
Md Asaduz Zaman
Reporter at The Daily Star, covering economics, planning and agriculture sectors in Bangladesh.
Reporter at The Daily Star, covering economics, planning and agriculture sectors in Bangladesh.
For decades, Chattogram City Corporation has been struggling with waste management in the port city, the commercial capital and second-largest city in Bangladesh.
Wage growth remains below inflation rate as per BBS data , compelling many to cut consumption
Construction costs in Bangladesh declined for the second consecutive month in October, driven by a fall in the price of building materials, official figures showed.
Bangladesh’s economy slowed in fiscal 2022-23 although growth bounced back to 5.78 percent by the end of the year’s fourth quarter, government data shows.
Bangladesh’s financial sector has undergone a paradigm shift, experiencing a surge in digitization over the last one-and-a-half decades, bringing millions under banking services that have even reached the village level.
Forhad Hossain has been looking for a permanent job since earning his master’s in management degree from Abdullah Al Mahmud Degree College in Sirajganj in 2019.
The local government division (LGD) accounted for 21 percent of the total expenditure among 58 ministries and divisions in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY) ahead of the upcoming national elections, scheduled to be held on January 7 next year.
Abdul Khaleq works in Dhaka as a carpenter under a local contractor for eight hours per day, earning Tk 500. But his regular duties are not enough to meet the living expenses of his five-member family.
For decades, Chattogram City Corporation has been struggling with waste management in the port city, the commercial capital and second-largest city in Bangladesh.
Wage growth remains below inflation rate as per BBS data , compelling many to cut consumption
Construction costs in Bangladesh declined for the second consecutive month in October, driven by a fall in the price of building materials, official figures showed.
Bangladesh’s economy slowed in fiscal 2022-23 although growth bounced back to 5.78 percent by the end of the year’s fourth quarter, government data shows.
Bangladesh’s financial sector has undergone a paradigm shift, experiencing a surge in digitization over the last one-and-a-half decades, bringing millions under banking services that have even reached the village level.
Forhad Hossain has been looking for a permanent job since earning his master’s in management degree from Abdullah Al Mahmud Degree College in Sirajganj in 2019.
The local government division (LGD) accounted for 21 percent of the total expenditure among 58 ministries and divisions in the first four months of the current fiscal year (FY) ahead of the upcoming national elections, scheduled to be held on January 7 next year.
Abdul Khaleq works in Dhaka as a carpenter under a local contractor for eight hours per day, earning Tk 500. But his regular duties are not enough to meet the living expenses of his five-member family.
More than 82 percent of the handicraft makers in Bangladesh are struggling to run their activities due to a capital shortage, according to a survey by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).
The number of unemployed people in Bangladesh declined by 1.80 lakh year-on-year in the third quarter of 2023 despite the country’s major economic indicators having slowed down.