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Bangladeshis’ deposits in Swiss banks increased by 62.6pc in 2020, says BNP

Bangladeshis’ deposits in Swiss banks increased by 62.6pc in 2020, says BNP

-- 2021-06-19 19:56:33

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday alleged that the accounts of Bangladeshis in Swiss banks are increasing as the government has introduced an “economy of looting&rdqu...

Investing in nation's children

Investing in nation's children

-- 2021-06-18 22:11:50

Looking at the current age structure of the population, it can be said that the growth potential of the country's economy is very high at the moment. In this context, consider that 20 per cent of the...

BNP leader Nipun Roy Chowdhury freed from jail

BNP leader Nipun Roy Chowdhury freed from jail

-- 2021-06-18 18:35:31

BNP leader Nipun Roy Chowdhury has been released from jail on bail two and a half months after she was arrested in a case tied to the violence in Dhaka’s Naya Paltan. A member of the party&rsqu...

Land record digitisation in limbo?

Land record digitisation in limbo?

-- 2021-06-17 22:06:57

It was around a decade ago, in 2010 to be precise, when two projects for land record digitisation were taken up by the government. The projects did inspire much hope to gradually make way for a major...

Bangladesh universities' poor ranking

Bangladesh universities' poor ranking

-- 2021-06-16 22:04:40

The primary task of universities the world over is to create knowledge and expand the horizon of human perceptions on animate and inanimate worlds. On that count higher studies have no limit and the a...

Focusing on the youth   

Focusing on the youth  

-- 2021-06-15 21:43:11

How much a society values its youths can be best known from the fund it allocates for their development. How does Bangladesh fare when it comes to the attention its youths get from the state? The issu...

Khaleda Zia struggling to survive, Abbas says

Khaleda Zia struggling to survive, Abbas says

-- 2021-06-15 20:36:26

BNP senior leader Mirza Abbas on Tuesday said their party chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia is struggling to survive for lack of advanced treatment. "Our leader Begum Khaleda Zia was...

Nasir Mahmood is a ‘good man’, Jatiya Party MP Chunnu says

Nasir Mahmood is a ‘good man’, Jatiya Party MP Chunnu says

-- 2021-06-15 16:42:51

Senior Jatiya Party MP Md Mujibul Haque, nicknamed Chunnu, has come to the defence of real estate businessman Nasir U Mahmood, the prime suspect in the attempted rape case filed by actress Pori Moni....

World Blood Donor Day   

World Blood Donor Day  

-- 2021-06-14 21:46:07

The question that is likely to strike one is, why a World Blood Donor Day instead of an international or world blood donation day is observed. Even a national blood donation day is rarely celebrated a...

The vagaries of monsoon

The vagaries of monsoon

-- 2021-06-13 20:29:27

As the nation is trying hard to come to grips with the varying intensities of the Covid-19 pandemic, the silent swelling of rivers makes old wise people in many areas worried. A government research ag...

Establishing an 'independent' statistical commission

Establishing an 'independent' statistical commission

-- 2021-06-12 22:04:50

That the statistics being churned out by the relevant state entity in Bangladesh are not that much trusted by the private researchers is no secret. The relevant policymakers and the government high-up...

Teesta project brooks no delay

Teesta project brooks no delay

-- 2021-06-11 21:05:55

The fact that the government has, reportedly, decided to undertake the Teesta River management and restoration project is undoubtedly a well-thought-of one. For understandable reasons, the decision ha...

Coastal embankment works must not be stalled   

Coastal embankment works must not be stalled  

-- 2021-06-10 22:41:12

Although it is a usual practice every year to launch a work programme to repair flood protection embankments well before the start of the monsoon, there is reportedly no worthwhile activity this year....

Slum dwellers deserve better

Slum dwellers deserve better

-- 2021-06-09 22:35:25

Once again, a devastating fire has gutted about 500 shanties in Mohakhali's sprawling Sattola Bosti (slum). It suffered a similar fate on November 23 last year. Actually, the slum has a long history o...

Enabling small businesses to play due role   

Enabling small businesses to play due role  

-- 2021-06-08 21:45:07

A study based on available data revealed that 80 per cent of all the business enterprises in Bangladesh belong to the category of the Cottage, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (CMSMEs). And, as for...

