My attention was drawn to a letter published in the letter column of an English daily on May 7. It was about the illegal and unrelenting driving motorcycles on the pavements meant for pedestrians. Most of the footpaths around the...
On May 6, I tried fruitlessly to send Tk100 to a destitute person in Chandpur from a bKash agent (01755651263) who sits in a tin-shed shop located on the north-western corner of the Bangladesh Secretariat (north-east of the National Press...
The nation entered the new millennium in company of Rabindranath Tagore. Tagore glorified the nation and enriched Bengali language like nobody has done before or after him. He ushered in a new era in Bengali literature and gave it a...
Anwar Faruq Talukder | 2015-05-09 00:00:00
Multiple skills mean expertise in more than one job or task. Multi-skilled employees are endowed with a number of different skills, enabling them to do more than one kind of work. Creating multi-skilled employees can be an important area in...
Tasdidaa Shamsi | 2015-05-09 00:00:00
Swine flu is currently a burning issue since its resurgence in our neighbouring countries. It is important to examine the public health threat that swine flu poses to Bangladesh considering an outbreak of the disease in India. We should be...
Nilratan Halder | 2015-05-09 00:00:00
If Dhaka City had a spine, a sense of horror would surely have run down that vital frame. The majority of its citizens have felt a chilling sensation running down their backbone when the last month's tremor shook the city...
Nironjan Roy | 2015-05-09 00:00:00
In late 90s, an internationally reputed magazine published an article on banking sector in Bangladesh which quoted the then governor of Bangladesh Bank as saying "Bangladeshi banking system is on the verge of collapse". This created a very poor impression...
Md Sazedul Islam | 2015-05-09 00:00:00
The historic May Day was observed across the world, including Bangladesh, on May 1 to establish the rights of workers. The day commemorated the struggle by workers at Chicago in the USA over a century ago to establish the rights...
Chowdhury Shahed Akbar | 2015-05-09 00:00:00
From a humble beginning in the 1960's in Egypt, Islamic banking has witnessed a significant development in terms of growth and size. With 15% -20% growth annually, Islamic banking has widened its horizons to all major parts of the world. ...
Md Anowar Habib Kazal | 2015-05-09 00:00:00
Foreign friends had contributed a lot and extended their helping hands of cooperation in different ways and played a vital role in our Great Liberation War in 1971. Among them some Japanese friends took part directly and indirectly in our...
RAJSHAHI, May 8 (BSS): Foreign investment in agriculture and processing sector in the region has become urgent for adding value to the sector, chamber leaders and economists here said. If the investment were enhanced substantially, agricultural sector coupled with ICT...
RAJSHAHI, May 8 (BSS): Promotion of rice-wheat- mung bean cropping pattern in bed planting system could be the effective means of doubling their yields in the Barind tract. Agricultural scientists and researchers said that on-farm research on the cropping pattern...
UNITED NATIONS, May 8 (Xinhua): The international prices for agricultural commodities continued to decline in April and abundant inventories will offset any pressure from the slight reduction in global harvests expected this year, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)...
Babul Barman | 2015-05-09 00:00:00
The stock market rebounded last week, after remaining sluggish in the last two consecutive weeks, as investors went on a buying spree following the securities regulator's latest move. Bangladesh Securities & Exchange Commission (BSEC) Monday called upon the brokerage houses...
The local currency remained stable last week against the green back. Bangladesh received USD 1.29 billion as inward remittances in April, 2015, comparing with USD 1.34 billion in March, 2015. We feel that market will see the same tone next...
Mohiuddin Ahmed (Mohi) has been reelected chairman unopposed of Bangladesh Somobay Bank Ltd (BSBL) in the Extra General Meeting (EGM) of the Bank held in the city on Thursday, said a press release. The EGM also elected Chowdhury Md Afzal...
Bangladesh faced a long haul to save the second and final Test against Pakistan in Dhaka after they were set an improbable victory target of 550 on the third day Friday, reports AFP. The hosts were 63 for one at...
A move by state-owned IDCOL to allow the use of Li-ion batteries in solar home systems (SHS) has led the local lead acid battery manufacturers to express grave concern over their billions of takas of investment, reports UNB. The local...
FE Report A high-powered delegation from Myanmar will visit Bangladesh soon to push the move forward for signing the preferential trade agreement (PTA) between the two countries, a senior official said Thursday. "We hope a high-level team from Myanmar will...
FE Report United Modular Power Plant, a PPP project at Ashuganj, Brahmanbaria, started commercial power generation on Thursday before the deadline, a high official of Power Development Board (PDB) said. The power plant started generating 200 megawatts (MWs), helping the...
The officials and staff of Technomedia Ltd have greeted the Managing Director of the company, Joshoda Jibon Debnath on his selection as commercially important person (CIP). Mr Debnath received the CIP card Thursday in a function from Industries Minister Amir...
FE Desk Ahmed Uddin, once an overseas Bangladeshi worker is presently enjoying his new career as an entrepreneur. The 52 year old owns a thriving business of mid scale textile, in his native land - Bangladesh. Ahmed worked abroad for...
TOKYO, May 8 (AFP) : The British pound jumped Friday after exit polls showed Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives headed for victory, while the dollar won support on hopes for a solid US jobs report later in the day. In...
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