Special Supplement
Bangladesh Post: First of all, could you please brief us about the accounting standard in Bangladesh, comparing to the standard in our neighbouring and developed countries? Bashir Khan: Bangladesh has adopted the entire international accounting standards and the international f...
National,Front Page
A different scenario was witnessed across the capital city on Monday with CNG-powered vehicles hard to find on roads, immediately after the bus fare hike shutdown had ended.All bus representatives are claiming their buses run on diesel. After a three-day shutdown, the minimum fare for diesel-po...
The country's leading Readymade Garment (RMG) export sector which has just started recovering from the pandemic is at the highest risk due to the closure of transport.Industry owners said that if this situation is prolonged, there could be a big crisis in all export-oriented sectors of the count...
The government has set a target of USD five billion in export by 2025 in the Software and Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES) sector.This was revealed by Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) president Syed Almas Kabir, who told Bangladesh Post, “In ord...
National,Back Page
Mass people sufferings mounted as the transport owners enforced indefinite country-wide transport strike from Friday in protest against sudden increase in diesel prices. Due to the lack of public transport, there were crowds of waiting passengers in different parts of the capital. In such a sit...
A good number of gateways are conducting business in the country without having Payment Systems Oversight (PSO) from the authorities concerned. In recent time, it has been learnt that a huge sum of customers money have been stuck in gateways that were sent to buy products from different e-commerce c...
Prices of essentials are yet to return to normalcy despite the government’s several steps. For the last few weeks prices of all most all essentials remained high, a burden for low earning people. Consumer Association of Bangladesh (CAB) Ghulam Rahman told Bangladesh Post that, “Continuou...
The government is looking forward to be self-sufficient in other food crops which are becoming dearer over last few years.Besides, due to its continuous efforts, Bangladesh now has positioned ‘moderate’ from ‘serious’ in terms of hunger level in Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2021...
The country’s agriculture is now heading towards cities. And the future generation will mostly depend on urban agriculture as an alternative to their professions. Nowadays, youths are now renting different roofs across the capital for rooftop agriculture. With this initiative, a separate ecosy...
To increase the importance and use of rooftop gardening across the country, Urban Agro-Production Support Projects have been planned to be implemented in 40 big cities of the country, officials said. Urban Agro-Production Support Projects project director Md. Taherul Islam confirming this to Banglad...
The price of rice has come down in the wholesale and retail markets of the capital due to increase in imports.Earlier the government had taken measures to keep the country’s rice market stable through import.The price has reduced by Tk two perkilograms (kg) in wholesale and retail markets. Tra...
Land acquisition for Saidpur Airport to upgrade it as an international airport has gained a new pace as the hurdles to acquiring the land have finally gone.Once all the necessary work is done, it will play a vital the role in increasing regional connectivity, said officials.Civil Aviation and Touris...
Biman Bangladesh New York flight remained suspended since 2006. But it will be able to resume direct NY flights if the status of the Biman is raised to category-1. Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are virtually continuing pre-audit technica...
According to law enforcement agencies and different consumer associations, more than Tk 3600 crore is stuck with different e-commerce organizations. According to various departments, dozens of e-commerce companies have held up crores of taka of customers. No one knows how the money will be reco...
Migrant workers, expected to travel abroad, have demanded to introduce rapid coronavirus test at Chattogram and Sylhet international airports for their convenience in addition to Dhaka airport.It is alleged that due to lack of coronavirus sample test facilities in Sylhet and Chottogram airports, the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the government is confident of resuming the direct flight operation to Dhaka-New York route which remained suspended since 2006. She said this in response to a question of Sharif Shahab Uddin, the Editor-in-Chief of national English daily the Banglades...
Business & Commerce
Electronic industry, over the years, has emerged as one of the highly potential industries of the country. This industry is currently exporting products abroad after meeting the demand of local market as it has been able to create a demand in the global market, said MA Razzak, Chairman of Minister G...
The government has long been striving hard to develop a vibrant tourism sector in Bangladesh as the country is blessed with the longest sea beach in the world and a plenty of panoramic beauty over the country. But the expected goal of a developed tourism has not yet been achieved due to lack of...
Rapid progress and expansion of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) through the implementation of “Digital Bangladesh” has phenomenally changed the scenario of the country, especially during Covid-19 pandemic.The people are now getting their desired services through digital pl...
Halal food products export is likely to get a boost as the authorities concerned are planning to issue halal certificates of food products and cosmetics maintaining the global standard for expanding export basket. Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has decided to issue h...
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