Zahid Hossain

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has, somewhat unexpectedly, reverted to the exchange rate regime announced on December 31, 2024, effectively transitioning the country into a free-floating currency system.

In the era of the fourth industrial revolution, the internet, automation and robotics are a part of our reality. In many cases, they are deeper than reality. There is still ongoing debate about whether the internet is involved in our lives, or if we are stuck in a digital cycle. How can one find an escape from this loop?

Today is April 17—Mujibnagar Day. On this day in 1971, the Mujibnagar government was formed by the elected leaders of Bangladesh as the rightful constitutional, logical, and realistic step forward towards the full realisation of our dream of an independent country of our own.

Even after highly controversial and sometimes unconstitutional and, speaking generally, unpalatable statements by the Republican nominee Donald Trump, and continuous internal and world-wide condemnation for quite some time, there is still almost a consensus amongst the poll analysts that the US Presidential Election 2016 will be a contest to the end, with both sides spending considerable time and money in almost all the 11 swing states.

The government has recently taken a decision to merge the Board of Investment (BOI) and the Privatisation Commission to quicken the process of boosting investment and industrialisation in the county.

The government has recently taken a decision to merge the Board of Investment (BOI) and the Privatisation Commission to quicken the process of boosting investment and industrialisation in the county.