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92 thousand crores or more siphoned out in 15 years?
Based on the compilation of media reports on bank scams between 2008 and 2023, CPD said as much as 92 thousand crores of taka have been siphoned out of the banking sector in the last fifteen years
Is Bangladesh going towards a deep economic crisis?
How can Bangladesh avoid the economic crisis to deepen further?
How can Bangladesh resolve economic, political problems?
Why is Bangladesh facing economic problems? Why did the country fail to follow the IMF's loan conditions? What are the remedies?
Where can the national debit card 'Taka Pay’ be found?
What can be done with the national debit card? Where can the ‘Taka Pay’ card be found? Will the card end the business of Mastercard and Visa in Bangladesh?
Khulna farmers prefer cultivating beans instead of shrimps
Shrimps were once widely cultivated in Dumuria upazila of Khulna. Now, farmers in this area are moving towards growing vegetables, especially beans. Vegetables from Dumuria are also exported to many countries in Europe
Fishes aplenty at Friday haat
A haat pops up every Friday along the Kaliakoir-Tangail road in Gazipur where buyers find almost all varieties of fish available in the country
Budget FY24: No hike in social safety net allowances
How will the government tackle the dollar crisis, the social safety net, and inflation in the upcoming budget? Planning Minister MA Mannan shares his insights with The Daily Star.
Why are bad loans of public banks rising?
What is the reason for this state of government banks? Does the loan rescheduling opportunity given during the 2020 coronavirus have any role to play here?
What are people saying about price hike of daily commodities?
The monthly food cost of a family of four in Dhaka has increased by 51 percent in the last four years, according to a study by the Centre for Policy Dialogue.
How are the poor coping up with high commodity prices?
Inflation in Bangladesh remained high for the last one year. The consumer price index started increasing in 2022’s February and it reached a 10-year high of 9.52 per cent in the same year’s August. After August, both food and non-food inflation started decreasing, but in 2023’s February they rose again when the consumer price index increased to 8.78 per cent.
Green Tex: Eco-friendly garment factory in Mymensingh's Bhaluka
A unit of Green Textile Limited of Bangladesh topped the list of eco-friendly factories in February this year.
Why did Moody’s downgrade rating of Bangladesh’s banking sector?
How will banking sector's rating downgrade by Moody's affect Bangladesh economy?
Why are profits of every 7 out of 10 companies dropping?
In today's Straight from Star Newsroom, Khondoker Md Shoyeb along with The Daily Star Reporter Ahsan Habib tries to shed light on the reasons responsible for a fall in profits of Bangladeshi companies
Why is per capita debt rising?
The per capita foreign debt has increased from $257 to $558 within seven years
What are the conditions attached to IMF's $4.7b loan?
What prompted the Bangladesh government to seek a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and what conditions come with it?
