FE Report | 2015-03-05 00:00:00
A top economic relations official has placed importance on engaging poor and marginal farmers in the market value chain through commercial agriculture. "We're more or less becoming a market-based economy. But the economy will only be productive if poor farmers...
Munima Sultana | 2015-03-05 00:00:00
After the private transport operators, the state-owned Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) has now sought Tk 100 million (10 crore) from the Prime Minister's fund to offset the loss caused by political turmoil during the last two years. BRTC has...
Deal signed to import wheat from Ukraine Bangladesh signed an agreement with Ukraine for importing 1,50,000 tonnes of wheat under government-to-government (G-to-G) arrangement, officials said. The Directorate General of Food and the visiting Ukarinian delegation led by Oleg Shchurin signed...
The government is preparing a master plan to develop existing and potential tourism spots, which can help attract foreign tourists, reports UNB. The disclosure came at a meeting of the Bangladesh Tourism Council held Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office...
M/s Moonstar Fashion Limited will invest US$ 20.20 million in the Mongla Export Processing Zone (EPZ) to establish a readymade garments industry. In this connection, an agreement was signed between Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) and Moonstar Fashion in...
FE Report | 2015-03-05 00:00:00
Stocks extended their losing streak for the fourth session in a row Wednesday amid thin trading as investors continued to remain watchful in the current political crisis. The market opened with a positive note, but failed to sustain as the...
FE Report | 2015-03-05 00:00:00
Newly elected Chairman of Central Depository Bangladesh Limited (CDBL), Sheikh Kabir Hossain said the CDBL has to be more proactive to protect interest of shareholders and stakeholders. "The officials of the Central Depository Bangladesh Ltd are working in a transparent...
FE Report | 2015-03-05 00:00:00
Shahzibazar Power Company was placed to 'A' category from existing "N" category with effect from today (Thursday) as the company reported disbursement of 30 per cent dividend. "The company will be placed in 'A' category from existing 'N' category with...
Bikroy.com teams up with Samsung Bikroy.com has teamed up with Samsung to allow visitors to Bikroy.com to buy a limited number of Samsung Galaxy Alpha phones at a special price. Samsung Galaxy Alpha phones are normally sold for BDT 65,000....
FE Desk Report | 2015-03-05 00:00:00
Emphasising the use of environment-friendly technology in RMG production, experts at a panel discussion Monday said that it is possible to minimise the environmental impact of denim production. They expressed the opinion that new and environment-friendly denim production techniques are...
Muhammad Abdul Mazid | 2015-03-04 00:00:00
Majority of the largest companies in Asia posted higher growth in 2014. Though most of them eventually expected revenues to grow during the year, profits were not as expected and falling. The proportion of Asia's Chief Financial Officers (CFO) who...
B. K. Mukhopadhyay from Kolkata | 2015-03-04 00:00:00
"From dawn to dusk, steel surrounds our daily lives. Whether you're waking up, keeping time, getting in or logging on, steel is there making your everyday activity possible," says the World Steel Association which is something to keep in mind....
The resolution of longstanding maritime boundary disputes with two immediate neighbours -- Myanmar and India -- in March 2012 and July 2014 respectively has come as a blessing for a resource-starved country like Bangladesh. In fact, not many people, even...
Abdul Bayes | 2015-03-04 00:00:00
The agricultural policy regime went through major changes over the last four decades. Such positive policy changes produced dramatic results in terms of food grain output, nutritional status etc. A recent paper by Dr Mahabub Hossain has summarised those that...
Md. Abdullah Al Helal | 2015-03-04 00:00:00
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do". This was said by Martin Luther King, Jr. who led the civil rights movement in the United States from the mid-fifties...
It has become imperative now for all of us to sit down together and think how to stop killings in the name of religion and politics such as murders of Avijit Roy and others innocent. We urge all Bangladeshi social,...
The proposal of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) for having a law to curb long and unnecessary usage of mobile phones over and above normal call charge, published in most local English dailies on February 16, should be implemented....
Md Abdul Kader | 2015-03-04 00:00:00
Traditionally, homeownership has been one of the key indicators that one who buys a home, belongs to the middle class. In order to purchase homes, flats to be more specific, people need to have a good source of income. Sources...
TM Mainuddin Ahammed | 2015-03-04 00:00:00
Toastmasters International (TI) is a non-profit educational organisation that operates clubs worldwide for the purpose of helping members improve their communication, public speaking and leadership skills. Through its 14,350 members' clubs, over 292,000 members in 122 countries, it provides the...
Our Correspondent | 2015-03-04 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, Mar 3: Strawberry, the sweet, aromatic, succulent, juicy fruit which was hardly known to the people of our country even a decade ago because it was not possible to cultivate in our country. But, it is now turning into...
Our Correspondent | 2015-03-04 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, Mar 3: Lalon Smaran Utshab (memorial festival) begins here at Lalon Academy premises at Chheuria in Kushtia. A five-day programme has been chalked out by Lalon Academy in association with Ministry of Cultural Affairs and district administration, Kushtia in...
Our Correspondent | 2015-03-04 00:00:00
JESSORE, Mar 3: Easy Bike Drivers' Association protested the double standard policy of the government at a rally held at Daratana in Jessore town on Monday. Abu Hasan Tanku, convener of Easy Bike Drivers' Association, M Shahin, joint convener, Shahidul...
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