The government’s decision to impose an astronomic hike in fuel prices is irrational as it comes at a time when the general public is losing its purchasing power amid record inflation following the hardships brought on by Covid-19.

Bangladesh has been confronting a major economic crisis for several months.  

Patients in Bangladesh, even for a simple treatment or consultation, often get bewildered how they would find their desired doctors and locate the nearest or best hospitals or labs. 

The cost of fuels for Plummy Fashions Ltd, the world’s greenest knitwear factory located in Narayanganj, will go up by 25 per cent owing to Saturday’s more than 50 per cent hike in the price of petroleum products. 

The government should continue giving subsidies to the agriculture sector to ensure food security and shun imports, economists said yesterday.

The implementation of various projects under the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 (BDP 2100) requires taking effective steps to build physical infrastructure as well as enhance the capacity and efficiency of the workforce, speakers said at a seminar yesterday.

The cost of fuels for Plummy Fashions Ltd, the world's greenest knitwear factory located in Narayanganj, will go up by 25 per cent owing to Saturday’s more than 50 per cent hike in the price of petroleum products.

The government should continue giving subsidies to the agriculture sector to ensure food security and shun imports, economists said today.

Physical infrastructure needs to be built and the capacity and efficiency of the workforce should be enhanced to implement the Delta Plan the government has taken for economic growth and climate resilience, analysts said today.

Sri Lanka is considering a restructure of local and sovereign debt, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Friday, as the island nation battles its worst financial crisis in its independent history.

In the weeks that followed Russia's invasion of Ukraine, western Europe's big economies began to falter. But further east it was still boom-time thanks to double-digit wage hikes and generous state handouts in some countries.

Eleven Bangladeshi and six Turkish companies have come together to establish the new Bangladesh-Türkiye Business Forum (BTBF) at a meeting hosted by the Turkish embassy in Dhaka.

Grameen Euglena, a joint venture between Japan’s Euglena Co Ltd and Bangladesh’s Grameen Krishi Foundation, has been processing moong dal collected from Patuakhali and exporting it to Japan since 2018.

The wage growth in Bangladesh declined to a seven-year low of 6.06 per cent in the last fiscal year, highlighting the struggle low-paid workers are facing owing to the higher cost of living, official figures showed.    

State-run mobile network operator Teletalk has yet again failed to pay fees to the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) for the spectrum it acquired in the latest auction. 

Late last year, I had the opportunity to attend a daylong workshop on IR 4.0 (The Fourth Industrial Revolution) where the speakers included a number of high-level government officials from multiple ministries and institutions.

Businesses yesterday expressed concern over running production in industrial units because of ongoing power cuts, low pressure of gas in supply lines and high energy prices. 

Startups have huge potential to grow, so the stock market should allow them to raise funds although they face some challenges in making profits at the primary stage, State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak said yesterday.

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has slapped a far lighter punishment on controversial investor Abul Khayer Hiru compared to the gains he made from his manipulation, in a disturbing development that may set a bad example.

With evidence surfacing of a couple of insurance companies misusing funds of policyholders, the insurance regulator has directed them to refrain from borrowing from banks using life funds as collaterals.