A clash between two groups of people over a land dispute at North Kalshi in the city's Pallabi area on Thursday left a student killed and three others injured, reports UNB. The victim was identified as Abdur Rahman Chanchal (26),...
FE Report | 2015-05-15 00:00:00
Although Bangladesh Bank has achieved a commendable success in financial inclusion, the country's banking sector is yet to get rid of high non -performing loans (NPLs) and interest spread, excess liquidity and high proportion of classified loans. A study paper,...
FE Report | 2015-05-15 00:00:00
In the absence of necessary preparations, the government has agreed to send only 20,000 female workers to Saudi Arabia within next one month against their requirement of 50,000. Ahmed Alfahid, deputy minister for international affairs, the ministry of labour in...
Our Correspondent | 2015-05-15 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, May 14: BGMEA leaders in Chittagong held a meeting with the newly-appointed Commissioner of Customs Bond Commissionerate Md Shafiqul Islam at the Bond Commissionerate office in Chittagong on Wednesday. In the meeting BGMEA (Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association)...
Hasanat Abdul Hye | 2015-05-15 00:00:00
It is well-known that world trade receives boost from a growing global economy. Favourable environment like free movement of goods and services is an additional favourable factor. In the nineties when globalisation took off, world trade was poised to expand....
Asjadul Kibria | 2015-05-15 00:00:00
Identifying trade barriers is not an easy task. The much-talked-about Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) on bilateral trade between Bangladesh and India needs to be reviewed in this context. As NTM is a broader concept and as there are some elements compatible...
Tax avoidance or evasion, whatever one may call or term it in the Bangladesh context, still remains a headache for the administration. Only 1.1 million people in Bangladesh, out of its estimated total of 160 million, pay tax to the...
Nilratan Halder | 2015-05-15 00:00:00
With the official endorsement of the city corporation elections by the country's Election Commission (EC), the three mayors and councillors are now all set to take up their responsibilities. Leaving behind the avoidable controversy surrounding the election, the elected office-bearers...
Syed Mahbubur Rashid | 2015-05-15 00:00:00
The Ministry of Finance has been receiving a plethora of suggestions on the coming budget of 2015-2016. Every year a lot of meetings are held by various trade bodies and think tanks which put forward their suggestions/ observations because they...
Nargis Sultana | 2015-05-15 00:00:00
The Gross National Happiness (GNH) measures the feature of a country in a more universal way and considers that the advantageous expansion of society takes place when factual and transcendental developments happen side by side. Bhutan claims to have fixed...
Md. Ashraf Hossain | 2015-05-15 00:00:00
Bangladesh has achieved a remarkable progress in growing rice, our staple food. Beside rice, potato and vegetables are also grown in enough quantity to meet the country's demand. A lion's share of the credit goes to the farmers along with...
Shihab Sarkar | 2015-05-15 00:00:00
After passing nearly five decades in veritable reclusion, sculptor Novera Ahmed passed away at a village near Paris on last May 06. She was 85. (According to some, she was born in 1939. They say she was 76 when she...
S. M. Rayhanul Islam | 2015-05-15 00:00:00
The education system in Bangladesh has gone through endless experiments. Unfortunately, four decades after the independence of the country even our primary education system is not following any coordinated schooling model. Diverse schooling systems - Bangla and English mediums, and...
BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed has told two of his relatives who met him at a hospital in Shillong that he had been brought there blindfolded after changing vehicles for several times. On the other hand, BNP urged the government Thursday...
FE Report | 2015-05-15 00:00:00
The US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) called upon the governments of Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia to end their frequent moves of pushing back boats with Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants and asylum seekers as it puts thousands of lives at further...
Our Correspondent | 2015-05-15 00:00:00
RANGPUR, May 14: Harvesting of Boro paddy is facing serious setback in Rangpur distrct during the current season due to severe dearth of farm labourers. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said some 1, 35, 100 hectares of land...
Dhaka Abahani Ltd forced defending champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club to taste first defeat in the Manyavar Bangladesh Premier Football League beating them by 2-0 goals at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Thursday, reports UNB. Despite the day's...
FE Report | 2015-05-15 00:00:00
Stocks slipped into the red Thursday after previous day's marginal gain, as investors booked quick profit. The market opened higher, but swung between the positive and negative territory throughout the session with investors playing both sides of the field. The...
Executives of Pubali Bank have been requested to foster new spirit and enthusiasm for achieving the bank's vision and mission. Managing Director of the bank Md Abdul Halim Chowdhury made the request while speaking as the chief guest at the...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-05-15 00:00:00
Smokeless tobacco items are emerging as 'silent killer' due to hike in cigarette prices with smokeless tobacco industries remaining out of the purview of the country's formal economy. The majority of smokeless tobacco industries remain out of the government's tax...
Our Correspondent | 2015-05-15 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, May 14: Salim Ahmed, managing director of Super Refinery (Pvt) Limited, Chittagong, has been rewarded as Commercially Important Person (CIP) for 2014 in the Large Industrial Category by the government. He has been honoured as CIP in the same...
Airtel Bangladesh Limited, the fastest growing telecom operator of the country, has launched exciting new internet packs named 'Ajibon Internet' for its customers, reports UNB. This offer is the first of its kind in the telecom sector of Bangladesh. The...
FE Report | 2015-05-15 00:00:00
Bangladesh may seek uninterrupted supply of raw cotton and some other key essential items from India at a meeting between the commerce secretaries of the two countries, officials have said. A number of bilateral issues will be discussed at the...
GAIBANDHA, May 14 (BSS): Wheat procurement drive has begun in Sundarganj upazila in the district on Wednesday amid much enthusiasm to the farmers. Manjurul Islam Liton, MP, formally inaugurated the wheat procurement drive in the upazila as the chief guest...
FE Report | 2015-05-15 00:00:00
An elite chamber has sought government steps to utilise unused lands of industrial estates of the Bangladesh Small Industries Corporation (BSCIC) for economic zones (EZs), which can attract foreign investment. "Efforts should have been made to locate some of the...
FE Report | 2015-05-15 00:00:00
The head of election to the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) board warned Thursday of action against violation of code of conduct by candidates. "The candidates contesting the FBCCI election must follow the election code of...
FE Report | 2015-05-15 00:00:00
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu Thursday said Bangladesh needs to enact a set of cyber security laws to fight off ICT related crimes. The minister made the comments while inaugurating a three-day-long 15th laptop fair at the Bangabandhu International Conference...
Canada willing to invest in aviation sector Canada has expressed its willingness to invest in the capacity building of Bangladesh aviation sector. Canadian high commissioner Benoit-Pierre Laramee showed the interest during a meeting with civil aviation and tourism minister Rashed...
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