Russia-Ukraine war
Find a way to end Russia-Ukraine war
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called on all concerned to find ways to stop the Russia-Ukraine war while holding a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
All passengers of Russian military plane dead after crash: Belgorod region governor
74 including 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war were on board, says Russia's defence ministry
Australian Open / Russia's Medvedev, Ukraine's Yastremska in semifinals
Third seed Daniil Medvedev was forced to dig deep into his reserves to outlast Hubert Hurkacz 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 in the tightest of quarterfinals on Wednesday and reach the last four of the Australian Open for third time.
Russia and the economic consequences of war
After 22 months of invasion, let’s evaluate whether it was worth it or not for Russia to invade Ukraine.
Ukraine war affected 70pc of businesses
Nearly 70 percent of businesses in Bangladesh have been impacted due to price increases of raw materials and weak consumers demand, which are primarily attributed to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
Russia’s war in Ukraine is reversing hard-won development gains and destroying global food security
Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine must end.
Black Sea grain deal must be upheld
Russia should consider the bigger picture of global food crisis and rejoin the deal
World hunger and the war in Ukraine
The end of the Black Sea Grain Initiative is indeed regrettable, but it is not the leading cause of hunger in the world.
Russia bombards Ukraine ports, threatens ships, jolting world grain markets
At least 27 civilians were reported hurt in the air strikes on the ports, which set buildings ablaze and damaged China's consulate in Odesa.
Major targets of current budget still unmet
The government is far away from achieving the major targets set for the current fiscal year when the national budget was unveiled in June last year, owing to its failures to assess the global scenario before fixing the goals, experts said.
Taka keeps falling, forex reserves slip below $31b
The taka has lost its value further against the US dollar after the Bangladesh Bank sold the greenback at Tk 104.5 as the foreign exchange reserves keep falling.
Lessons learned from disruptions caused by Covid-19, war
The business sector in Bangladesh has been going through severe challenges for the past four years, which, for many, have been the toughest period in decades, with the coronavirus pandemic being the dominant factor in the early part before the Russia-Ukraine war broke out. Today, we are running the last report of a series and it focuses on the lessons for the businesses from the two unprecedented shocks.
Amongst so many global crises, the very concept of development requires rethinking
Challenges that are fundamentally transnational or global in nature are driving the biggest shifts in development policy.
The poor deserve a fighting chance
Mess residents’ struggle highlights vulnerability to high food prices
Interest cap, NPLs did more damage than Covid, war
The business sector in Bangladesh has been going through severe challenges for the past four years, which, for many, have been the toughest period in decades, with the coronavirus pandemic being the dominant factor in the early part before the Russia-Ukraine war broke out. Today, we are running the second report of a series to present how various sectors fared in the face of the two unprecedented shocks.
Bloomberg’s praise of PM’s timely steps
Economic uncertainty will keep us on our toes
RMG export orders fall up to 40%
The inflow of work orders from international clothing retailers and brands to Bangladesh has slowed because of the persistently higher cost of living in the western world and a pile-up of apparel stocks at stores.
Price Manipulation: 3 laws there, but not much enforcement
There are at least three laws and as many government bodies to protect the consumers from price manipulation, but it goes on unabated due to lax enforcement of the laws and a lack of coordination among the government organisations, say commodity experts.
Russia agrees to 60-day Ukraine grain deal extension
Moscow said it would not oppose prolonging the so-called Black Sea Grain Initiative aimed at easing the global food crisis