Islamic banks鈥� deposits drop, but loans surge
Loan disbursements from Shariah-based banks have significantly increased despite a sharp decline in deposit collection in December and January...
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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...
Education system reels under privatisation
The education system in Bangladesh is reeling under privatisation as the numbers of public educational institutions and the students there did not grow as expected...
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...