We are living in a society where corruption is rampant, pervasive, and institutionalised. The organisational structure of any institution should make it impossible for corruption of massive …
Bangladesh Bank reports 11% non-performing loans; actual figure is 25%: Dr Ahsan H Mansur
Economist and researcher Dr. Ahsan H Mansur has highlighted discrepancy in reported financial figures, saying that Bangladesh Bank reports 11 percent non-performing loans (NPLs), but the actual figure …
Planting trees essential to protect country’s territory from Climate Change: State Minister for Finance
State Minister for Finance and Bangladesh Awami League’s Finance and Planning Secretary, Wasika Ayesha Khan MP, highlighted the critical importance of tree planting in the face of global environmental …
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina Gets Upset, Cuts Short Her China Visit: Report
The Awami League, Hasina’s party, posted on the social media platform X that China had pledged 1 billion Yuan ($137.64 million) in economic aid to Bangladesh. President Xi Jinping met with visiting …
Tens of Thousands of Students Protest Job Quotas in Bangladesh’s Streets
University students oppose the reinstatement of a quota system for government jobs that was abolished in 2018.
Why did Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina return early from China? Was she ‘upset’?
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina cut short her visit to China by a few hours and returned home on Wednesday (July 10) night. The reason given was that she had to attend to her ailing daughter, but there’s …
Bangladesh: Meta accuses ruling party and think tank of coordinated inauthentic behavior
Meta’s Quarterly Adversarial Threat Report 2024 noted the removal of 50 Facebook accounts and 98 pages in Bangladesh for “coordinated inauthentic behavior” and spreading misleading information …
NZ’s smoking cessation can be a blueprint for Bangladesh
Public health experts in Bangladesh have called on policymakers to follow New Zealand’s success story to implement tobacco harm
Experts for boosting semiconductor industry in Bangladesh
Boosting the semiconductor industry could propel Bangladesh to the forefront of technology and progress, experts said at a report launching on Thursday. The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and …
From Bangladeshi lawman to land grabber
A microcosm of Bangladesh Just like Gopalganj … Baul said that long before the corruption probe began, the resort’s staff moved valuables from the property. “The stealing of desktop computers was …