Mahbubur Rahman Khan

Investigation officer of the Anti-Corruption Commission has recommended filing a case against Wasa Managing Director Taqsem A Khan and nine others for indulging in irregularities in appointment of two directors.

In the last week of March, marginal poultry farmer Delowar Hossain bought nearly 4,000 one-day-old Sonali chicks from a large poultry company. After rearing them for 40 days, when he tried selling them, he found it shockingly difficult to recover his production cost, let alone make any profit.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the National Board of Revenue not to increase the ordinary people’s tax burden as it looks to improve its revenue collection by 16 percent in the upcoming fiscal year.

Ten years have passed since the collapse of Rana Plaza, but for Sabujan, a survivor of the tragedy, the wounds of that fateful day still run deep. Her life, once filled with hope and dreams, has turned into a never-ending struggle. Her story is one of heartbreak, loss, and resilience in the face of unimaginable adversity.

The finance ministry has already finalised the revised budget for this fiscal year and the concerned ministries are informed about it but it will not be made public until June.

Four years ago, the Department of Fire Service and Civil Defence declared that the Bangabazar Shopping Complex, one of the biggest clothing markets in the country, was at risk of fire.

Four years ago the Department of Fire Service and Civil Defence declared the Bangabazar Shopping Complex a fire risk.

From 2021 to 2022, the seizure of crystal meth increased by three times.

Farhana Nasrin applied for a copy of a khatiyan (land-record document) for a piece of land owned by her through the government’s online portal on May 8 last year, hoping to get a hassle-free service.

An applicant is supposed to get a khatiyan and mouza map in 10 days after submitting the application. In the applicant's dashboard at eporcha.gov.bd, it is seen that Nasrin was supposed to get her khatiyan on May 18, 2022 but her application was still on the waiting list.

There are at least three laws and as many government bodies to protect the consumers from price manipulation, but it goes on unabated due to lax enforcement of the laws and a lack of coordination among the government organisations, say commodity experts.

Taking Tk 300 from her rickshaw-puller husband, Moni Begum went to Mirpur-11 kitchen market in the capital yesterday in the hope of buying some good food for her three children to eat on the first day of Ramadan.

Despite the High Court order on January 15 to probe the purchase of Dubai real estate by 459 Bangladeshi nationals, the investigating agencies are yet to take any action.

With Ramadan less than a week away, the high prices of chicken and meat are not likely to come down anytime soon.

About 422 million people worldwide have diabetes, the majority living in low-and middle-income countries, and 1.5 million deaths are directly attributed to diabetes each year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)

The struggle of people from low and middle-income backgrounds gets even harder with the increase in the prices of eggs and broiler chicken in just two weeks.

Registrar general's office instructs field offices in bid to prevent forgeries

Bangladesh is expected to get about $6 billion over the next four years from development partners other than the International Monetary Fund to meet the development financing needs, particularly to address climate change challenges.

Deputy commissioners have been asked to highlight the government’s development works ahead of the next national election.

Money laundering cases are not making much headway for a lack of cooperation from foreign countries, bureaucratic complexities and a shortage of skilled lawyers, said officials of the Anti-Corruption Commission.