West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrives here on Friday night on a two-day visit mainly to witness the signing of documents on Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) to be exchanged between the two countries. Though it was initially thought that...
The government has allocated Tk287.34 billion (Tk28,734 crore) in the next national annual budget (2015-2016) for the development of the country’s communications sector. Finance Minister AMA Muhith made the proposal while placing the 2015-2016 fiscal year’s budget before the parliament...
The deficit for this year’s national budget will be Tk866.57 billion (Tk86,657 crore), which is 5.0 per cent of the GDP. Finance Minister AMA Muhith said Tk 301.34b (1.8 per cent of GDP) will be financed from the external sources...
Indian Prime Minister Narandra Modi arrives in Dhaka Saturday morning on a two-day visit which is expected to see the signing of a number of instruments and deals. Ahead of his visit, Modi said his visit will enhance ties between...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith placed a Tk 2.95 trillion annual budget for 2015-16 fiscal on Thursday, aiming for a quantum jump in revenue collections by widening the tax net and levying taxes on a whole new range like online trading...
Kazi Ahsan Maruf | 2015-06-04 00:00:00
You opened a fixed deposit scheme in a bank, say, six years ago. Now, it is matured. You go to the bank to withdraw the money. The banker says they are unable to give the money and interest. Moreover, they...
Abdur Rahman Chowdhury from Vriginia, USA | 2015-06-04 00:00:00
As primaries of the US presidential election begin to gain momentum the debate on whether Iraq invasion was justified has resurfaced. Presidential candidates have been asked: "After finding out there were no weapons of mass destruction (WMD), would you, if...
The plea made by the private think tank, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), to put in place a piece of legislation to help bring undisclosed or black money into the mainstream economy deserves priority attention of the policymakers concerned....
Wasi Ahmed | 2015-06-04 00:00:00
Concerns voiced over safety and environmental hazards associated with ship-breaking in Bangladesh are not new. The latest that has come is perhaps more strong-worded than ever. It has come from the Norwegian Ship Owners' Association (NSA). At a recent convention...
Rahman Jahangir | 2015-06-04 00:00:00
Early this week, a pedestrian confronted riders of three motor cycles on busy footpaths on Toynbee Circular Road just north of the Secretariat and asked them: "Won't you allow us to use footpaths?" Pat came the reply from one of...
The state-operated bus service BRTC is in shambles and most of the buses are in bad shape. These buses are not properly maintained and that is why people do not normally prefer to travel in a BRTC buses. The buses...
This writer was involved in maintenance engineering for over twenty years in many large manufacturing plants till early 1980s. From close observations over the years, he feels that the sad and repulsive culture of 'bribery and corruption' has taken roots...
Crowd Funding has grown in popularity over the last couple of years. In 2013, the crowd funding industry grew to be over $5.1 billion worldwide and it is becoming more and more of a contender for serious business finance too....
Chowdhury Shahed Akbar | 2015-06-04 00:00:00
In recent years, the interest rate charged by the commercial banks, especially in lending, has been a subject of raspy debate. Voices have been raised against the high interest rate charged by the banks and many attributed high interest rate...
M. S. Siddiqui | 2015-06-04 00:00:00
Budget transparency ensures right to know about taxes, borrowings, and expenditure of public money. Annual budget is the key instrument by which a government translates its policies into action. The Open Budget Survey conducted by the Open Budget Initiative of...
GAIBANDHA, June 3 (BSS): Speakers at a meeting here on Tuesday underlined the importance of strengthening the local government institutions for the sake of institutionalisation of democracy. "Emphasis should also be given to taking necessary measures for ensuring transparency and...
FARIDPUR, June 3 (BSS): Chief Justice of Bangladesh Mr. Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha called upon the judicial officers to ensure fair justice to the people under any circumstances because, he said, "We are paid by the taxes of the people."...
MANIKGANJ, June 3 (UNB): Police have unearthed a factory making fake oral rehydration saline in Sadar upazila. In a drive at a fake saline factory on Monday night, the law enforcers recovered huge spurious ORsaline and arrested five people. The...
From A Correspondent | 2015-06-04 00:00:00
SYLHET, June 3: Production on the newly-drilled gas well at the state-run Sylhet Gas Fields Company Limited (SGFL) will begin in September this year, an official source informed. Harun Ur Rashid Molla, a General Manager of the SGFL, also the...
Our Correspondent | 2015-06-04 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, June 3: The initiative to eliminate beggary and rehabilitate beggars in Kishorgonj upazila of Nilphamari district proved to be time-befitting and almost successful, subject to some minor complexities including encroachment of beggars of adjacent upazilas into the project area....
GAIBANDHA, June 3 (UNB): An elderly man allegedly committed suicide by jumping under the wheels of a speeding train on the Gaibandha-Lalmonirhat rail route at Panchjumma village in Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Dhulu Miah...
NARAIL, June 3 (BSS): Father and daughter were killed and five others injured in a road accident on Narail-Jessore road in Rupganj Bazar area of the district Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Ukil Miah (40), and his daughter Khadija...
GAIBANDHA, June 3 (BSS): The holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune and forgiveness, was observed in the district last night as elsewhere in the country with due religious fervour and festivity. Thousands of Muslim devotees across the district passed the...
SAVAR, June 3 (UNB): Police recovered bodies of two unidentified people from a house at Kurgaon in Ashulia of Savar, on the outskirts of the capital on Wednesday. Mostafa Kamal, officer-in-charge of Ashulia Police Station, said local people spotted the...
KHULNA, June 3 (BSS): Two women were electrocuted on Tuesday at Baxipara Ghoshbari lane area in Sonadanga Police Station in the City. The deceased were identified as Ramicha Islam Anika (15), a student of class eight of City's Saint Javiours...
JESSORE, June 3 (UNB): A young man was stabbed to death and two others were injured in an attack by some miscreants over a trifling matter at Khalder Road in the district town on the night of holy Shab-e-Barat (early...
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