2+ hour, 41+ min ago   (256+ words) The first issue is data. Researchers in Bangladesh often work with data that is delayed, difficult to access or inconsistent across sources. This makes analysis difficult. We need a statistical system that provides timely, reliable and transparent data, and makes…...

5+ hour, 6+ min ago   (569+ words) Madrasa education in Bangladesh faces structural problems, with Alia institutions affected by unequal state support, curriculum changes and social prejudice, while Qawmi madrasas remain isolated from wider society and lack accountability, academics and researchers said yesterday. They called for state…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (519+ words) The distance and politics between secular education and religious education are largely rooted in misunderstandings and a lack of willingness to understand one another, said Nurul Momen Bhuiyan, an anthropologist and associate professor at National University (NU). He made the…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (458+ words) Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman today said Bangladesh’s foreign relations with all countries are being taken forward based on sovereign equality, mutual respect, fairness and strategic balance, without being overly dependent on any single power or alliance. He made the remarks…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (194+ words) The recommendation was made at the first meeting of the committee of the 13th Parliament today, according to a press release issued by the Parliament Secretariat. The committee recommended verifying allegations of irregularities or corruption involving institutions under the ministry and…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (709+ words) Tea workers across the country have been staging demonstrations for more than a month making for four demands, including a daily wage of Tk 500. The other three demands are: repeal of the 2023 gazette, which limits the annual wage increase to…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (818+ words) Ten banks accounted for more than 72 percent of the banking sector’s total non-performing loans, according to the central bank, showing that the country’s 61 commercial lenders are not equally responsible for the sector’s financial distress. As of June this year, bad…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (368+ words) North Korea and Russia opened their first road bridge on Monday in a carefully choreographed display of friendship, a structure which spans the Tumen river and which both sides cast as an important milestone in their deepening strategic partnership. The…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (190+ words) Bangladesh and Hong Kong today signed an Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (IPPA) with an aim to increase and safeguard bilateral investment. Khandakar Abdul Muktadir, commerce minister, and Algernon Yau, secretary for commerce and economic development of Hong Kong, signed…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (308+ words) Let me recall one incident. When we were students at the master’s level, he taught us Capital Theory, one of the most intensely debated subjects in economics. At that time, the famous Cambridge–Cambridge controversy was at its peak—the…...