BNP wants permanent accommodation for slum dwellers

BNP wants permanent accommodation for slum dwellers

UNB 2021-06-08 18:21:31

BNP on Tuesday demanded the government arrange permanent accommodation for slum dwellers. ""The government's first priority should be to ensure permanent accommodation for them (slum dwellers). Adequ...

BNP chose path of conspiracy, accuses Quader

BNP chose path of conspiracy, accuses Quader

UNB 2021-06-08 18:14:58

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said that the BNP has chosen the path of conspiracy to avenge its defeat in both elections and movement. "If any violent situation is created...

Sports need a shot in the arm   

Sports need a shot in the arm  

-- 2021-06-07 21:38:44

The Finance Minister Mr AHM Mostafa Kamal presented a budget of over six trillion Taka before the National Parliament last Thursday. Being the biggest ever in history, the budget can take pride on a n...

Dealing with Yaas impacts   

Dealing with Yaas impacts  

-- 2021-06-06 21:29:40

Yet another tropical cyclone hit the country's coastal areas on May 26. Called Yaas, by the time it slammed on the Bangladesh shore, it had spent much of its destructive force. But the distressing imp...

BNP desperate to take dark paths to regain power, Quader says

BNP desperate to take dark paths to regain power, Quader says

-- 2021-06-06 20:06:04

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said BNP is desperate to take any dark path to regain power. "The BNP is desperate to regain the lost power. So they want to take the country t...

Bangladesh becomes victim of int’l politics over vaccine, allege BNP lawmakers

Bangladesh becomes victim of int’l politics over vaccine, allege BNP lawmakers

-- 2021-06-06 19:57:22

Lawmakers from Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday alleged that the government has mismanaged the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines and containment of the virus. The allegation was made by Md Harun...

Postal service - a new lease of life?

Postal service - a new lease of life?

-- 2021-06-05 21:32:39

Years ago when there was a much publicised initiative to energise the almost non-functional postal department with e-services and required logistics, there was a mixed reaction hinging more on a sense...

Opposition BNP calls budget 'deceptive'

Opposition BNP calls budget 'deceptive'

FE REPORT 2021-06-05 10:39:36

Terming the proposed national budget for fiscal year (FY) 2021-22 deceptive, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Friday said the budget didn't allocate enough for health and social safety as per peo...

Budget for FY 2021-22: Predictable with a sprinkling of prudence

Budget for FY 2021-22: Predictable with a sprinkling of prudence

-- 2021-06-04 22:01:11

The proposed Taka 6.0 trillion-plus national budget for incoming fiscal year (FY) 2021-22, placed amidst the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, does appear expansionary. It, however, has failed to...

Bangladesh records 1,887 new infections; 34 deaths

Bangladesh records 1,887 new infections; 34 deaths

-- 2021-06-04 17:02:39

Bangladesh’s coronavirus caseload has jumped by 1,887 in a day to 807,867. The death toll from the COVID-19 illness rose by 34 in a 24-hour count to 12,758, according to the latest government d...

Budget only to widen debt burden, says BNP

Budget only to widen debt burden, says BNP

UNB 2021-06-03 23:33:27

BNP on Thursday described the proposed national budget for FY22 as anti-poor one and said people's debt burden will get heavier if it is implemented. The party also thinks the ruling party leaders an...

Jatiya Party terms budget ‘impractical’

Jatiya Party terms budget ‘impractical’

-- 2021-06-03 22:45:29

Jatiya Party, the main opposition in parliament, has rejected the budget proposed for the FY22, calling it ‘fictional and impractical.’ “The budget presented for 2021-22 is prepared...

Using remittance money productively   

Using remittance money productively  

-- 2021-06-03 22:12:44

Maintaining an upward trend in the remittance inflow from migrant workers over the past 11 months from July to May of the current fiscal year (2020-21), the total remittance receipt stood at around US...

AL to sell nomination forms for by-elections from Friday

AL to sell nomination forms for by-elections from Friday

-- 2021-06-03 14:05:30

The ruling Awami League will start the sale of nomination forms for by-elections to the parliamentary constituencies of Dhaka-14, Sylhet-3, and Cumilla-5 from Friday. Aspiring candidates will be able...

Saving St Martin's Island

Saving St Martin's Island

-- 2021-06-02 22:35:20

The recent appeal by the Department of Environment (DoE) as published in various daily newspapers for the rescue of the St Martin's Island could not be more welcome. In fact, it should have come years...