Bangladesh

Why do millions online listen to 'lectures' that they mostly hate to do while in classroom, training centre and professional workshop? Contrasting realities- freedom from exams and obligation to prove knowledge - may have separated the two forms of deliberations, defining the people's choice....

The service sector, which contributes to more than half of the country's gross domestic product, has suffered the most in the Covid-19 pandemic and left 11.22 lakh workers unemployed last year. The income of those employed in this sector has decreased by 17.6% and...

Up until recently, Bangladesh’s economy was growing at a rate of 8.2 %. A reduction in poverty took place at a staggering rate. The rate of poverty declined to 10.5% in 2018–2019 compared to 31.5% in 2010. During that time over 25 million people were brought out...

A hidden gem is what British banking giant HSBC dubbed Bangladesh's bourse earlier last month. But the problem is, access to this market is rather difficult for global investors who are flush with cash but not lucrative investment options. Foreign investors...

Companies like Apple, HP, Microsoft, GE, Sony, or Daimler corporation came from the garage, university dormitories, or workshops. The seed of these companies had been great ideas-- startups. But the market capitalisation of many of these companies is far more than the GDP of some countries having...

The government is formulating a national tariff policy to protect domestic industries, attract new investment, and make the government's policy support long lasting and business-friendly, sources familiar with the development have said. The commerce ministry had recently directed the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission...

কঠোর নজরদারিতে সামাজিক যোগাযোগমাধ্যম ফেসবুক-ইউটিউব। গুজব ছড়ানোর চেষ্টা করলেই এর বিরুদ্ধে ব্যবস্থা নিচ্ছে আইন প্রযোগকারী সংস্থা। সংশ্লিষ্ট পোস্ট মুছে ফেলাসহ অপরাধীকে নিয়ে আসছে আইনের আওতায়। বিশেষ করে বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিব, প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনা এবং তাঁর পরিবারের সদস্য, নারী-শিশু হয়রানি সংক্রান্ত ইস্যুতে কাজ করে প্রশংসা কুড়িয়েছেন আইন প্রয়োগকারী...

Bangladesh is set to enter the toughest lockdown enforced till now from Thursday in a bid to control the alarming Covid-19 situation after logging the highest number of single-day fatalities and cases in two consecutive days. The government prepares to deploy personnel of the Bangladesh...

The pandemic has affected all spheres of life and business, but the hardest punch hit the already vulnerable small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of Bangladesh. SMEs in the country are not faring well owing to the heavy blow dealt by the pandemic since the growth of this...

Although the fintech ecosystem in Bangladesh has been growing — and is expected to grow in the coming years — the country seems to be lagging behind its global counterparts, according to the Global Fintech Index 2021. Bangladesh ranked 78th among 83 countries on...