PM Hasina: Won't suffer much from electricity crisis starting next month
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the people will not suffer much from electricity supply crisis from next month.
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Representational photo BigstockBangladesh now global leader with 178 green factories
Bangladesh has further strengthened its position as the global leader in safe and green readymade garment (RMG) factory units with two more units obtaining US Green Building Council's (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (Leed) certificates.
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CollectedBangladesh Bank considers raising dollar rate
Purchasing US dollars from the Bangladesh Bank is set to get costlier as the central bank is planning to raise its exchange rate above the Tk100-mark by the end of this calendar year.
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BigstockCrunch climate talks teeter on the edge
UN climate talks were thrown into disarray on Saturday as the EU rejected a proposal by host country Egypt for lacking ambition on emissions cuts and warned it would rather leave with no deal than a bad one.
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Egyptian Foreign Minister and Egypt's COP27 President Sameh Shoukry attends an informal stocktaking session during the COP27 climate summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, November 18, 2022ReutersDengue claims six lives in 24 hours
Six more deaths from dengue were reported by health authorities on Saturday morning, raising this year's total fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease to 226.
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Dengue patients, protected under mosquito nets, receive treatment at Mitford Hospital on Friday, August 6, 2021 Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka TribuneSaudi Crown Prince to visit Bangladesh in 2023
Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz has accepted the invitation to visit Bangladesh at a convenient time in 2023.
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BSS(Mis)understanding dividends
I started working in the Bangladesh capital market from 2008 and in the course of the last 14 years analyzed listed stocks in a number of countries.
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Indirect tax puts a bigger burden on low-income households
Indirect taxes like VAT and customs duties are disproportionately putting a higher burden on low-income families.
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