Next year’s budget may cross Tk 9,00,000cr
10 April 2026, 00:22 AM
The budget for 2026-27 fiscal year is likely to exceed the Tk 9,00,000 crore mark, as the government moves to fulfil its electoral pledges, partially implement recommendations to raise salaries of its employees, and shield the economy from the fallout of the ongoing Middle East conflict.
10 April 2026, 00:22 AM
Bangladesh eyes $1.6b ADB financing
28 March 2026, 02:42 AM
An opportunity has emerged for Bangladesh to tap as much as $1.6 billion in Asian Development Bank (ADB) financing through a mix of new and ongoing support programmes.
28 March 2026, 02:42 AM
Tribute / Prof Rehman Sobhan turns 91: A life devoted to economic justice
12 March 2026, 15:23 PM
Distinguished economist has influenced policy, inspired generations of thinkers
12 March 2026, 15:23 PM
Keep politics out of school textbooks
9 March 2026, 00:17 AM
Few aspects shape a nation’s future as profoundly as what it teaches its children. That is why Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon’s pledge to revise textbooks with the help of “high-quality experts,” and without any party consideration, carries particular significance.
9 March 2026, 00:17 AM
Sworn in, still missing from govt portals
3 March 2026, 00:00 AM
Nearly two weeks after the new government was sworn in, most ministries have yet to upload the profiles of the newly appointed ministers and state ministers on their official websites, leaving citizens without basic information about policymakers.
3 March 2026, 00:00 AM
Govt aims to gradually issue 2cr family cards
25 February 2026, 02:36 AM
The government is set to launch the pilot phase of its family card programme on March 10 with the ultimate aim of gradually bringing two crore families under monthly cash support.
25 February 2026, 02:36 AM
Tarique takes the reins
18 February 2026, 03:18 AM
BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman was sworn in as the prime minister of Bangladesh yesterday, as the party returned to power after nearly two decades.
18 February 2026, 03:18 AM
Tarique pulls off a stunning sweep
14 February 2026, 03:21 AM
BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman is set to become the next prime minister after his party swept to a stunning landslide in yesterday’s peaceful and festive election, winning more than two-thirds of the parliamentary seats.
14 February 2026, 03:21 AM
Budget boosted for jab campaign
The government will spend an estimated Tk 17,000 crore this fiscal year to procure Covid-19 vaccines as it has secured access to around 24 crore doses from multiple sources.
1 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Harnessing the power of digital health to improve heart care
Monir Hossain found himself in a precarious situation as soon as Covid-19 hit the country in March last year. The 70-year-old businessman from Faridpur has been suffering from heart disease for the past five years and as such, regularly visits Dhaka for check-ups.
28 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid-19 kept cardiac patients at bay
Abdul Hakim suddenly felt severe chest pain late at night sometime in August last year.
28 September 2021, 18:00 PM
A dawn darker than night
The rumble of truck engines of the 2nd Field Regiment disturbed the evening quietness at Dhaka cantonment. Loaded with 105mm cannons, the heavy-duty trucks began heading from the southern end of the cantonment to the under-construction airport on the capital’s edge.
14 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Implementation of Mass Vaccination Plan: Govt needs $3.7b in next 2 years
Bangladesh will need an estimated $3.7 billion to inoculate 80 percent of the population against Covid in one and a half to two years and achieve herd immunity.
29 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Shortened versions of SSC, HSC exams likely in Nov, Dec
The SSC examinations will be held in November and the HSC tests in December if the Covid situation improves, the government announced yesterday allaying to some extent worries of around 36 lakh students as well as their guardians.
15 July 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Get us out of here. Please help!’
“Get us out of here. Please help!”
These were the last words Liton heard from his sister-in-law Jahanara Begum when he called her on Thursday evening.
9 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Faith in mankind reaffirmed
“Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that,” said iconic American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.
30 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Darkness Befalls: Road 79
With the evening sun going down and the sky turning a dusty pink, a quietness descended at the Holey Artisan Bakery on July 1, 2016, towards the end of Ramadan that year.
30 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Social Safety Net Spending: Big slice goes to non-poor
In circuses, whenever artists perform the tightrope walking stunt, underneath them are wide nets to prevent them from falling to the ground and avoiding potentially life-threatening injuries -- lest they lose their balance on the thin rope and falls over.
16 June 2021, 18:00 PM
New safety net funds for poor
The government has created two separate funds worth a combined Tk 12,300 crore under its massive social safety net programmes in the next fiscal year for targeted populations and low-paid informal sector workers.
3 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Social safety net to widen
The allotment for other social protection programmes may go up to Tk 65,000 crore, up 41.47 percent year on year.
31 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Left out in their hour of need
The government could not spend two-thirds of its around Tk 25,000 crore cash-food support packages for the poor and vulnerable, frontline health workers and low-income farmers in the last year after its announcement.
11 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Pandemic to be budget mainstay
Keeping in mind the possible impacts of the second Covid-19 wave, the government is going to attach top priority to vaccination, economic recovery, and life and livelihood of the poor in the upcoming national budget.
10 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Lockdown Fallout: City poor barely on govt’s mind
Over the last couple of weeks, Abdus Sobhan, a day labourer in the capital, saw his earnings drop to almost nothing.
27 April 2021, 18:00 PM
35 lakh families to get cash aid
The government is going to provide another round of cash assistance to nearly 35 lakh poor families facing income losses and hardship amid the ongoing nationwide lockdown.
15 April 2021, 18:00 PM
News Analysis: Have we learnt any lesson?
The government’s decision to increase ICU beds in 10 public hospitals in Dhaka to treat a rising number of critical Covid-19 patients is certainly a step towards the right direction.
7 April 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Lockdown’ exists only on paper
The ongoing restrictions to curb the Covid-19 surge across the country are showing signs of failure everywhere.
7 April 2021, 18:00 PM
News Analysis: Slow response brings us here
In the first week of last month when the country started seeing a resurgence of Covid-19 infections, healthcare experts sounded alarm, urging the government to take immediate measures to rein in the surge before it goes out of control.
5 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid-19 Vaccination: Effective also in economic terms
An intense and sustained vaccination campaign can play a pivotal role in Bangladesh’s future economic benefits up to more than 10 percent of its current GDP, according to a new report of the World Bank.
31 March 2021, 18:00 PM