Saleh Akram | 2015-08-22 00:00:00
Social scientists, mainly economists and demographers, continue to debate whether population growth encourages, discourages or is independent of economic growth. The focus however is on population size and growth, with little or no attention to the age structure of population....
A rise, though a slight one, in the flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) to the country, as was reported in this daily early this week, is a welcome sign. Another positive development is the reported interest, shown by the...
Rahman Jahangir | 2015-08-22 00:00:00
Thousands of feeder roads linking union parishads with upazila, district, divisional headquarters and the capital are now deplorably in a sorry plight. Greater attention to upgrading national highways might have led the authorities concerned to leave the feeder roads to...
Nabil Azam Dewan | 2015-08-22 00:00:00
Nowadays, illegal parking has swept the entire city of Dhaka as cars, trucks and other vehicles are parked almost everywhere with no respect for civic responsibility. In addition to illegal parking, faulty traffic signalling, narrow road-spaces and the incorrigible tendency...
Bangladesh has demonstrated lower signs of urbanisation in the 21st century, although the urban system - distribution of urban centres by size - offers an opportunity of turning the system into a geographic prototype. The Mayor of Chittagong City Corporation...
It appears from media reports that both the city corporations of Dhaka are on the verge of bankruptcy. But as ordinary citizens we know that their budgets stipulate the annual income against expenditures on various heads. The city corporation roads...
Recently two ruling party activists were killed in crossfire with law enforcing agencies and the incident evoked widespread reactions among people of all walks of life including the leaders and workers of the ruling party itself. Everybody condemned the incident....
M S Siddiqui | 2015-08-22 00:00:00
The signatories of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1979 allowed derogations to the most-favoured nation (non-discrimination) treatment in favour of the developing countries. Paragraph 2(c) of the agreement permits preferential arrangements for developing countries in goods...
Mohammad Kamruzzaman | 2015-08-22 00:00:00
According to economists and historians, the word 'bank' originated from the Greek term 'banque' or the Latin term 'bancus'. It was as early as 2000 BC when the Babylonians had developed the system of banks. The Hindustan Bank is the...
Nilratan Halder | 2015-08-22 00:00:00
This year too on August 6, thousands gathered at the Peace Memorial Park of Hiroshima to join in interfaith religious services to commemorate the anniversary of the first ever bombing of a city on this planet by an atomic bomb....
Nagib Farhad Rijan | 2015-08-22 00:00:00
Stress is one of the most growing matters of concern nowadays. It has psychological, as well as physical effect on individuals. While some workplace stress is normal, excessive stress can interfere with your productivity and impact your physical and emotional...
Syed Ejaz Ahsan | 2015-08-22 00:00:00
Bangladesh has experienced sizeable growth in agriculture and its affiliated agro-industries, although the country's dairy industry remains impervious to such progress. Despite the mounting demand for beef and dairy products in Bangladesh, there is hardly any sign of significant expansion...
Mohammad Amjad Hossain | 2015-08-22 00:00:00
There has been a tradition in Bangladesh to write obituary on the demise of renowned personalities of the country. Today I venture to write on Moyeenul Alam who had accomplished as reputed journalist in Bangla and English mediums, apart from...
Md Saifullah Khaled | 2015-08-22 00:00:00
The frequent leaking of question papers of different public examinations for the last few years has worried the civil society of the country. Regular leaking of question papers of different public examinations is bringing down the morale of the honest...
Mohammad Ali | 2015-08-22 00:00:00
Teachers play a vital role for implementing education curriculum at the field level especially in the classroom situation. Government develops education policy with the help of policymakers and implementation part is organised by Ministry of Education, different government bodies, administrators...
FE Report Stocks ended flat in green zone last week that ended Thursday, after remaining down in the previous week, as investors continued their cautious trading behaviour. "Investors kept themselves busy on profit booking in the first two sessions, but...
USD/BDT maintained stable tone last week as well and was traded around Tk 77.80 levels. The foreign exchange reserve of the country crossed USD 26 billion-mark for the first time. We feel that market will see the same tone next...
Bangladesh U-19 tootball team start their SAFF U-19 Championship campaign taking on Bhutan in their opening group A match scheduled to be held today (Saturday) at either the ANFA Complex or Army ground in Kathmandu, Nepal. The match kicks off...
A month-long conditioning camp for cricketers begins today (Saturday) at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) in the city, reports BSS. The camp will run until September 22. The following cricketers selected for the camp have been asked to report...
A month-long conditioning camp for cricketers begins today (Saturday) at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) in the city, reports BSS. The camp will run until September 22. The following cricketers selected for the camp have been asked to report...
DUBAI/LONDON, Aug 21 (Reuters): Some of OPEC's Gulf members are concerned about the latest drop in oil prices which had not been expected, OPEC delegates said, but they see little chance of the exporting group diverting from its policy of...
RANGPUR, Aug 21 (BSS): Bangladesh has already achieved laudable success in generating power on its way to achieve complete self-reliance on electricity soon. Member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges Nazmul Hoque Prodhan said...
Gold eyes biggest weekly rise LONDON, Aug 21: Gold eased on Friday after an earlier rally to six-week highs ran out of steam, but remained on track for its biggest weekly gain since mid January as more bad economic data...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) plans to start work on its automation project in January next, aiming to bring transparency and accountability in its works, reports UNB. "The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has already decided to provide financial support to...
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) organised Friday a voluntary blood donation programme to mark the National Mourning Day and the 40th Shahadat Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and 11th anniversary of Aug 21 grenade...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina extended Friday her warm congratulations to Ranil Wickremesinghe on his re-election as the Sri Lankan Prime Minister and wished to work with him in further strengthening bilateral ties, reports BSS. "Bangladesh profoundly values its friendly ties...
SATKHIRA, Aug 21 (UNB): A suspected mugger was injured in a 'gunfight' between his cohorts and police at Krishnanagar in Kaliganj upazila early Friday. The victim was identified as Shaheen Sarder, son of Sohel Uddin Batul of Laxminath village in...
Rights activists and experts sounded Friday a note of warning to not abuse elderly people of the society as they are country's assets not liabilities, reports BSS. According to Kazi Rezaul Haque of National Human Rights Commission, "Elderly people are...
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