After losing the ODI series to Bangladesh with a match to go, a win in the third and final game is the only way for India to salvage some pride and confidence. Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s side are desperate for a...
Sharjil Haque | 2015-06-23 00:00:00
International trade balance in Bangladesh has always remained in negative territory despite consistent growth in exports of ready made garments and restriction in imports of unproductive items. From a policy-perspective, as long as the deficit remains within a tolerable limit...
Shah Md Ahsan Habib | 2015-06-23 00:00:00
International trade is heavily dependent on trade services as it involves certain forms of commercial risks that are often assumed by banks. These services by banks become essential since importers and exporters are often unwilling to bear these trade related...
Weak governance and poor surveillance tend to fuel greed. And old habits die hard. This is the case with a section of unscrupulous businesses. Such traders and profiteers adulterate goods of daily use and raise prices of things at their...
Abdul Bayes | 2015-06-23 00:00:00
Learning has always been the light in the long tunnel of socio-economic emancipation of a nation. History of Japan, Korea and some other countries is indicative of the way education, especially rising literacy rate, could contribute to growth and development....
Nabil Azam Dewan | 2015-06-23 00:00:00
Two or three decades ago, cinema halls used to be a key venue of recreation in our country. There was a time when people went to cinema halls for having a good time with their family members. The scene, however,...
M Jalal Hussain | 2015-06-23 00:00:00
Investment in private and public sectors is now a buzzword everywhere in the world. It helps create employment opportunities, increase productivity of firms and undoubtedly help achieve sustainable economic growth of a country. Every businessman needs capital from incorporation to...
Sarwar Md Saifullah Khaled | 2015-06-23 00:00:00
Poverty is a condition in which a person or community is deprived of, or lacks the essentials for a minimum standard of well-being and living. Since poverty is understood in many senses, its essentials may be lack of material resources...
RAJSHAHI, June 22 (BSS): All the officials and others concerned should put in their best efforts for substantial and sustainable promotion of e-government public services to get its benefits properly, speakers at a discussion here said. They defined that e-government...
Our Correspondent | 2015-06-23 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, June 22: Monitoring of different kitchen markets by the district administration in Jhenidah is having a positive effect regarding checking the rising prices of essentials commodities here during this month of Ramadan. Various kitchen markets in the district were...
Our Correspondent | 2015-06-23 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ June 22: Price of essential commodities marked sharp rise in the local markets with the advent of the Holy Ramadan. Prices of fish, meat, edible oil, pulse, spices and vegetables remained at their previous higher levels. Reports say that...
Appreciating Bangladesh's approach towards regional connectivity, European Union (EU) Ambassador in Dhaka Pierre Mayaudon on Monday said connectivity is now a pivotal concept for Bangladesh and that nothing can stop it from becoming a growing reality. "Bangladesh is taking a...
The Myanmar border police have agreed to return BGB Nayek Abdur Razzak on one condition that Bangladesh will take in 555 human trafficking victims, rescued by the Myanmar Navy from the Andaman Sea, without any screening. Although, the reclusive southeast...
Muhammad Zamir | 2015-06-22 00:00:00
Originating in the British Foreign Office in the 19th century, the term 'Middle East' was an example of arbitrary colonial approach to a complex geo-political paradigm. To facilitate their administrative process, the British decided to divide the regions beyond the...
At last some good news on the railway front! Renovation of the Pahartali railway workshop is likely give a mighty boost to the Bangladesh Railway (BR) to tide over its sorry state. The largest of the country's railway workshops, Pahartali...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2015-06-22 00:00:00
Banks are now going through one of their worst times. Their profitability declined substantially during the last two to three years amidst a passive stance of the country's private sector on fresh investment. Banks' problems compounded further due to an...
Ridwan Quaium | 2015-06-22 00:00:00
One evening while Mozammel Haque, was commuting back home from work on his bicycle, a passenger from a nearby bus threw a burning match-stick towards him. Though the match-stick hit Mozammel, luckily it did not cause him any harm other...
We see a sharp rise in mugging and snatching incidents during Ramadan, particularly just before Eid. In Dhaka many prefer shopping a little late at night when the traffic is thin and weather is cool unlike daytime. Again there are...
The population of Dhaka is increasing everyday while civic amenities are not. For example, the quantity of garbage from the households is rising. But in absence of proper disposal system, all the household wastes are not removed regularly. As a...
Global leadership is the inter-disciplinary study of the key elements that future leaders should acquire to effectively familiarise themselves with the psychological, physiological, geographical, geopolitical, anthropological and sociological effects of globalisation. It is global leadership when an individual or individuals...
M. Aminul Islam Akanda | 2015-06-22 00:00:00
The finance minister in his budget speech wishes to uphold the principle of horizontal equity in taxation among salaried taxpayers of both public and private sectors. He proposes to introduce similarity in calculating taxable income for public sector employees adding...
Roberta Rampton of Reuters in Rancho Mirage, California | 2015-06-22 00:00:00
President Barack Obama blamed public apathy combined with the tight "grip" on Congress of the National Rifle Association (NRA), the powerful U.S. gun lobby, for blocking stricter gun laws. Speaking during an interview recorded on Friday, just two days after...
Masato Abe and David Abonyi concluding their two-part article | 2015-06-22 00:00:00
Enterprises in GVCs (global value chains) add value by providing labour and tangible inputs (e.g., raw materials and semi-finished goods) or intangible inputs (e.g., technologies, knowledge and skills) to the final commercial goods or service. As commercial entities, they seek...
Our Correspondent | 2015-06-22 00:00:00
SYLHET, June 21: More than 400 illegally set saw mills in Sylhet region have been running their trade due to absence of proper monitoring by the lawmen as well as by the Forest Department. Almost all these are fully dependent...
RAJSHAHI, June 21 (BSS): Speakers at a discussion here said the pre-primary education should be more effective for helping flowering the latent talents of the child students particularly the underprivileged ones. They viewed that the child students need more affection...
Our Correspondent | 2015-06-22 00:00:00
KHULNA, June 21: The fifteen-day 'Tree Plantation Movement and Tree Fair -2015' has started at city's Jatishangho Shishu Park Saturday. Khulna district administration, Sundarban west zone and Agriculture Extension Department jointly arranged the fair. Divisional Commissioner Abdus Samad formally inaugurated...
Our Correspondent | 2015-06-22 00:00:00
PABNA, June 21: Public Works Department (PWD) has been implementing 16 schemes involving Tk 3.50 billion (350 crore) in nine upazilas of the district during the 2013-2014 to 2014 to 2015 fiscal year. According to the PWD sources, work on...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, June 21 (BSS): A police constable was killed and a sub-inspector injured in a road accident at Folimari Beel area under Bholahat upazila of the district last night. The deceased was identified as Golam Azam (50), constable of Bholahat...
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