When prices of widely consumed staples like potatoes, edible oil, sugar or onions spike and remain inflated for extended periods, it understandably hits the poor and low-income people where it hurts the most: in their wallet.
Based on the compilation of media reports on bank scams between 2008 and 2023, CPD said as much as 92 thousand crores of taka have been siphoned out of the banking sector in the last fifteen years
How can Bangladesh avoid the economic crisis to deepen further?
Why is Bangladesh facing economic problems? Why did the country fail to follow the IMF's loan conditions? What are the remedies?
What can be done with the national debit card? Where can the ‘Taka Pay’ card be found? Will the card end the business of Mastercard and Visa in Bangladesh?
Bangladesh currently holds 6.8 percent share of the global garments market. In the last two years, the country’s apparel sector’s supply chain got disrupted due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and later by the Ukraine-Russia war.
The government launched Doel laptop to provide people with laptop at low cost. State-owned Telephone Shilpa Sangstha brought the laptop in 2011. But the gadget failed to create any buzz in the market. This much-hyped laptop can hardly be seen today. Why did the laptop fail? What is the present condition of the project and can the project ever turnaround? In this Straight from Star Newsroom, Khondoker Md Shoyeb is trying to find the answers to the questions with The Daily Star’s reporter Mahmudul Hasan.
Durga Puja, one of the biggest Hindu festivals, will be celebrated next month. Like previous year, Bangladesh will export its national fish hilsha to the neighbouring nation, India, this year too.
Bangladesh's financial sector is facing various challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war.
The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange rose 113 points last week from the previous week. The whole week experienced a rising trend except one day.
Nabadip Mallik, a farmer from Khulna, has grown moringa leaves for commercial sale.
Banks can make a maximum profit of Tk 1 by selling each US dollar -- such a rule was already there. But the importers and exporters are saying that the banks are making a profit of around Tk 15-20 per dollar. In this situation, Bangladesh Bank has again instructed banks to keep the dollar sale profit margin to a maximum of Tk 1. But why did this situation arise, why did the banks have to be reminded of the rules again and what steps the central bank are taking now to keep the dollar market stable?
Today’s Star Explains will shed light on why only US dollar has so much demand and how the American currency become so powerful as a reserve currency.
The spiraling global prices of food and fuel have hit hard the local market in Bangladesh. The continuous depreciation of the taka against the US dollar has made the situation worse. People now have to spend more for every item, including pulse, oil and egg. People with fixed income are bearing the brunt as their income did not increase keeping pace with the rising spending.
The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange plunged 163 points last week from the previous week. The whole week experienced a bearish trend except Sunday.
