More students in Qoumi madrassahs than in Aliya
More students in the country go to Qoumi madrassahs than to the government-registered Aliya madrassahs, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics reports...
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Voluntary return top reason: BBS
Around 17.28 per cent Bangladeshi expatriates returned home voluntarily after quitting their jobs overseas during the past five years...
Double digit food inflation for 3 months
The overall inflation in June eased at 9.72 per cent, but the food inflation still persisted at over 10 per cent for the third consecutive month amid price spiral of...
Govt must reassess measures to contain food inflation
THE average inflation in the outgoing financial year surpassing the average inflation in the past financial year, which was a decade-high, shows the inefficiency and inadequacy of measures taken by the government to contain inflation. The overall 12-month average inflation has been recorded by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics at 9.73 per cent...
Agriculture and the youth
BANGLADESH鈥橲 identity as primarily an agricultural nation underscores the pivotal role of its farming sectors in driving economic prosperity. Therefore, fostering a profitable, sustainable, and eco-friendly agricultural framework is imperative to safeguarding long-term food security for...
Deplorable absence of measures to contain food inflation
THE food inflation that has remained high for more than two years now reached double digits once again in April after a gap of four months. The Bureau of Statistics in its monthly update says that food inflation was 10.22 per cent in April. The surge was, as economists...
Police high-handedness to jobseekers unacceptable
THE police detention of 13 protesters who were demanding an increase in the age limit to apply for government jobs is unacceptable. The law enforcers detained the protesters after foiling their demonstrations in the Shahbagh crossing in the...
Govt has issues to address to contain unemployment
AN INCREASE in unemployment rate has become a major cause of concern while unemployment and under-employment have for long been indicators of jobless growth. The Bureau of Statistics, in its quarterly labour force survey, made public...
China鈥檚 factory activity grows for second straight month
China鈥檚 factory activity grew for a second successive month in April, data showed Tuesday, providing some good news for officials battling to kickstart the vast聽economy聽in the face of weak domestic demand and a battered property sector...
Bangladesh鈥檚 inflation makes upswing in March聽聽聽
The monthly inflation in March made an upswing following price hikes of both food and non-food items throughout Bangladesh....
Impact of currency swap
In聽January 2024, the Bangladesh Bank issued the monetary policy for the second half of the 2023鈥�24 financial year. In it, the central bank aims to adopt a crawling peg to curb exchange rate volatility, raise the policy interest rate...
