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ArticleIf gov­ernance mat­ters, why does iner­tia per­sist?

ArticleEdit­ors’ Coun­cil pro­poses 12 safe­guards in draft Cyber Secur­ity law

Edit­ors’ Coun­cil seeks judi­cial approval before arrest­ing, search­ing journ­al­ists Calls for pro­tec­tion of pub­lic-interest journ­al­ism and polit­ical cri­ti­cism Seeks judi­cial review and right to appeal over online con­tent block­ing The...

ArticlePM Tarique to attend World Lead­ers’ Sum­mit in Türkiye in Novem­ber

Prime Min­is­ter Tarique Rah­man will attend the World Lead­ers’ Sum­mit in Türkiye on 11-12 Novem­ber, State Min­is­ter for For­eign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam said yes­ter­day. She also con­grat­u­lated Türkiye on host­ing the 31st Con­fer­ence of...

ArticleSec­ret­ariat to move to Sher-eBangla Nagar by 2029

The Cab­inet has given in-prin­ciple approval to relo­cate the Bangladesh Sec­ret­ariat from its cur­rent site to the old trade fair grounds in Sher-e-bangla Nagar, Dhaka, by 2029, cit­ing earth­quake risks, inad­equate office space and insuf­fi­cient...

ArticleDeposit rate cut comes when infla­tion already eats up sav­ings

excise duty and other charges reduce the net income. Bankers attrib­ute the cuts to strong deposit growth at lead­ing lenders, slug­gish private-sec­tor credit demand and abund­ant liquid­ity, which have reduced the need to com­pete aggress­ively for...

ArticleJapan eyes link­ing north­east India to Bay of Bengal via Matar­bari port

Matar­bari port can trans­form Bangladesh into a regional indus­trial hub while strength­en­ing regional con­nectiv­ity. The port is expec­ted to fea­ture prom­in­ently dur­ing Tarique’s visit, as he may seek Japan­ese fin­an­cial assist­ance for...