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Draft import, export policy order to be finalised today

FE Report | 2015-05-31 00:00:00

The government is set to finalise the draft Import Policy Order (2015-18) and Export Policy Order (2015-18) today (Sunday), officials said. The draft will be finalised at a meeting to be held at a city hotel with Commerce Minister Tofail...

Bangladesh Fashion Carnival begins next month

2015-05-31 00:00:00

The 4th international exhibition on branded clothing and fashion products titled '4th Bangladesh Fashion Carnival 2015' will begin in the city's Emmanuelle's Banquet Hall on Wednesday, reports UNB. Redcarpet365 Limited in association with Freelancerz will organise the three-day exhibition to...

ADB distributes agriculture equipment in Rangamati

2015-05-31 00:00:00

RANGAMATI, May 30 (BSS): Asian Development Bank (ADB) Saturday distributed 10 agriculture equipments in Belaichhari upazila for agriculture development of rural areas of hill district under its Chittagong Hill Tract Development project. Rintu Chakma, Project Field officer of ADB, handed...

Treasury management efficiency, awareness creation identified as main challenges

FE Report | 2015-05-31 00:00:00

IT professionals and analysts Saturday identified efficient treasury management and awareness creation as the main challenges to fully exploit the benefits of proposed Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system in the banking sector. The RTGS, set to be launched on...

NAV of CAPM Unit Fund disclosed

2015-05-31 00:00:00

CAPM Company Limited has declared the Net Asset Value (NAV) of CAPM Unit Fund. The total NAV of CAPM Unit Fund stood at Tk 72,508,634.34 on the basis of cost price and Tk 72,764,120.48 on the basis of market price...

NAV of MTB Unit Fund declared

2015-05-31 00:00:00

The total NAV of MTB Unit Fund stood at Tk  352,565,212.86 on the basis of cost price and Tk   281,665,178.34 on the basis of market price at the close of business operation on 28  May 2015, said a statement.  

Revamping ailing SOEs with offloading of shares

Abu Ahmed | 2015-05-30 00:00:00

It seems state-owned enterprises (SOEs) suffer from inertia with regard to off-loading of their shares to the stock market. We heard quite often that SOEs were going to sell their shares by this or that time, but it never has...

Energising FDI inflow deserves priority

Asjadul Kibria | 2015-05-30 00:00:00

Finance Minister AMA Muhit has expressed his disappointment at the inadequate inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country. In a pre-budget discussion this week, he clearly said that he had been emphasising on the higher FDI inflow for...

Iraq will never be whole again, so what\\\'s next?

Peter Van Buren for Reuters | 2015-05-30 00:00:00

Is there hope for Iraq? It depends on what you are hoping for. It is becoming clearer that there is little hope of destroying Islamic State in Iraq. Islamic State has no shortage of new recruits. Its fighters capture heavy...

Tourism campaign without ground preparation

2015-05-30 00:00:00

Colourful and festive celebration of the ‘Tourism Year 2016’ without arranging tourist-friendly facilities at home would hardly do any good to the industry itself. In this context, a report published in this paper on Monday last merits attention. The report...

Heavy cost of skill shortage

2015-05-30 00:00:00

The annual flight of US$4.0 billion out of Bangladesh on account of salaries and allowances of skilled foreign workforce in the country, as disclosed by the finance minister at a meeting of the Economic Reporters Forum, is a shocking revelation....

Organic fertilizer imperative for agriculture

Md Sazedul Islam | 2015-05-30 00:00:00

With a view to meeting the food deficiency, dependence on chemical fertilizer in Bangladesh has increased manifold over the past decades. No doubt, this has resulted in boosting crop production. But as a result of the overwhelming reliance on chemical...

Time to be cautious about health

2015-05-30 00:00:00

We are experiencing a hot and sweltering summer and the hot spell will continue for some time more. So we need to prepare ourselves to remain fit and healthy during the summer. We should not take foods outside. We should...

Health is the best wealth

2015-05-30 00:00:00

Health is the most precious belonging of a man without which human beings cannot lead a happy life. If we do not have a good health, we are deprived of all pleasures of life and cannot think of a productive...

