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Building sufficient LNG storage facility

Bangladesh, Sept. 10 -- Absence of adequate facilities to store liquefied natural gas (LNG) is an unresolved issue for which Bangladesh is paying a heavy price. The country has increasingly become dep... Read More


Tiding over fuel and power crises

Bangladesh, Sept. 10 -- In response to the opposition's query about fuel and power crises and offer of help with a team of technical experts to address those, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed unveiled a... Read More


Microplastics, heavy metals pose severe health risks

Bangladesh, Sept. 10 -- Three successive studies, conducted one by the Environment and Social Development Organisation (ESDO) and the other two by researchers of a few universities, find microplastics... Read More


Women's rights are inviolable

Bangladesh, Sept. 10 -- The recent incident in Rajbari involving a woman entrepreneur is most deplorable. The woman was publicly humiliated and beaten in presence of law enforcement personnel followin... Read More


Plunder or extortion economy

Bangladesh, Sept. 10 -- National Professor Mahbub Ullah recently described Bangladesh as a "plunder economy," arguing that extortion operates as a form of informal taxation that distorts investment an... Read More


Is Bangladesh in a debt trap?

Bangladesh, Sept. 10 -- Of late, some of the print media in Bangladesh are doom scrolling about public debt and giving Cassandra-like signals with dark portents. There is no doubt that they are well-i... Read More


Govt injecting $81.68m into the bank's overseas operation

Bangladesh, Sept. 10 -- A fresh US$81.68-million capital is going to be funneled into Janata Bank's UAE operations to avert wind-down of its business following persistent capital-shortfall-triggered r... Read More


Diversify funding, reduce bank reliance: Speakers tell RMG firms

Bangladesh, Sept. 10 -- Good and promising RMG companies should tap the capital market for long-term financing to diversify their funding sources and reduce heavy reliance on bank loans, speakers at a... Read More


Involve BSEC in Companies Act amendment process, DBA urges

Bangladesh, Sept. 10 -- The DSE Brokers Association of Bangladesh (DBA) has urged the government to involve the securities regulator in the process to amend the Companies Act, 1994. Advertisement The... Read More


BSEC tightens stock investment curbs on market insiders, opens more options

Bangladesh, Sept. 10 -- The securities regulator has widened the scope of investment for directors, officers and employees of stock exchanges and market operators while retaining restrictions on their... Read More