Editorial

BANGLADESH’S exports to northeastern states of India through Akhaura land port has drastically declined since India started transit shipment of essential goods from last June....

THAILAND`S King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who was the world’s longest-reigning monarch, died on Thursday at the age of 88. He reigned for seven decades after ascending...

Clean air–a basic right The air in Hazaribagh is seriously polluted. With residential houses and tannery factories cohabitating in the same area, smoke from the...

Barry Eichengreen : At the start of October, China’s currency, the renminbi, was added to the basket of currencies that make up the International Monetary...

Daniel Gros :As the world’s financial elite converges on Washington, DC, for the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, they...

Avner Offer :Of the elites who manage modern society, only economists have a Nobel Prize, whose latest recipients, Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström, have just...

CHINESE President Mr Xi Jinping arrives Dhaka this morning on a state visit with a big entourage at a time when Bangladesh-China relations have steadily...

THE price of soybean oil has increased by Tk 2 to Tk 4 per litre in the kitchen markets after a move by the refiners...

TODAY is the Holy Ashura, the day of noble sacrifice of Imam Husein, the grandson of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SM). The Muslim Ummah observes...

IN an unpleasant development as media report said Bangladesh Cricket team captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and middle-order batsman Sabbir Rahman have been fined 20 per...

Improvement in poverty scenario Recent World Bank poverty estimates reflect the remarkable achievements made by Bangladesh. From 40 million poor people seven years ago, the...

Nicola Mendelsohn. :Businesses are increasingly using new digital technologies to profile, advertise, and sell their products. Technology means a company is able to connect with...