The readymade garment sector is just one of 42 industrial sectors for which the government decides the minimum wage

The IMF staff mission’s meeting yesterday with the banking and financial institutions division appears to have not gone seamlessly.

The BNP will go tough on its leaders and activists who will run for councillor in the city polls and those who will patronise them.

Httpool, Meta’s sales partner in Bangladesh, has suspended services after it failed to repatriate funds following curbs on dollar outflows, in what can be viewed as a crushing blow to local businesses.

Even 10 years after the Rana Plaza collapse, export oriented ready-made garment factories’ full compliance with international safety standards is far from being achieved.

The World Bank Group is set to provide Bangladesh with upwards of $2 billion every year over the next four years to help the country gear up for its next phase of development.

Every time citizens and rights bodies demand that the Digital Security Act be repealed, the government buys time, saying reforms “are underway”.

The European Union has told the government that it is ready to send election observers if the next parliamentary polls are participatory.

While tyre burst could be the most plausible cause for the March 19 road crash in Madaripur’s Shibchar upazila, it was the absence of guardrails that led to many fatalities and severe injuries, said Buet’s Accident Research Institute (ARI).

In Dhaka, the scent of burning rubble has become all too familiar as the city is experiencing a cycle of recurring fire tragedies, particularly in markets. Despite warnings from the fire service, little has been done to prevent such incidents.

The poverty trend emerging from valid comparisons with the previous rounds of HIES may or may not be different.

The poverty rate in Bangladesh has dropped significantly but income inequality is at an all-time high, according to the latest version of the Household Income and Expenditure survey -- in a puzzling development that raises questions about the nature of economic growth seen in recent times.

They had a team to keep an eye on law enforcers.

Boro paddies grown by a large number of farmers in Bagerhat have been ruined after some politically influential locals released saline water into the fields for the sake of shrimp farming.

Road crash data from two government agencies does not match and this could lead to problems in making informed decisions on road safety

The mayors of Khulna and Rajshahi cities are likely to get Awami League nominations to run for mayor in the coming elections.

Ongoing road development work may lead to severe congestion between Dhaka and Gazipur on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway and Elenga and Hatikumrul on Dhaka-Rangpur highway during the Eid rush.

The government is spending around Tk 32,605 crore to upgrade the eight commercial airports in the country and these facilities may start delivering dividends from as soon as this October.

Sarankhola, a small upazila in Bagerhat, is a place of scenic beauty that has recently seen a renewed interest in tourism. This upazila, of around 152 square kilometres, is bounded to the east by the Baleshwar River, to the north by Morrelgonj, and the south and west by the Sundarbans and the Bay of Bengal.

In every fire incident, water bodies, especially ponds, can play an important role in putting out the flames. And yet there is no proper initiative to protect ponds in Dhaka.