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Photo: Students of the DPS STS School

2015-04-26 00:00:00

Japanese cos may get waiver from BSEC\\\'s PLC-IPO provision

FE Report | 2015-04-26 00:00:00

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) is contemplating giving waiver to the Japanese companies from its mandatory provision of forming public limited company (PLC) and going for initial public offering (IPO) despite their increased paid-up capital. Sources said the...

Czech consulate opens in city

2015-04-26 00:00:00

The honorary consulate of the Czech Republic in Bangladesh was inaugurated at Monem Business District in the city recently. ASM Mohiuddin Monem, Honorary Consul inaugurated the consulate, said a press release. State Minister of Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam, MP...

Keeping friends close but enemies closer: US strategy in Middle East

M Serajul Islam | 2015-04-25 00:00:00

Saudi Arabia has ended its three week-long military attack on Yemen to push the Iran-backed Shia Houti rebels that had taken over the Yemeni capital Sana in September last year forcing President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadito flee to Saudi Arabia. The...

Economic freedom and governance

M S Siddiqui | 2015-04-25 00:00:00

The Constitution of Bangladesh guarantees the rights of equality of every citizen irrespective of gender, race, religion etc. The government and its institutions are supposed to be free and impartial. Similarly, the society does not discriminate either against or in...

Budget 2015-16: Water and its due share

Mahfuz Kabir | 2015-04-25 00:00:00

Understandably, dependence of life and livelihood on water in Bangladesh cannot be overstated. In one aspect, physical availability and accessibility of water, in both quantitative and qualitative terms, are regarded as basic human rights. The newly introduced United Nations System...

Perspective view of national budget

K.B. Ahmed | 2015-04-25 00:00:00

It is perhaps possible in digital imagination to extrapolate an astronomical projection for the annual national budget.  But if it is not taken into consideration with the total real value of goods and services of national produce, such extrapolation will...

Adjusting domestic oil prices

2015-04-25 00:00:00

An operational surplus of Taka 20 billion accrued from the steep oil price slump in the international market since June last year. It is a hefty sum for the state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC). This has helped the government to...

Incentives for IT sector

Rahman Jahangir | 2015-04-25 00:00:00

That Bangladesh has made some striking progress in Information Communication Technology (ICT) is evident from its success stories. It has immense potential for expanding its ICT sector. There has already been a rapid rise in IT freelancing and a greater...

Strategy shift : Prioritizing railways

Saleh Akram | 2015-04-25 00:00:00

If death toll from road mishaps is any measure of the country's calamitous road transport sector, the situation certainly calls for a strategy shift. The gravity of the situation on its roads can be gauged from the simple fact that...

Munshiganj needs engineering college/university

2015-04-25 00:00:00

Bangladesh has achieved a commendable development in agriculture, manufacturing and service sectors during the past 44 years. We make ocean-going ships, produce cold rolled steel coils, and assemble air coolers, fridges, motorbikes, sedans, textile products and so on. Bangladesh is...

Exporting bicycle

2015-04-25 00:00:00

 The volume of bicycle exports from Bangladesh has been increasing steadily over the years, which now accounts for about 7.5 per cent of our export of engineering products. Bangladesh is one of the world's top 10 bicycle exporters with its...

City elections: Positive impact

2015-04-25 00:00:00

The excitement over the upcoming city elections is rising. People of Dhaka and Chittagong are waiting anxiously with a hope that everything will take place in a peaceful and orderly manner.  It is a very important election for both the...

DSE

2015-04-25 00:00:00

When tragedy swoops from nowhere

Nilratan Halder | 2015-04-25 00:00:00

Two incidents involving a class-XI girl student of Holy Cross College and another, a male student of the Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), have once again proved the aphorism 'man proposes but God disposes'. If the incident involving...

