a road map for the long-overdue Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union election...
Family members of people killed during former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte鈥檚 bloody crackdown on drugs demanded an investigation Friday into what they say has been a flood of online threats since his arrest.
The country鈥檚 readymade garment manufacturers expressed concern over the US鈥檚 fresh 37 per cent tariff imposition on all Bangladeshi exporting products...
In a small town in Paraguay, a showdown is brewing between traditional producers of yerba mate, a bitter herbal tea popular across South America, and miners of a shinier treasure: gold...
Sri Lanka鈥檚 apparel manufacturing industry warned on Thursday that sweeping US tariffs will disrupt the island鈥檚 largest export sector and place thousands of jobs at risk...
Sweden鈥檚 Volvo Cars, owned by China鈥檚 Geely, will increase its production of vehicles in the United States and probably produce an additional model there, following US President Donald鈥檚 Trump鈥檚 introduction of tariffs, its chief executive officer told media Thursday...
UNABATED medical waste dumping on roads, bins, drains, water bodies and open spaces in the capital and elsewhere has raised serious public health and environmental concern. The hazardous substances in medical waste include pathological and infectious materials, such as sharp needles and toxic chemicals. In hospitals, various therapeutic procedures, such as cobalt...
Holders Paris Saint-Germain survived a major scare by coming from two goals down to beat second-tier outsiders Dunkerque 4-2 in the semi-finals of the French Cup on Tuesday, sealing their place in next month鈥檚 final...
WITHOUT due process of law, justice becomes arbitrary, the rule of law collapses, and authoritarianism takes hold. The staggering scale of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings under Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 16-year despotic rule stands as undeniable proof...
Twenty-three Bangladesh nationals, who were abducted in Libya, have been rescued....
Universities threatened with massive federal funding cuts, research programmes facing closure, and faculty and staff facing possible detention and deportation for political views 鈥� US higher education is being squeezed hard by Donald Trump鈥檚 presidency.
Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology vice-chancellor Mohammad Zoynal Abedin on Friday filed a general diary over fraudulence using his name and picture.
Industrial term loan disbursements declined in the October-December period of 2024 compared with the same period of the previous year, reflecting the ongoing economic distress driven by political unrest and sharp depreciation of the local currency.
A journalist and a protester were killed Friday as thousands of people gathered in Kathmandu demanding the restoration of the monarchy, police said, with security forces using live fire to disperse the rally.
The Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company鈥檚 recent decision to reduce internet bandwidth costs by 10 per cent raises an important question: who stands to benefit from this price cut? Announced on March 22, 2025, the move is expected to ease expenses for both mobile and broadband service providers. However, whether these savings will trickle down to end-users...
THE education sector continues to remain neglected in the percentage of both the total budget outlay and the gross domestic product although the allocation has begun to increase in recent years in terms of amount. A paper on the education budget that Campaign for Popular Education presented at a press conference in Dhaka on March 24, says that the allocation for...
According to the latest report of Industrial Police, 2,282 readymade garment and textile factories are yet to clear half or full wages for March...
Chairman of China Export-Import Bank Chen Huaiyu on Thursday said that his bank would support the relocation of Chinese manufacturing plants to Bangladesh to make the country a platform for export to other nations...
Chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on Thursday sought support from the Food and Agriculture Organisation in an effort to export fruits and farm products to China in a bigger way...
South African veteran Faf du Plessis declared he has 鈥榣ots of life left鈥� as a franchise player but said his latest IPL move would be the last chapter of his career.
Educationists, researchers and education rights activists on Monday demanded minimum 15 per cent budgetary allocation for the education sector and 3 per cent share of the sector in the gross domestic product in the 2025-2026 financial year...
The Bogura district police detained five members of the Detective Branch of the Rajshahi Metropolitan Police and another early Monday on charges of demanding ransom after abducting two youths...