Haor fishery resources are under threat due to the excessive use of pesticides and herbicides in agriculture, said Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter...She made the remarks as the chief guest at a view-exchange meeting with registered fishermen from the Itna, Mithamin, and

Since 2022, the BTRC has been citing 15 Mbps as the standard 4G download speed

Key focus areas include geopolitical shifts, clean energy transitions, digital leadership, life sciences, workforce evolution and resilience in global trade

The DSEX gained 75.72 points to 5,593.66 by 12:56 pm

Future CEOs should combine financial prudence with tech and data

Says Banglalink CEO in an interview with The Daily Star

Bangladesh could secure an additional $2 billion in export orders, largely shifted from India and China, as it benefits from lower tariffs in the US market compared with the two largest Asian economies, said Zahid Hussain, former lead economist of the World Bank’s Dhaka office, yesterday.

Prices of some patented medicines may rise by 10 to 30 times as Bangladesh will no longer enjoy a waiver from complying with intellectual property rights after its graduation from a Least Developed Country (LDC) to a developing country, said a noted economist yesterday.

Despite handling more containers, Chattogram port's ranking declines

Private sector employers have voiced concern over proposed changes to labour law that would allow a trade union to be formed if 20 workers agree, instead of the current requirement of 20 percent of a factory’s workforce.

Draft introduces strict penalties for e-commerce crimes, hoarding

Bangladesh's remittance earnings climb, fuelled by informal market shift

NBR directs officials to speed up tax return processing

Bangladesh’s readymade garment (RMG) sector risks losing orders after duty-free trade access to the European Union ends in 2029, unless workers’ rights are ensured, an expert warned at an event in Dhaka today.

The deep-sea port project in Matarbari promises to transform regional trade

SOAS professor says oligarchs fuel growth but fail to create jobs

Persisting political uncertainty and energy crisis are holding back investment growth in Bangladesh, business leaders and policy experts said yesterday.

In our country, the word “sorry” is rarer than electricity on a summer evening. Not because we do not make mistakes. We produce them in bulk. From call drops to collapsing bridges, from delayed mega projects to disappearing dollars, we are world-class exporters of errors.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has recommended improvements in fire prevention and response, operational supervision, and equipment preservation at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) ahead of its commercial launch of the first unit.

Bangladesh’s external debt servicing surged 16 percent year-on-year in the first month of the current fiscal year (FY) 2025-26, while inflows from bilateral and multilateral lenders fell sharply.