Sohel Parvez

Sohel Parvez is the Business Editor of The Daily Star.

Small businesses, daily earners scorched by heatwave

After parking his motorcycle and removing his helmet, a young biker opened a red umbrella and stood on the footpath.

2h ago

Rice prices unlikely to fall from current level

Yesterday, the price of coarse grain, the benchmark variety, was 6.25 percent higher year-on-year, reaching Tk 50 to Tk 52 per kilogramme at retail markets in Dhaka.

1w ago

FBCCI's plea for tariff protection devoid of reality

On April 4, the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) urged the government to pay attention to ensuring reasonable protection from customs tariffs for the sake of employment and promoting domestic industries, services and small and medium enterprises.

2w ago

News Analysis: BB’s feeble fight against loan defaulters

The central bank has already unveiled a framework to address vulnerabilities in the banking sector, rein in non-performing loans (NPLs) and punish wilful defaulters.

2w ago

Solar power that once lit up rural homes is dimming

In 2021, some 2.25 percent of the population used SHSs. The number declined to 1.81 percent in 2023, according to a recent survey report of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).

3w ago

Tax on provident funds' income: One country, dual policy

A provision in the Income Tax Act 2023 created the discrimination

4w ago

Ageing in Bangladesh: Are we ready for more social spending?

The dependency ratio of the people who are over 65-plus years rose to 9.4 percent in 2023 from 8.6 percent in 2022.

4w ago

More households use refrigerators, ACs as income grows

Here, the steady growth of Bangladesh’s economy -- around 6 percent annually -- for the last two decades, and subsequent increases in overall buying capacity, played a big role. Another factor is the increasing domestic assembly of these items by local companies.

1m ago
April 24, 2024
April 24, 2024

Small businesses, daily earners scorched by heatwave

After parking his motorcycle and removing his helmet, a young biker opened a red umbrella and stood on the footpath.

April 16, 2024
April 16, 2024

Rice prices unlikely to fall from current level

Yesterday, the price of coarse grain, the benchmark variety, was 6.25 percent higher year-on-year, reaching Tk 50 to Tk 52 per kilogramme at retail markets in Dhaka.

April 7, 2024
April 7, 2024

FBCCI's plea for tariff protection devoid of reality

On April 4, the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) urged the government to pay attention to ensuring reasonable protection from customs tariffs for the sake of employment and promoting domestic industries, services and small and medium enterprises.

April 5, 2024
April 5, 2024

News Analysis: BB’s feeble fight against loan defaulters

The central bank has already unveiled a framework to address vulnerabilities in the banking sector, rein in non-performing loans (NPLs) and punish wilful defaulters.

March 31, 2024
March 31, 2024

Solar power that once lit up rural homes is dimming

In 2021, some 2.25 percent of the population used SHSs. The number declined to 1.81 percent in 2023, according to a recent survey report of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).

March 26, 2024
March 26, 2024

Tax on provident funds' income: One country, dual policy

A provision in the Income Tax Act 2023 created the discrimination

March 26, 2024
March 26, 2024

Ageing in Bangladesh: Are we ready for more social spending?

The dependency ratio of the people who are over 65-plus years rose to 9.4 percent in 2023 from 8.6 percent in 2022.

March 25, 2024
March 25, 2024

More households use refrigerators, ACs as income grows

Here, the steady growth of Bangladesh’s economy -- around 6 percent annually -- for the last two decades, and subsequent increases in overall buying capacity, played a big role. Another factor is the increasing domestic assembly of these items by local companies.

March 20, 2024
March 20, 2024

Firms becoming more transparent in financial statements

The use of the document verification system (DVS) has increased in Bangladesh in the last couple of years, plugging the scope for unruly firms to submit forged audit reports. The number of audit reports signed by accountants by securing codes from the DVS rose by nearly 2 percent year-on-year to 38,316 in 2021-22 compared to a year prior, data from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) showed.

March 18, 2024
March 18, 2024

Rural deposits fall for first time in five years as inflation bites

Banks in Bangladesh witnessed a sharp decline in deposits in rural areas in the last quarter of 2023, the first fall in five years, data from the central bank showed.

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