The falling price of onion at the news of its import from India proves that there is a syndicate active to manipulate price of the commodity and the government has failed to bust this syndicate. It had to import the produce from a different country to create an impact on its price in Bangladesh. The price of onion began to increase gradually before this Eid-ul-Fitr when three kilograms of the indigenous variety of onion was available at Tk100 at the...

Dr Matiur Rahman :The World Economic Forum published its 18th edition of the Global Risks Report 2023 in January of this year. The report mentioned that the first years of this decade had heralded a particularly disruptive period in human history. The return to a “new normal” following the Covid-19 pandemic was quickly disrupted by the outbreak of war in Ukraine, ushering in a new series of crises in food and energy – triggering problems that decades of progress had...

The housing business in Bangladesh is facing a deepening crisis as the government proposed to impose fresh taxation measures that will negatively impact the industry. The move comes as part of the government’s efforts to boost revenue and address the country’s fiscal deficit, but it has triggered widespread concerns among housing developers and potential homebuyers. In the new budget, the government proposed to impose a tax of Tk 20 lakh per katha in many areas or 8 per cent of...

M. M. Ashaduzzaman Nour :The political system in Türkiye is a reflection of “the political maturity of the Türkiye people and to their successful efforts toward modernization and democracy” and that countries facing similar conditions as Türkiye would naturally be inclined to “follow the Türkiye example”. Türkiye was praised as a “relatively efficient, purposeful, and modernizing state,” one that had an admirable record of political stability.Observers tended to agree on the elements of Türkiye success: the political, economic, and social...