Many non-governmental organisations and marginalised communities who benefit from different socio-economic services provided by these organisations in Bangladesh are already feeling the impact of the USAID fund freeze ordered by United States president Donald Trump in January...
IN 2019, I worked with a USAID-funded project called Nobo Jatra, which was implemented across 40 unions in the Khulna and Satkhira districts of Bangladesh. One of these unions was Buri Goalini, located in Shyamnagar Upazila. Like many other villages in the southwestern region of the country, Buri Goalini suffered from high salinity levels, leading to...
THE suspension of US aid can have wide-ranging impacts both on the countries directly affected and on global dynamics. The United States has been a major source of humanitarian, economic, and military assistance to numerous countries, particularly in regions like Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America...
Sonali Bank PLC on Monday signed an agreement with AB Bank PLC to collect challan, utility bill, pension scheme instalments and others charges-fees from AB Bank Inter Banking (AB Direct) customers through Sonali Payment Gateway, said a press release...
Healthcare providers and the sector experts at a discussion on Thursday said that there were no significant negative health impacts from India鈥檚 suspension of visas after the July uprising for there were no lack of facilities in the health sector of the country...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange has requested a temporary suspension to large-scale procurement activities by the Central Counterparty Bangladesh Limited on allegations of irregularities, a lack of transparency and a delay in operation commencement...
Britain plans to create mega pension funds, potentially boosting investment in the country by around 拢80 billion in a move mirroring schemes in Australia and Canada, finance minister Rachel Reeves announced...
Labour and employment adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan on Wednesday said that the government was planning to introduce a pension scheme for workers in the readymade garment sector...
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Monday asked the pension authorities to bring about necessary changes in its current schemes to attract people...
A LACK of interest among people to participate in the universal pension scheme has been there since its introduction about a year ago by the now-deposed Awami League government. The interest appears to have slipped further down and many participants have also stopped paying premiums. According to the National Pension Authority, about 20...
The universal pension scheme, launched about a year ago to ensure social security for all, faces new challenges as around 20 per cent policyholders have gone dormant.
Finance, commerce and, science and technology adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Monday asked the National Pension Authority officials to identify the reasons behind unwillingness among citizens about its new schemes...
The Bangladesh Institute of Planners on Wednesday said that vested interests became active in suspending and reviewing the Detailed Area Plan for their business profit leaving the city more unlivable and unplanned one...
The capacity building of the National Pension Authority under a proposed programme worth $325 million is likely to drop amid scarcity of dollars...
PUBLIC universities need to be put in order, with an immediate resumption of academic and administrative activities that have stalled for about two months, partially since July 1 when teachers began work abstention demanding their exclusion from a universal pension scheme that the government finally cancelled on August 3...
South聽Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol pledged Thursday to reform the country鈥檚 multi-billion dollar pension scheme, as a looming demographic crisis threatens to upend the payment system鈥檚 stability...
The government on Saturday removed all entities from under the new universal pension scheme Prattay.
Education Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury on Monday agreed with the protesting teachers on excluding the public university teachers, officers and employees from the new universal pension scheme Prattay, said protesting teachers鈥� leaders...
TWO protests began on July 1. Teachers of the 35 public universities that have teachers鈥� associations started abstaining from work to press home their exclusion from the universal pension scheme called Pratyay that the government made mandatory. And, students and job-seekers started holding protests, first, against civil service job reservations and, then, for reforms...
The teachers of public universities across the country observed their indefinite work abstention programme for the 16th day running on Tuesday, demanding the cancellation of the new universal pension scheme Prattay, terming it discriminatory...
Half a month passed on Monday of the work abstention programme enforced by the teachers of public universities, demanding the cancellation of the new universal pension scheme...
The government outlined seven areas for pension fund investment in rules, issued on Sunday, nearly a year after the scheme鈥檚 introduction, which had already sparked protests...
The National Pension Authority on Sunday decided to defer inclusion of newly recruits of the state-owned autonomous and semi-autonomous bodies by one year amid work abstention by the university teachers...
Public university teachers across the country decided on Sunday to continue their indefinite work abstention programme until all their demands, particularly the demand for cancellation of the new universal pension scheme Prattay, were met...
The road transport and bridges minister and general secretary of the ruling Awami League, Obaidul Quader, on Saturday said that he had urged the public university teachers鈥� leaders to withdraw their strike....
The teachers of public universities across the country continued their indefinite work abstention programme for the 11th day on Thursday, demanding the cancellation of the new universal pension scheme that was made mandatory for new recruits...
THE remark of the senior joint secretary general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party that the government is creating various issues to deflect public attention away from agreements 鈥� said to have been against Bangladesh鈥檚 national interests 鈥� that the government has signed with other countries is misleading on a few counts...
The authorities of Rajshahi University on Thursday postponed the orientation class for the freshers, who recently enrolled at the university under the 2023-2024 academic sessions, due to the ongoing indefinite strike by public university teachers and employees since July 1....
The teachers of public universities are planning for new programmes to press for their demand for cancellation of the new universal pension scheme made mandatory for new recruits...
Many students of different public universities and service seekers are facing difficulties regarding studying abroad or joining jobs amid the ongoing work abstention programme of the...