ASJADUL KIBRIA, FROM ABU DHABI | 2024-03-03 00:00:00
Graduating LDCs get little to laugh about, nor even guaranteed continuity of market-access privileges, as prolonged parleys at the WTO ministerial ended with late-night declaration encoding developed-developing divide over trade rules.Extended until midnight Friday, the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) of...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2024-03-03 00:00:00
Investors opened a total of 46,788 new BO (beneficiary owner's) accounts in the six months through February, higher than in the previous six months, for various reasons, including optimism surrounding post-election stock market. In the previous six months to August...
GULAM RABBANI | 2024-03-03 00:00:00
The ground-handling service of the third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport is likely to be operated by Biman Bangladesh Airlines, two officials familiar with the development told the FE.According to a government plan, an international operator should be appointed...
Miftahul Jannat Rifat | 2024-03-03 00:00:00
Supply Chain Alliance (SCA), a club at the Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka, has recently wrapped up its flagship event 'Rookie's Inception 3.0'. Rookie's Inception is an initiative that recognises students' potential and strives to unleash their capabilities....
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-03-03 00:00:00
A recent news report highlighting the plight of Towhidul Islam, a marginal farmer in the Godagari municipal area of Rajshahi, serves as a stark reminder of the vulnerability of farmers in Bangladesh due to unpredictable weather patterns. Because of a...
REZAUL KARIM | 2024-03-02 00:00:00
Bangladesh and India are expected to start negotiations on the proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) within this year, more likely by June next, officials have said.They said Dhaka is set to commence negotiations with its second-largest trade partner to...
ASJADUL KIBRIA, from Abu Dhabi | 2024-03-02 00:00:00
After extending the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to Friday in Abu Dhabi, coupled with overnight works of the negotiators, there was an indication that it might be extended to Saturday if the negotiators couldn't...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-03-02 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Mar 01: The month-long Chittagong International Trade Fair (CITF) has gained momentum in the port city after Shab-e-Barat in late February as many opt for Eid shopping in advance. Particularly on weekends, large crowds gather at the fair on...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-03-02 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Mar 1: The commencement of work on the Bay Terminal at Chittagong Port is likely to start in October this year following the recent resolution of a dispute over transfer land.According to sources, the Chattogram district administration is allocating...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-03-02 00:00:00
Celebrities are those who can be celebrated for their popular but outstanding performances. Not all great achievers, even Nobel Prize winners are celebrities. But the Latin word celebritas which originates from celeber or celebr meaning frequented or honoured is more...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-03-02 00:00:00
Any new government, especially a post-poll one starting a fresh term, prepares national budget for the upcoming fiscal year in a way that reflects the election pledges of the party assuming office. The incumbent Awami League government is also learnt...
S M Ziaul Hoque | 2024-03-01 00:00:00
A Bangladeshi graduate entering the job market or becoming an entrepreneur to run a business after completion of education never learnt anywhere about the investment mixing for savings. Historically following the precedence approach well known as hereditary, the person goes...
Sheikh Rakibul Karim, FCA | 2024-03-01 00:00:00
Guardian Life Insurance Limited (GLIL) has emerged as a beacon of innovation and stewardship in the insurance landscape. With a firm commitment to its "Insurance for All" mission, Guardian Life has transformed the lives of half the total insured population...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-03-01 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Feb 29: The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) is set to lease container terminals to foreign operators with intent to forge competition among operators and make global-standard services available for port-users.Following a government decision to bring in competition among terminal...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2024-03-01 00:00:00
Four new private off-docks are set to enhance the container-handling capacity of the country's largest seaport and contribute to fast delivery of export-import goods and ease port congestion.Investors in the Inland Container Depots (ICDs) said the annual handling capacity of...
