LDC graduation needs sustained support
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Nat’l interest first: PM
Bangladesh will put its national interests and sovereignty at the centre of its engagement with regional and global partners while pursuing deeper cooperation based on...
Parliament’s missing ethics framework
The cases of Ferdousi Ahmed Misti and GaziNazrul Islam should not be treated simply as questions of personal morality. They expose a distinction in Bangladesh’s...
PM opens Tk1,542cr flood control project in Feni
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Thursday inaugurated the Tk1,542.16-crore rehabilitation of the Muhuri-Kohua Flood Control, Drainage and Irrigation Project (Phase I) in Feni, aimed at...
Rate unchanged amid high inflation risk
Rising fiscal pressures from the new national pay scale and fresh cost shocks from higher fuel prices are clouding Bangladesh’s inflation outlook, prompting Bangladesh Bank...
PM briefs President on US visit
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Tuesday paid a courtesy call on President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir at Bangabhaban. It was the first meeting between the...
LPG prices outrun official rate
Consumers across Bangladesh are being forced to pay hundreds of taka above the government-fixed price for bottled LPG as a severe supply shortage pushes up...
Schools open door to online risks
Educational institutions’ growing reliance on social media groups to circulate academic information is inadvertently giving students greater access to smartphones and potentially harmful online content,...
Green strategy puts clean air first
Pollution prevention and stronger environmental monitoring will be key priorities under a five-year government plan that also targets planting 25 crore trees, restoring degraded forests,...
To export better skills, Bangladesh must import talent
Like many who studied at missionary institutions in Dhaka before 2000, such as St. Joseph High School and Notre Dame College, I have watched my...
PM pledges to establish prosperous, democratic Bangladesh
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today pledged to establish a prosperous, self-reliant and welfare-oriented democratic Bangladesh by ensuring political and economic empowerment of the people and...
PM’s UNGA Debut
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is set to address the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York today (Thursday), marking his first...