Inflation hits hard, wages stay flat — it’s a crisis of fairness
The persistent gap between wage growth and inflation in Bangladesh is a pressing concern that demands immediate attention. In its Tuesday issue, this newspaper reported...


The persistent gap between wage growth and inflation in Bangladesh is a pressing concern that demands immediate attention. In its Tuesday issue, this newspaper reported...
As energy intended for industrial use is diverted to electricity generation and fertiliser production, mills and factories are struggling to maintain even minimal capacity. Our...
Lt. Col. Mohammad Anisuzzaman, PhD, AEC : Universities are key to facilitating humans ‘to reason well in all matters (Newman 1852)’ and creating educated people...
Dr. Md. Touhidul Alam Khan : Crowd financing, also known as crowdfunding, is a method of raising funds for projects, businesses, or causes by collecting...
The recent accusations against India regarding the forcible expulsion of undocumented individuals, including vulnerable women and children, to Bangladesh highlight a troubling breach of international...
The recent study by the Policy Research Institute (PRI) sheds light on a troubling reality in Bangladesh: a stark concentration of wealth and financial services...
Nilofar Suhrawardy : Numerous questions can be posed about Modi government’s decision to send seven multi-party delegations to more than 30 countries with apparently a...
Mohammad Maruf Hasan PhD and Zhang Chaozhe PhD : BCIM, called The Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar economic corridor, one of the six envisioned corridors which consist of the...
Nine months have passed since the interim government took office, but most political parties, including the country’s main political party, BNP, are expressing anger over...
A controversial bill advancing through the US Congress threatens to impose a 5 per cent tax on remittances sent abroad by non-citizens. This move could...
Muhammad Al Jasser : As ministers representing the 57 member countries of the Islamic Development Bank Group gather in Algiers for the IsDB’s 51st annual...
Jawed Naqvi : The late poet and film lyricist Kaifi Azmi described a strange method of writing film songs, which has come to bear a...