Bangladesh

Diplomatic Correspondent: Nobel laureate economist Dr. Muhammad Yunus concerned about the trial to United States has warned Bangladesh about foreign investment. The United States has warned that if the law is misused against Dr Yunus, Bangladesh’s rule of law will be questioned and foreign direct investment will be hindered.The chief…

Zarif Mahmud: The budget for the new financial year was presented last Thursday. Now the review is going on – how much the power matches the demand. Whether the finance minister took any measures to relieve the high price market, how much the common man got, whether the tax burden…

Enayet Karim: It is an unwritten proven truth, “There must be a window to enter the black money into the main steam economy for boosting the economy of country, create fresh job opportunities, full stop on the money siphoning, money laundering and finally vibrant the development activities of a country.…

UNB: Lieutenant General Waker-Uz-Zaman has been appointed as the new Army Chief of Bangladesh, effective on 23 June 2024. With this appointment, he will be promoted to the rank of General, as confirmed by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Tuesday. His tenure as Army Chief will last for three…

Mahfuja Mukul: Prominent economists of the country said that the budget of the next financial year should be seen in the context of the overall economic crisis. Most urgent to overcome the crisis is to reduce the financial sector distress and increase the revenue in proportion to the size of…

Staff Correspondent: As hawkers occupy a large portion of inadequate roads in the mega city Dhaka, public life has come to a standstill, and thousands of working hours have been wasted with a very negative impact on traffic and public movement.The Motijheel Traffic Department has evicted hawkers from many places…

Accounts of Ministry of Finance Zarif Mahmud: The finance minister presents the budget for the next financial year to the National Assembly in June every year. It was also passed in the same month. However, in the middle of the fiscal year, it can be seen that the implementation of…

Industry Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi have expressed their desire that the existing bilateral relations between the two neighbouring countries would be further deepened in the future.“The two leaders have expressed their hopes that the existing bilateral relations will be deepened further in the…

But not in reality Mahfuja Mukul: Unemployment is one of the problems of the country’s economy which is in various crises. It is important to increase employment to reduce this unemployment. But the proposed 2024-25 budget has no direction to increase employment. In this regard, the finance minister’s budget speech…