Contribution of nutrition to sustainable dev goals

Sharmin Sultana | 2015-04-25 00:00:00

Proper nutrition is a prerequisite for healthy and happy life. Though nutrition plays a vital role in the development of a country, sometimes it does not  get proper priority. To combat future challenges and move forward in life sustainable development...

The world of the future is not written

Sarwar Md Saifullah Khaled | 2015-04-25 00:00:00

A new world is on its way. We are building it, one day at a time. As natural resource limits and rising social movements incapacitate the once-invincible machine of global capitalism, the world of the future is not written. It...

Aromatic, fine rice production prospect in Barind bright

2015-04-25 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Apr 24 (BSS): There is a bright prospect of boosting aromatic and fine quality rice production in vast Barind tract as it is endowed with many native fine and aromatic rice varieties, which have enormous demand both at both...

Industrial output posts modest growth in H1

FE Report | 2015-04-25 00:00:00

The country's industrial activities in the first half of the current fiscal year (2014-15) witnessed a moderate trend. The moderate trend is reflected in the latest data available with state-owned Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). Last week, BBS released data...

Fish, lentil, potato, vegetable prices up

2015-04-25 00:00:00

FE Report Prices of river fish, lentil, potato and some summer vegetables increased on Friday compared to that of its last price ceiling. Onion prices declined while meat prices maintained the higher trend. Prices of fish including Shing, Magur, Golsha,...

The 42nd AGM of GlaxoSmithKline Bangladesh Limited

2015-04-25 00:00:00

HSBC says looking into moving headquarters from Britain

2015-04-25 00:00:00

 HSBC Holdings (HSBA.L), Europe's biggest bank, will review whether to move its headquarters out of Britain, potentially dealing a blow to a country trying to balance tighter regulation with the importance of the financial industry to its economy, reports Reuters....

Recently 21 students completed CERT (CII)

2015-04-25 00:00:00

Novo Nordisk launches another insulin product

2015-04-25 00:00:00

FE Report Novo Nordisk, a leading diabetes care company, Friday launched its latest innovative insulin product-- Ryzodeg®-- for the type 2 diabetic patients in Bangladesh. Officials said that the product offers successful reductions in blood glucose with lower risk of...

BB Governor for promoting green financing

2015-04-25 00:00:00

Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman has said the central bank is promoting green financing initiatives continuously aiming to protect the country's environment. "We're aiming at rechanneling of all our domestic financing away from polluting high carbon traditional output...

Bikroy.com wins award

2015-04-25 00:00:00

 Bikroy.com has won Bangladesh Qualifiers Round of Echelon Asia Summit 2015. Bangladesh Qualifiers Round of Echelon Asia Summit 2015 is a competition for Bangladeshi startups to showcase themselves for top technology investors and startup industry heavyweights.The event was hosted by...

Tigers keep Pakistan down to 141

2015-04-25 00:00:00

Debutant seamer Mustafizur Rahman took two for 20 in four overs as Bangladesh kept Pakistan down to 141 for five in the one-off Twenty20 international in the city Friday, reports AFP. The 19-year-old left-armer showed no signs of nerves as...

Brothers shock Muktijoddha

2015-04-25 00:00:00

Brothers Union Club shocked Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra by 5-2 goals in the Manyavar Bangladesh Premier Football League held Friday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city, reports BSS. Augustine Walson slammed the first hat-trick in the league as...

Stocks suffer a big jolt amid weak sentiment

Babul Barman | 2015-04-25 00:00:00

Stocks suffered a major setback last week that ended Thursday, after remaining flat in the previous week, as investors went on a selling spree amid concerns about possible bleak economic outlook. The week featured five trading sessions as usual. Of...

Midland Bank signs MoU with Hotel Agrabad

2015-04-25 00:00:00

Midland Bank Limited (MDB) has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hotel Agrabad.  Md. Ridwanul Hoque, SVP & Head of Retail Distribution of Midland Bank Limited and Mohammed Irad Ali, Director of Hotel Agrabad signed the MoU on...