ASJADUL KIBRIA, FROM ABU DHABI | 2024-03-01 00:00:00
A decade ago, the ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) rolled over to whole night on the last day with India virtually stalling negotiations over 'peace clause' in deal for food security, and it repeats.As such back then,...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-03-01 00:00:00
A serviceman of the US Air Force named Aaron Bushnell epitomises the ultimate protest against the Biden administration's role in the Israeli war in the Palestinian enclave Gaza. The 25-year airman did not endorse the US support for the genocide...
Kazi Md. Mortuza Ali | 2024-03-01 00:00:00
On March 1, 1960, Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, joined Alpha Insurance Co. Ltd. as the head of its then East Pakistan Operation. As such, the government has declared March 1 as National Insurance Day to commemorate...
Abdullah A Dewan | 2024-03-01 00:00:00
The term politiconomy is coined by taking the first six letters “Politi” of the word political and stitching them to the last six letters “conomy” of the word economy, and hence the term politiconomy. It is a hybrid or fusion...
ASJADUL KIBRIA, FROM ABU DHABI | 2024-02-29 00:00:00
Little comes out of hard bargains so far about deals on major areas like agriculture, fisheries subsidies, e-commerce moratorium and reform in dispute-settlement mechanism as the WTO ministerial nears its close.The ongoing ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO)...
Asjadul Kibira, from Abu Dhabi | 2024-02-29 00:00:00
A joint communication of four South Asian nations, including Bangladesh, has been moved at the World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meet on demand for a work programme facilitating low-cost cross-border remittance. Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka submitted the demand...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2024-02-29 00:00:00
Sea Pearl Beach Resort & Spa has received regulatory approval of its plan to convert bonds into shares but execution will depend on if the bondholder agrees to make some concessions on conditions it placed.The company of the travel and...
Md Khairul Islam, Shanawez Hossain, Abdallah Naeefy, Fahim Uddin Shuvo, Ishrat Islam, Khondker Neaz Rahman, Md Akter Mahmud, Mohammad Mainul Islam, Mohammad Yunus, and Mohammed Nabinur Rahman | 2024-02-29 00:00:00
Over the recent past years, the pace of urbanisation in Bangladesh has been growing at a very fast pace. This is manifested in the increasing number of urban settlements, both large and small, and the growing number of people residing...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-02-29 00:00:00
In a time when the lives of ordinary people are being battered mercilessly by the skyrocketing prices of essentials as the food inflation rate has been increasing non-stop for the last 18 months, major political parties, unfortunately, are trading blame...
Sayed Saikh Imtiaz and Ifterkharul Amin Shatil | 2024-02-29 00:00:00
In recent years, Bangladesh has witnessed the emergence of a compelling cases in sustainable entrepreneurship, thanks to the Sustainable Enterprise Project (SEP) funded by the World Bank and the Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) with the help of the Government of...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2024-02-29 00:00:00
Ramadan will be here soon, a season which will test Muslims' religiosity through the month of fasting. For Muslim families in Bangladesh, poor as well as middle class, it will once again be a month of worry. The worry has...
ASJADUL KIBRIA, FROM ABU DHABI | 2024-02-28 00:00:00
More than six years ago, the 11th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) ended without any progress on critical issues but three plurilateral initiatives.Six years later, one of the initiatives is now almost at the final stage of...
Ahasanul Islam Titu | 2024-02-28 00:00:00
We are meeting at the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) at a time when the world is facing multidimensional challenges in the form of post pandemic shocks, economic volatility, food insecurity, rising inequality, increasing unemployment, climate disaster, all accentuated by ongoing...
ASJADUL KIBRIA, from Abu Dhabi | 2024-02-27 00:00:00
Retaining privileges after LDC graduation gets into focus as commerce ministers and senior trade officials of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) countries start hectic negations on the rules of trade, amid geopolitical tensions raging around. The four-day 13th Ministerial Conference...
ISMAIL HOSSAIN | 2024-02-27 00:00:00
Telecommunication industry is highly capital intensive, on top of which huge tax burden remains a barrier to ensuring a good return to shareholders, said the head of Robi Axiata. In an interview with The FE, Robi Chief Executive Officer Rajeev...
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