Md Abu Talha Sarker

Just 51 years after Bangladesh gained independence, the number of people living in Dhaka is considerably higher than other parts of the country as all types of facilities are available in the capital, from employment opportunities and medical services to good educational institutions.

Transactions through internet banking in Bangladesh more than doubled in the last fiscal year as a huge number of people, especially the young generation, are using the platform to carry out financial activities. 

Businesses are taking advantage of the increased connectivity offered by Padma Bridge but potential investors of four industrial parks under the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) are missing out as the projects are yet to be complete. 

Mohammad Shabuj Sheikh has cut back on food expenditure, Shibly Ahmed has eliminated all non-essential purchases for his children, and a junior banker has let go of her domestic help.  

The recent hike in diesel price increased truck fares by 22-25 percent, leading to rice, vegetables and some essentials to become dearer in the capital.

Eid-ul-Azha is knocking at the doors as Muslims are all set to celebrate the holy festival on July 10.

Bangladesh keeps losing out on tapping its vastly unutilised cattle rawhides as the central effluent treatment plant (CETP) at the Savar Tannery Industrial Estate is not fully ready yet.

The entrepreneurs of local small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs), especially those who are women, are facing different problems and challenges in keeping their businesses alive in the post-Covid situation.

The government has declared an incentive package of Tk 1,000 crore for the tourism industry to help it revive from the brunt of the protracted Covid-induced pandemic and the current uncertainty.

Automobile service providers are passing busy days as people are approaching them to repair their vehicles before travelling back homes or to other destinations to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with their loved ones.

Sales centring Pahela Baishakh have picked up as people from all walks of life, buoyed by the improvement in the coronavirus situation, are set to welcome the Bangla New Year in colour and festivity today.

For the last two months, 35-year old security guard Saiful Islam could not send any money to his parents living in a village in Rangpur, one of the poverty-stricken divisions in Bangladesh.

Although five years have passed since the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) made plans to establish an industrial park for automobile and light engineering industries in Jashore, the agency is yet to finalise the exact location for the project.

The Bangladesh Competition Commission (BCC) yesterday filed a case against Alesha Mart, an e-commerce company, for creating uneven competition in the market by offering unfair discounts.

Young people in Bangladesh are increasingly joining the country’s largely untapped tourism sector on completion of the tertiary-level education instead of running after government and private jobs.

People across the world are eagerly waiting to welcome 2022. And, this is the perfect time to assess your financial goals and evaluate what is working and what is not in order to have a better life in a turbulent time.

Agriculture, exports and remittances have been the key pillars of Bangladesh’s economy for much of its history.

Twinning plants have clambered up its entrance and covered most of the ground leading to it. Filthy water has made a puddle as well. Had the name had not been there, most of the people, unfamiliar with the place, would consider it as a desolate structure.

Millions of people borrow money from family and friends across the world for reasons ranging from meeting household expenditures to educational and health expenses.

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