Improper use of English

2015-05-30 00:00:00

Some photographs of the earthquake in Nepal were published by a local daily. One of these photographs using the indefinite article 'a' before the words 'powerful earthquake'. The use of 'a' in that sentence, could possibly be justified but 'the'...

Budget 2015-16: The necessity of widening the tax net

Dipok Kumar Roy | 2015-05-30 00:00:00

What is frequently discussed is how to prioritise sectors in framing a budget instead of doing the job by increasing or decreasing expenses based on some speculations. Unless the sectors are prioritised, the economic potential of the country may be...

Making dream of $50b RMG export come true by 2021

Mohammad Omar Faruk | 2015-05-30 00:00:00

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has set the target of raising its apparel export earnings to US$ 50 billion by 2021. It will be the year when the nation celebrates  its 50 years of independence. The rapidly...

When hubris takes over human quality

Nilratan Halder | 2015-05-30 00:00:00

The humiliation an invigilator at a Higher Secondary Certificate examination hall in Bhandaria was forced to go through is most outrageous, to say the least. Two government officials-one the boss of the upazila and another a magistrate there-had no qualm...

Solar irrigation pumps on the rise

Sajjad Hosen Fahim | 2015-05-30 00:00:00

Four bighas of farmland is not small for Md Abbas Uddin, a farmer aged 38 years. The lands are situated at Balughata village of Tetuljhura Union of Savar Upazila in Dhaka.  Timely irrigation is crucial for him as half of...

Satisfying the learners while teaching a second language

Masum Billah | 2015-05-30 00:00:00

When we conduct a class and speak to a group of learners we want to inform them something or, persuade or entertain them. To achieve any or all of these objectives, we should know their interests, likes and dislikes; otherwise...

The significance of Shab-e-Barat

Md Forhad Hossain | 2015-05-30 00:00:00

Shaban is the 8th month of Hijri year which was declared by Rasul-e-Pak (Sallal lahu Alaihee wasallam) as his own month. Hazrat Abu Syed Khudree (RA) quoted that the Prophet (Sallal lahu Alaihee wasallam) said: "Inna Rajaba shahrullah, wa Shabana...

Give up tobacco for a safe and healthy life

M A Jabbar | 2015-05-30 00:00:00

Every year on May 31, World No Tobacco Day reminds us that tobacco causes health problems that include sickness, pain, grief, and misery due to various diseases and involves many medical costs for the treatment. In addition to medical costs,...

Stocks extend winning streak for 4th week

Babul Barman | 2015-05-30 00:00:00

Stocks extended their winning streak for the four straight weeks that ended Thursday despite the premier bourse faced 'technical glitches' in the first two trading sessions of the week. The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) witnessed major technical glitches in the...

Dr M Mosharraf Hossain (middle), Chairman and Managing Director of Rapport Bangladesh Limited,

2015-05-30 00:00:00

Wafi Shafique Menhaz Khan, Chief Executive Officer of Green Delta Securities Ltd

2015-05-30 00:00:00

Market to experience soft tone next week

2015-05-30 00:00:00

USD/BDT maintained stable tone last week and was traded around 77.80 levels. We feel that market will be experiencing soft tone next week as the country will start to receive wage earners remittances. The average daily inter-bank USDBDT transaction volume...

China to help build largest exhibition centre at Purbachal

FHM Humayan Kabir | 2015-05-30 00:00:00

The government is going to build the country's largest exhibition centre with Chinese assistance at Purbachal on the outskirts of the capital by June 2018, investing some Tk 7.96 billion, officials said. The proposed Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Centre, to be...

MCCI president Syed Nasim Manzur seen,among others.

2015-05-30 00:00:00

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh

2015-05-30 00:00:00

BEZA seeks equal deal in export-import policies to attract EZ investors

Rezaul Karim | 2015-05-30 00:00:00

The Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) has sought to put its name in the new import and export policies along with enough policy bounties to lure in investors from home and abroad.       Officials of the new body on economic sector...