The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on Saturday sought exemplary punishment for those who have misappropriated and plundered money from the country’s banks.
Author: Lutfun Nahar
Focus on food migration nexus
Lawmakers at the highest levels urgently need a “revolution in thinking” to tackle the twin problem of sustainable food production and migration. Starting with an inaugural event in Brussels, then travelling on to New York and Milan, an international team…
Philippine police promotions affront to drug war victims
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has once again promoted rather than punished senior police officials who oversaw units implicated in extrajudicial killings linked to President Rodrigo Duterte’s murderous “drug war.” On Tuesday, Senior Superintendent Chito Bersaluna, the police chief of…
Moudud calls budget ‘big hollow balloon’
BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Friday termed the proposed national budget for 2018-19 fiscal year a ‘big blue empty balloon’ which is formulated keeping the next general election in mind.
Budget implementable despite deficit in financing: Minister
Amid criticisms that the proposed budget for 2018-19 fiscal year is an election-oriented one and unimplementable, Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Friday said it is implementable despite having deficit in financing.
BD budget lacks clarity about source of fund: CPD
The Centre for Policy Dialogue or CPD says the proposed budget lacks clarity about the source of fund and expenditure. It termed the projected revenue unrealistic and pointed out that there is no clear guideline over the source of the…
Budget ‘lacks steps to address macroeconomic challenges’
Unnayan Onneshan (UO), an independent multidisciplinary think-tank, has said the proposed budget for 2018-19 fiscal year lacks measures necessary to address the macroeconomic, medium term and institutional challenges the economy is facing.
Seminar on Al Quds, Palestine held in Dhaka city
A seminar on “70 years of the Israeli occupation of Al Quds and Palestine: Obligation of Muslim Ummah” was held at the Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) auditorium in the city on Friday.
The body market what money can buy
Should you be able to sell your organs, or sell your body for sex?
Business takes all or win-win
The new European Commission company mobility package is unbalanced. It aims at establishing European rules for business mobility in three areas: company conversions, mergers and divisions (corporate break-ups). On one side, there is a threefold delivery to the business community…
PM off to Canada to join G-7’s outreach session
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left here on Thursday evening on a four-day official visit to Canada to attend the Outreach Leaders Programme of the G7, the group of seven countries with advanced economies in the world.
Cumilla arson case: Khaleda’s bail hearing Sunday
The High Court will hear on Sunday a bail petition filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case filed in Cumilla over the February 3, 2015 arson attack.
HRW urges Bangladesh to suspend ‘war on drugs’
Human Rights Watch has urged Bangladesh to suspend its ‘war on drugs’ campaign until proper training and procedures are put in place to ensure that security forces act in conformity with legal standards.
Muhith for 5pc VAT on e-commerce
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday suggested to impose VAT on e-commerce business as the platform rising popularity day by day.
DCCI president baffled by selective reduction in corporate tax
President of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) AbulKasem Khan has proposed the government to reconsider slashing corporate tax in all categories at least 2.5%.
Muhith places Tk. 4,64,573 crore national budget
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday placed 2018-19 fiscal’s proposed national budget with a financial outlay of Tk. 4,64,573 crore and a 7.8 percent GDP growth projection.
Budget implication: Prices up and down
With the announcement of proposed budget for new fiscal year, a number of products are expected to see fluctuation in prices both upward and downward. Up Prices of products and services which may go up include: e-commerce, online shopping, coffee,…
Why the only answer is to break up biggest Wall Street banks
On Wednesday 30th of May, Federal bank regulators proposed to allow Wall Street more freedom to make riskier bets with federally-insured bank deposits – such as the money in your checking and savings accounts.
Italy’s crisis democracy and the Euro
The Critiques Many commentators have argued that President Sergio Mattarella’s decisions of May 28 wounded Italy’s democracy and were damaging or counterproductive (e.g., most interestingly Jan Zielonka, on this site, and, more radically, Yanis Varoufakis; and, on Twitter, in alphabetic…
Drives against militancy, terrorism, drugs will continue: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the drives against militancy, terrorism and drugs will continue to make Bangladesh free from anti-social elements.
Stocks maintain uptrend on higher transactions
Stocks maintained upward trend on Wednesday as major indices of both Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges were found finishing upward trend with higher transactions of some large-cap securities.
PM calls Fakhrul imbecile, ignorant for remark on BB satellite
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday called BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir an imbecile and ignorant man for raising a question about the ownership of the country’s first satellite, Bangabandhu-1.
Global security index: Bangladesh 9 notches down
Bangladesh slipped down nine spots in the Global Peace Index (GPI) 2018 compared with that of the last year.
Ganajagaran Manch leader Imran held from Dhaka’s Shahbag
Members of Rapid Action Battillion(Rab) on Wednesday afternoon detained Ganajagaran Mancha spokesperson Imran H Sarkar from Shahbagh area.
Army deployment during national election: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Wednesday said army will be deployed during the upcoming general election but not during the city polls.
Crisis of globalisation: Causes to emancipation
The dynamics of the capitalist world economy have been mystified as globalisation. In its technical sense, globalisation refers to the possibility that social relations can be maintained with increasing ease and intensity across time and space. As a political project,…
Europe’s curse of wealth
I have already written before (in a tweet) that no one who travels through Western Europe, especially in Summer, can fail to be impressed by the wealth and beauty of the continent as well as by its quality of life.…
Plastic tsunamis threaten coast in Latin America
Although Latin America produces just five percent of the world’s plastic, it imports billions of tons annually for the use of all kinds of products, some of which end up in the sea as garbage.
Bangladesh denies knowledge of Teesta deal speculation
Amid the media speculation that the Teesta water-sharing deal will be signed with India before the next general election for an interim period, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Tuesday said he does not know anything about it.
Hungarian govt stoops to new low hate campaign
Everywhere you turn in Budapest these days, there are posters and billboards portraying a grinning George Soros, the Hungarian-born philanthropist billionaire. The government-funded posters say that 99 percent of the public who submitted the May national consultation questionnaires on migration…