Years of negotiations culminated early Wednesday with countries agreeing the text of a landmark accord on how to tackle future pandemics, aimed at avoiding the mistakes made during the Covid-19 crisis...
Two United States high officials, deputy assistant secretary at the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Nicole Ann Chulick arrived at Dhaka on Tuesday, and deputy assistant secretary at the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs...
THE Rohingya refugee crisis remains one of the most protracted humanitarian emergencies in modern history. They have been living in Bangladesh, particularly in Cox鈥檚 Bazar, for nearly four decades. Even before the latest major influx that occurred in late 2017, I visited them in 2015 in Ukhiya鈥檚 Kutupalong registered camp. Since the mass exodus in 2017, more than one...
Stakeholders of the capital market on Sunday called for a swift resolution to the ongoing crisis at the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission, expressing concerns that the recent incidents at the commission had caused frustration and anxiety among investors at home and abroad...
Bangladesh Bank on Tuesday reduced the cash reserve ratio (CRR) for banks from 3.5 per cent to 3 per cent considering the current poor deposit growth in the banking sector...
Visiting United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi hoped that the international community would renew its focus to resolve the Rohingya crisis...
FOR decades, Bangladesh鈥檚 economy has been fuelled by remittances sent by millions of its migrant workers. These men and women, mostly employed in low-wage sectors in the Gulf states and Malaysia, work tirelessly in construction, domestic service, and factories, sending home billions of dollars each year. In 2024, Bangladesh received almost $27 billion in...
THIS is unacceptable that the government has not yet addressed the grievances of 6,531 recommended assistant teachers in government primary schools in Dhaka and Chattogram and has, instead, been highhanded with them. It has already been 11 days that the recommended teachers are demonstrating against a February 6 High Court verdict that declared illegal and...
The edible oil market in Dhaka has become unstable as supply of bottled soya bean oil has sharply declined...
The Bangladesh Premier League has long featured spectacular performances from global stars such as Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers, but the country鈥檚 only franchise tournament has consistently struggled to attract marquee foreign players due to the rise of franchise leagues around the world and recruitment issues...
Industry insiders have said that due to years of interruption in gas supply, export-oriented industries and other manufacturing units were facing an acute crisis...
Foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain urged the international community to come forward to support Rohingyas, noting that any foreign fund cuts would make addressing the Rohingya humanitarian crisis even harder...
MYANMAR鈥橲 ongoing civil war has reached a critical point, with the rise of ethnic armed organisations significantly altering the balance of power in the country. Among these groups, the Arakan Army has gained substantial control over Rakhine State, capturing key border areas near Bangladesh. This shift in power has further complicated the already...
The legal framework for handling non-performing loans (NPLs) in Bangladesh has become dysfunctional, allowing wilful defaulters to exploit loopholes and delay repayment, according to a report by the task force on economic reforms...
The Bangladesh Export Import Company Limited incurred a loss of Tk 243 crore in the second quarter (October-December) of the financial year 2024-25, losing Tk 2.58 per share....
IF THERE were ever a time to pitch a Netflix drama based on the chaos of Bangladesh鈥檚 education system, the current saga of the University of Dhaka and its seven affiliated colleges would be it. We can call it campus wars or the bureaucratic labyrinth. The tale has everything: students in revolt, high-stakes drama, a pro-vice chancellor with a penchant...
The dollar amounts held by Bangladesh鈥檚 commercial banks dropped to a five-year and six-month low in December 2024, reflecting the severe impact of Bangladesh Bank鈥檚 mismanagement amid a prolonged dollar crisis...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Mirza Abbas on Friday said that the BNP was the worst victim of the January 11, 2007 events, rejecting claims that the party was attempting to provoke a repeat of the 1/11 political crisis.
Over one million people have now fled the Sudanese war into neighbouring South Sudan, according to the United Nations, which said the figures illustrated the scale of the unfolding humanitarian crisis...
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia-bound migrants and those intending to perform Umrah staged demonstration in Dhaka on Tuesday after failing to receive mandatory meningitis vaccination to travel the Middle East country...
More than 19.5 million people in Yemen will need assistance in 2025, a senior UN official said Wednesday, expressing concern over a worsening humanitarian crisis and for children suffering from malnutrition...
BANGLADESH is grappling with overdue fertiliser and energy bills, driven by $800 million in unpaid dues to international suppliers and compounded by limited foreign reserves and inflation. These challenges, worsened by poor decisions of the previous government, such as costly, poorly planned projects like the Adani Power deal and the...
The Bangladesh Plastic Goods Manufacturers and Exporters Association has placed five proposals to address the energy crisis...
Fifty per cent of the loans issued by 21 non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) turned non-performing as of September, revealing a dire financial crisis in the sector...
THE ongoing genocide in Gaza is not simply a human crisis. It is a tale of paradoxes 鈥� of black and white, of truth and falsehood, of good and evil. In Gaza, there is unspeakable cruelty facing incredible courage, ugly betrayals in the midst of relentless sacrifice, constant lies opposed by glaring truths, and the worst forms of oppression against limitless resilience...
DURING the previous regime of 15 years, the people of the country faced deep-rooted grievances and deprivation, aggravated by pervasive and systematic repression. Misgovernance, rampant corruption, unchecked arbitrariness, and the abuse of power fuelled widespread anger and antagonism among the populace. Amid this...
RECENTLY, we travelled to Cox鈥檚 Bazar, where around one million Rohingya refugees live in 33 congested camps. Among them are hundreds of thousands of children 鈥� more than...
The interim government has continued to provide crisis-hit commercial banks and large business groups with emergency loan assistances with the offering of Tk 180 crore to the Beximco Group in the past week, said officials...
COUNTRIES across the global south are experiencing climate, poverty and development crises 鈥� all made worse by the unbearable costs of debt servicing. Indeed, according to Development Finance International, 鈥楥itizens of the Global South now face the worst debt crisis since global records began.鈥� Low-income countries, which have seen the amount...
THIS piece is not about the crisis or the chaos that the country is now facing after successfully toppling the autocratic regime of Sheikh Hasina. Rather, it is about the crisis of confidence and social capital or trust 鈥� interlinked, nonetheless...